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Fast Forward Oops! American Embassy Sends Settlement Wine in Rosh Hashanah Gift Basket
As diplomatic faux-pas go, it’s a delicate one. Ahead of the Jewish new year next month, the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv sent gift baskets to a number of Israeli organizations, as it does every year. Among the recipients was Peace Now, a group opposed to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. There was…
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Fast Forward Churches Rip Israel for Occupation and ‘Prison-Like’ Gaza
— Two leading Christian groups blamed Israel almost entirely for the conflict with the Palestinians and called on the United States to cut defense aid to the Jewish state. Jewish organizations slammed the statement Wednesday by The World Council of Churches and The National Council of Churches of Christ, USA, ecumenical groups that represent over 545…
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Israel News Mahmoud Abbas Hits Back at Israel on ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Claim
JERUSALEM — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas responded to a video released by Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it is Israel, not the Palestinians, who are committing “ethnic cleansing.” Abbas made the statement Sunday night as part of remarks for the start of the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice holiday. “The government of Israel is carrying out…
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News Donald Trump Sides With Benjamin Netanyahu in West Bank ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Flap
Donald Trump’s adviser on U.S.-Israeli relations told Haaretz Sunday that the Obama administration “should be ashamed of their misguided reaction” to remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a Facebook video published over the weekend, Netanyahu said that support for the removal of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, as part of a two-state peace…
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Israel News Israeli Republicans Stump for Donald Trump in West Bank Office
Chaim Spring, an 80-year-old Jewish settler, had given up on American politics since he immigrated to Israel from the United States 43 years ago. But this November he’ll be casting a vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump, whom he calls an “honest man” and a good father, two qualities that earned Spring’s support. The Republican…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Shot While Guarding Jews at Flashpoint Joseph’s Tomb
JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier was shot while protecting worshippers at Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus. He was taken to a hospital in central Israel where he is in stable condition, the army said. Some 16 buses of worshipers arrived at Joseph’s Tomb early Thursday morning. Their IDF escort was attacked…
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Fast Forward U.S. Slams Israel for New West Bank Settlement Expansion
— The U.S. State Department condemned the announcement that an Israeli planning committee approved the construction of hundreds of housing units in four West Bank settlements. “We’re deeply concerned by the government’s announcement to advance plans for these settlement units in the West Bank,” State Department Spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday, in answer to a…
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Israel News Donald Trump’s Campaign Is Famously Disorganized — Except in Occupied West Bank
The Israeli chapter of the U.S. Republican Party is getting out the vote for Donald Trump, with a special focus on West Bank settlers. The campaign is opening two offices in the West Bank, one in a private home in Karnei Shomron in the north and the other in a yet-to-be-decided location in Gush Etzion,…
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