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71% Of Americans Still Have Favorable View Of Israel
(JTA) — Seventy-one percent of Americans view Israel favorably, the fourth straight year the Jewish state has received a favorable rating of 70 percent or higher, a Gallup poll found. The survey was released Wednesday, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States and meeting with President Donald Trump. It was conducted earlier this month. The…
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Palestinians Demand Two States After Trump Backs Off Support
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday demanded a halt to Israeli settlement expansion in occupied territory and said he was committed to a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he could be open to alternatives. Abbas’s office issued a statement after Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Robert Durst Faces Mystery Witness In ‘The Jinx’ Murder Trial
Robert Durst, the real estate scion tied to several slayings explored in HBO’s series “The Jinx,” returned to a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday to face a prosecution witness whose identity was being kept secret until taking the stand. Durst, 73, is charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a writer and longtime…
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The Blue Card Gets $120K Grant To Help Holocaust Survivors
(JTA) — A group that provides assistance to Holocaust survivors in the United States has received a $120,000 grant from the Jewish Federations of North America. The Blue Card announced Monday that it was selected to receive the grant for its PCTI Training for Healthcare Professionals, which educates dental and medical providers on identifying and treating…
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Trump Avoids Backing Two-State Solution In Disjointed Statement After Netanyahu Meeting
President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to curb settlement activity but avoided any explicit endorsement of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a longstanding bedrock of U.S. Middle East policy. Trump gave a convoluted response to a question on whether he backed a two-state solution, he suggested that he…
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CIA Head Holds Secret Meeting With Mahmoud Abbas in West Bank
(JTA) — CIA director Mike Pompeo reportedly met secretly with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the P.A. headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The meeting was held Tuesday, The Associated Press reported, citing two unnamed senior officials. The White House and the CIA declined to comment to the AP. The talks came…
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Israel Envoy Blames Russia For Blocking International Anti-Semitism Definition
(JTA) — Israel’s ambassador in Moscow criticized Russia for blocking the international adoption of a definition of anti-Semitism, which he linked to a recent string of allegedly racist statements about Jews by Russian politicians. Gary Koren’s unusual statement on anti-Semitism in Russia was in an interview for Interfax, the news agency reported Wednesday, in which he singled out…
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Venezuela Vice President Accused Of Anti-Semitism Is Barred By U.S.
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The Trump administration imposed sanctions against Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami, accusing him of playing a major role in international drug trafficking, ABC News reported. El Aissami, who has has been accused of anti-Semitism and ties to Iran and the terrorist group Hezbollah, has been barred from entering the United States. The executive…
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Trump To Meet Netanyahu Amid Doubts Over Two-State Solution
President Donald Trump prepared to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for talks that could shape the contours of future Middle East policy as Palestinians warned the White House not to abandon their goal of an independent state. For decades, the idea of creating a Palestine living peacefully alongside Israel has been a…
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Palestinians Warn Trump Not To Dump Two-State Solution
Palestinians warned the United States on Wednesday against abandoning a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel after a White House official said peace did not necessarily have to entail Palestinian statehood. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet later in the day for the first time since the U.S. election in November…
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Hate Groups Rose In 2016 — And Most Are Anti-Semitic
(JTA) — The number of hate groups in the United States rose in 2016, and most of them subscribe to anti-Semitic views, a civil rights group found. Last year, 917 hate groups were active, up from 892 in 2015, according to a report released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC released a list of…
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