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Fast Forward Israel Opens High-Speed Rail Link Between Tel Aviv Airport And Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel opened a high-speed rail link between Tel Aviv’s international airport and Jerusalem on Tuesday, part of a $2 billion project that has drawn Palestinian complaints over its route through small parts of the occupied West Bank. The train will cut travel time between Ben-Gurion Airport and a new, 80-meter (260 foot)…
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Fast Forward New Palestinian Textbooks ‘Indoctrinate For Death And Martyrdom’: Report
Textbooks created as part of the Palestinian Authority’s new K-12 educational curriculum “are teaching Palestinian children that there can be no compromise” and “indoctrinat[e] for death and martyrdom,” according to an analysis by a watchdog group. The report, by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education, analyzed K-12 textbooks that were…
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Fast Forward Gazan Teen Killed By Israeli Troops During Yom Kippur Rioting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators rioted along the Gaza border on Yom Kippur, throwing firebombs and rocks at Israel Defense Forces soldiers. The Israeli troops responded with riot dispersal methods, the IDF said in a statement. The Gaza Health Ministry said a Palestinian teen was killed and at least three others injured in…
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Community Trump’s Aid Cuts Could End Lifesaving Medical Care For Palestinian Children
A version of this article originally appeared in Plus61J, an Australian Jewish publication. While receiving her dialysis treatment at East Jerusalem’s Augusta Victoria hospital last week, nine-year-old Amani Hababa broke into laughter. Two rednosed therapeutic clowns were singling her out for special attention, babbling nonsense verses, playing guitar and singing “Amani is the sweetest.” Six…
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Community Ari Fuld Was Not A ‘Settler’ — He Was An Innocent Victim Of Terror
On Sunday September 16, 2018, Ari Fuld was murdered in a shopping mall. Fuld, a 45-year-old loving husband, father of four, writer, teacher and former paratrooper, was stabbed to death by a 17-year-old terrorist. Fuld was an incredible man with a generous heart, as many have attested since his tragic murder. Ari Fuld was also…
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Fast Forward U.S. Eliminates Funding For Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence Programs
(JTA) — The United States has cut $10 million of foreign aid money that was supporting coexistence programs between Israelis and Palestinians. The cuts were first reported Friday in the New York Times. It is believed to have been the last remaining U.S. aid for Palestinian civilians. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has frozen…
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Opinion If You Can’t Mourn Ari Fuld, You Are An Accomplice In His Murder
Ari Fuld was a friend. We had met a couple of times face to face, shared a coffee or two, but he was omnipresent on my Facebook feed. We will meet no more. 17-year-old Khalil Yusef Ali Jabarin, from a West Bank village near Hebron, stabbed Ari in the back, and Ari succumbed to his…
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Fast Forward U.S. Expels Palestinian Ambassador, Closes Family’s Bank Accounts
Palestinian Ambassador to the United States Husam Zomlot said that he had been expelled from the country and that the bank accounts of his family had been frozen, days after the State Department ordered the closure of the PLO embassy in Washington. “Ambassador Zomlot’s son Said, 7, who is in second grade, and daughter Alma,…
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