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Breaking News Obama Warns Trump About ‘Explosive’ Jerusalem Embassy Move
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Barack Obama said he conveyed to his successor Donald Trump that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could be “explosive.” “Obviously it’s a volatile environment when sudden unilateral moves are made that speak to the core issues or sensitivities of either side. That can be explosive,” Obama said Wednesday at his…
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Breaking News French Foreign Minister Calls U.S. Embassy Jerusalem Move a ‘Provocation’
(JTA) — France’s Foreign Minister said a proposal by President-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem will have “extremely serious consequences.” Jean-Marc Ayrault made the comments during the Paris peace conference on Sunday. Ayrault called the proposed move a “provocation.” “I think he would not be able to do it,” Ayrault told…
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Breaking News $178M Judgment Against Hamas Backers to Family of Slain Infant
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A U.S. court ruled that Iran and Syria must pay a total of $178.5 million in damages to the family of an infant with dual American-Israeli citizenship who was killed in a terrorist attack by a member of Hamas. Chaya Zissel Braun was 3 months old when she was thrown from her…
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Breaking News Israel Strips Residency From Relatives of Truck-Ramming Attacker
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The mother of the Palestinian man who killed four Israeli soldiers in a truck-ramming attack in eastern Jerusalem will lose her Israeli residency and other benefits in the wake of the attack. Manwa al-Qunbar and 11 other relatives were summoned Tuesday to the Interior Ministry to begin the process of revoking their…
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Breaking News Paris Will Project Israeli Flag on City Hall in Solidarity After Attack
(JTA) – An image of the Israeli flag will be projected on Paris’ city hall to show solidarity with the victims of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem, the mayor of the French capital said. Anne Hidalgo announced the initiative Tuesday following expressions of solidarity in Berlin, where the Israeli flag was projected on the Brandenburg Gate, and…
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Community Dublin Is Not Jerusalem
In the aftermath of the U.S.’s decision to abstain from a vote criticizing Israeli settlements at the UN, Barack Obama and company have shown their true colors and in a calculated move, going on to stab Israel, not in the back but in the front. The departing president refused to veto United Nations Security Council…
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Breaking News Israel Museum Names New Director
(JTA) — The Israel Museum in Jerusalem has named Eran Neuman, the head of the architecture school at Tel Aviv University, as its new director. The announcement on Tuesday comes a year after James Snyder announced he would step down as director after 20 years guiding the prominent Jerusalem museum. Neuman currently is the director…
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Fast Forward Berlin Lights Brandenburg Gate With Israeli Flag After Jerusalem Attack
(JTA) — Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate was lit up with the colors of the Israeli flag to show solidarity with the victims of Sunday’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem. Israel was “moved by the gesture of the Berlin Senate” on Monday, said Israel’s ambassador to Germany, Avraham Nir-Feldklein, according to Israel’s i24 News. “We are very grateful for the…
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