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Fast Forward U.S. Embassy In Jerusalem Issues Travel Warning Over Settlements Announcement
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem issued a travel warning for visiting Americans, warning that they could be targets of “individuals and groups opposed to the Secretary of State’s recent announcement.” The warning was issued on Monday, the same day that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. government does not…
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Fast Forward Israeli Settlements No Longer Illegal According To U.S. State Department
The United States government no longer considers Israeli settlements inconsistent with international law, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday. The announcement, which was greeted with support from both Israeli government and opposition figures but harshly criticized by Arab leaders, is the latest example of the Trump administration shifting longstanding policies in ways that…
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Fast Forward 80-Year-Old Rabbi: Settlers Attacked Me For Helping Palestinians
Jewish settlers physically assaulted Rabbis for Human Rights activists on Wednesday morning near the Palestinian village of Burin in the northern West Bank, the human rights organization said. The activists said they had arrived at the village to assist Palestinian farmers to harvest their olive trees and that masked assailants attacked them with iron polls,…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Workers Arrested For Rape Of 7-Year-Old Jewish Girl From West Bank
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Palestinian men were arrested on suspicion of raping a 7-year-old girl from a West Bank settlement. The men, who are residents of the Palestinian village of Qibya, work in the settlement where the girl lives, the Kan public broadcaster first reported Tuesday night. The arrests come more than a month after…
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Fast Forward Settler Suspended From IDF After Setting Palestinian Field On Fire
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli settler caught on camera by an Israeli human rights organization setting fire to a Palestinian-owned field in the northern West Bank was suspended from his combat unit in the Israel Defense Forces. The soldier was home on a weekend leave from the military earlier this month when the incident occurred…
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Fast Forward Spending On West Bank Settlements Has Risen Sharply Since Trump Took Office
JERUSALEM (JTA) — There has been a marked increase in spending on West Bank settlements since President Donald Trump took office. New Israeli figures obtained in a freedom of information request by The Associated Press show a 39 percent increase in 2017 spending on roads, schools and public buildings across the West Bank, according to…
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Fast Forward Florida Wants To Punish Airbnb For Canning West Bank Settlement Listings
(JTA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said his state would take action against Airbnb for its decision to remove listings of rooms and homes for rent in West Bank Jewish settlements. Airbnb announced in November 2018 that it would remove the listings of some 200 apartments and homes for rent in Jewish settlements in the…
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Opinion I’m A Settler Who Opposes The Security Barrier – And The New ‘Apartheid Road’
Entering Jerusalem from the Shomron area in the West Bank this morning, my navigation system took me on a new path that I had never driven down before. Although new to me, this road has been getting a lot of media attention, dubbed by some as “the Apartheid road” because it runs side by side…
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