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Police Officer Killed, Two Wounded In Paris Shooting
A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in a shooting in central Paris on Thursday night before the gunman himself was killed by officers, police and the Interior Ministry said. The Islamic State group claimed the shooting via its Amaq news agency, naming the attacker as Abu Yousif the Belgian. President…
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London Hotel Rejects Request To Screen Marwan Barghouti Film
(JTA) — A London hotel has turned down a request to host a private screening of a film honoring Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for the murder of Israeli Jews. The Palestinian Mission in the United Kingdom had planned to screen “Marwan: A film about the…
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French Jews Worry About Rising Communist Presidential Candidate
(JTA) — Even before the communist candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon emerged as a serious contender for the presidency in France, the elections were shaping up to be a fateful moment for the country’s 500,000 Jews. Many of them are deeply worried about the rise in the polls of Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front…
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Jews Don’t Want To Live Near Arab Israelis — And Feeling’s Mutual
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A majority of Jewish Israelis and Arab Israelis feel comfortable living in Israel as “who they are,” but do not think they should live together in the same neighborhoods, a new survey finds. The Jewish People Policy Institute, or JPPI, on Wednesday released its second annual Pluralism Index. The index, according to…
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4 Things To Know About Jewish New York Times Columnist Bret Stephens
NEW YORK (JTA) — At first glance, The New York Times’ hiring of another white, Jewish male opinion-page columnist is anything but news. But the arrival of Bret Stephens, formerly the foreign affairs columnist for The Wall Street Journal, may be especially resonant for American Jews. Stephens, 42, is the former editor of The Jerusalem…
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Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz To Leave Congress After 2018
U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz, who chairs a House committee with broad investigative powers, announced his plans on Wednesday to leave Congress after the 2018 midterm elections, saying he had no intention of running for any political office. “I have no ulterior motives. I am healthy. I am confident I would continue to be re-elected by…
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Parents Of Soldiers Killed In 2014 Gaza War Rip Netanyahu At Hearing
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The parents of soldiers killed in Israel’s 2014 Gaza War verbally attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government during a Knesset hearing, with one throwing a cup of water at a lawmaker. At the Knesset State Control Committee hearing Wednesday on the state comptroller’s report on the war, the mother…
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Israeli Supreme Court Rules Some Tel Aviv Businesses Can Operate On Sabbath
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that some businesses and supermarkets may remain open on the Sabbath. The decision issued Wednesday dealt with the operation of businesses in entertainment complexes including the Tel Aviv and Jaffa harbors along with the old train station, as well as the opening of supermarkets in some parts of…
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Fake Bernard Henri-Levy Quote Triggers French Anti-Semitic Avalanche
(JTA) — A satirical article suggesting that the French-Jewish philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy plans to emigrate if a far-left politician is elected president triggered a slew of anti-Semitic comments on Twitter. In the fake interview published last week on the satirical website NordPresse, Levy, one of the country’s best-known celebrities, is quoted as saying, “If Melenchon…
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Trump Sticks With Obama Playbook On Iran Nuclear Deal
(JTA) — The Trump administration certified that Iran is in compliance with the deal it signed with the world powers to rein in its nuclear program. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday sent a letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. certifying the compliance with the 2015 deal, which…
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Democrats Aim To ‘Make Trump Furious’ In Georgia Special Election
For President Donald Trump, an off-year congressional election on Tuesday in the reliably Republican northern suburbs of Atlanta could spell trouble if Democratic upstart Jon Ossoff pulls off a surprise victory. A 30-year-old political novice, Ossoff is running against a crowded field of several Republicans for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives vacated…
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