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Fast Forward US To Vote ‘No’ Instead Of Abstain On UN Resolution About Golan
(JTA) — The United States will vote “No” on a UN resolution criticizing Israel’s control of the Golan Heights instead of abstaining as it has done in previous years, Nikki Haley said. The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations announced her country’s decision in a statement Thursday about a General Assembly vote scheduled for…
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Fast Forward Pompeo: Trump Admin Will Leverage Aid To Syria To Remove Iranian Troops
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration’s goal is to remove Iran and its proxies from Syria, and it will use assistance to Syria as an incentive to do so. That formula is likely to disappoint Israel, where security and government officials have held out for a more forceful…
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Fast Forward Trump Calls For Less Globalism, A Nod At Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — President Trump made the case for less globalism and more sovereignty in his address to the United Nations General Assembly. “I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue own customs, beliefs and traditions,” Trump said. “The United States will not tell you how to live or work or worship….
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Fast Forward Israel’s Security Cabinet Instructs Military To Continue To Act Against Iran In Syria
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Security Cabinet instructed the Israel Defense Forces to continue to act against Iran’s military buildup in Syria and to continue security coordination with Russia. The instructions issued on Tuesday come a week after the downing of a Russian surveillance plane by Syrian anti-aircraft fire in the area of an Israeli air…
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Fast Forward Russia Claims Israel Misled It Over Downing Of Plane Over Syria
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Air Force provided Russia with misleading information on the location of its airstrikes on targets in Syria, preventing a Russian surveillance plane in the area from moving to a safe zone, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced. The findings of the Russian Defense Ministry about the accidental downing last week of a Russian…
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Fast Forward Israeli Military Ends Syrian Civilian Aid Mission
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces announced that it has ended its operation providing humanitarian assistance to Syrians affected by the country’s long-running civil war. “Operation Good Neighbor,” which was launched in 2016, came to an end due to the return of the Syrian regime to southern Syria, according to the IDF. Rebel groups in…
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Community Why I Call Out Israel’s Mistreatment Of Palestinians More Than Syria’s
Yesterday, a right-wing Zionist Twitter personality directed the following question at me and some others: 1000s of Palestinians killed, tortured, jailed in Assad’s Syria. Why the silence of many pro-Palestinian voices? Could it be that #Israel isn’t involved? Do these folks truly care about Palestinian welfare? Or are they just cynically using Palestinians as a…
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Fast Forward Israeli Airstrike Kills Armed Islamic State Operatives On Border With Syria
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli airstrike killed armed Islamic State operatives in the Syrian Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it was tracking the movement of the men toward the border fence with Israel on the Golan Heights on Wednesday evening. They were believed to be fleeing the Syrian army…
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