Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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Opinion Ex-Shin Bet Chief: Israeli Illusions Fueled Blowup
Yuval Diskin, who served as director of Israel’s Shin Bet security service from 2005 to 2011, posted some rather blunt observations on his Facebook page this morning regarding the tit-for-tat murders of teenagers, the Palestinian rioting in East Jerusalem and the Triangle (the Arab population center south of Haifa) and what he fears is coming…
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Breaking News Palestinian ‘Revenge’ Attack Victim Was Burnt Alive, Autopsy Shows
(Reuters) — Initial autopsy findings from the body of an East Jerusalem youth who Palestinians believe was kidnapped and killed by far-right Jews showed that he was burned alive, the Palestinian attorney-general is reported as saying. “The direct cause of death was burns as a result of fire and it’s complications,” Mohammed Al-A’wewy was quoted…
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Breaking News Angry Palestinian Call for New ‘Intifada’ at Revenge Victim’s Funeral
Chanting “Intifada, Intifada”, thousands of furious Palestinians called for a new uprising against Israel during the funeral on Friday of a teen they believe was kidnapped and killed by far-right Jews. Stones thrown at Israeli police were met by teargas, stun grenades and rubber bullets in one of the most highly charged displays of enmity…
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Breaking News Israel Braces for Funeral of Teenage ‘Revenge’ Victim
(Reuters) — Shelling across the Gaza Strip’s border tapered off on Friday while Israel braced for violent protests by Palestinians in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank at the funeral of a youth they believe was killed by far-right Jews. Hostility that had simmered since three Israeli teenagers were abducted on June 12, triggering army sweeps…
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Opinion When ‘Death to Arabs’ Rings Out in Holy City
Israel is consumed with calls for revenge for the murders of three kidnapped students. But some are pushing back against the cycle of hate./Getty Images The headlines in Israel this week have been overwhelming. First the bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers — Naftali Frenkel, Gil-ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach — were found, buried,…
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Opinion Why Israeli Thirst for Revenge Is Profoundly Un-Jewish
Palestinians clash with Israeli police in East Jerusalem after an Arab teen was killed / Getty Images The Torah sternly commands us to pursue justice (“Justice, justice, shall you pursue”) — but it leaves revenge to God. That thought should resonate in our ears like a thunderclap after the discovery of a body in the…
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Breaking News Hadassah Retains Control of Jerusalem Hospital Under Debt Recovery Deal
The Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem signed an agreement with the Israeli government on a debt recovery plan. Under the terms of the agreement signed last week, the Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization will retain control of the hospital and appoint five members of a restructured nine-member board, the organization said in a statement about the…
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Breaking News Jews Accosted by Hundreds of Palestinians on Temple Mount
Hundreds of Arabs chanting anti-Jewish epithets surrounded a group of Jews who ascended the Temple Mount. Many of the Arabs also held up three fingers, a triumphant sign of the three kidnapped Israeli teens, during Wednesday’s incident. Muslim children at a summer camp accosted the group before they were then joined by adults in a…
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