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Fast Forward 1 Israeli Killed As Gaza Violence Flares And Palestinians Fire Rockets
Palestinian militants on Monday carried out their most intensive shelling of Israel since the 2014 Gaza war in retaliation for a botched cross-border commando raid, killing an Israeli civilian and drawing Israeli air strikes against Hamas’ television station and other targets. The flare-up, in which three Palestinian gunmen and a civilian in Israel were killed,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Killed During Special Operation In Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli soldier was killed and another injured during the Israel Defense Forces special forces operation deep inside the Gaza Strip. The operation was exposed on Sunday night leading to clashes between Israeli soldiers and Hamas fighters in Gaza, and the firing of 17 rockets from Gaza on southern Israel. Three of…
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Fast Forward 6 Palestinians, Including Hamas Commander, Killed In Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least six Palestinians were killed during an exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters in Gaza. One of the dead Palestinians was identified as Nur Barake, a deputy commander of an elite unit of Iz al-Din al-Qassam, the military wing of Hamas. A second Hamas commander was said killed…
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib’s West Bank Family Celebrates Her Historic Win
BEIT UR AL-FAUQA, West Bank (Reuters) – Tuning into the news at dawn on Wednesday, the extended family of Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, celebrated her victory in their home in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Tlaib, 44, a Democrat, ran virtually unopposed in Michigan’s 13th congressional…
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Fast Forward 3 Palestinian Boys Killed By Israel On Gaza Border
Three Palestinian boys were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip frontier on Sunday, medical officials in the Hamas-run enclave said, while Israel said it had hit suspected militants trying to blow up part of a border fence. The Gaza Health Ministry said two of the dead were aged 13 and one…
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Fast Forward Oklahoma Christian Conference Hosted Vicar Who Promoted Jewish 9/11 Conspiracy
A recent conference sought to promote peace for Palestinian Christians — but was marred by accusations of anti-Semitism. Christ at the Checkpoint USA, a four-day conference in Midwest City, Oklahoma, drew in about 150 evangelical Christians, Religion News Service reported. It was born out of a conference by the same name in at Bethlehem Bible…
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Fast Forward Jewish Lawyer In Scotland Fined For Argument With Pro-Palestinian Lecturer
(JTA) — A Jewish lawyer in Scotland was fined and ordered to participate in diversity training after an online argument with a pro-Palestinian university lecturer. Glasgow criminal defense lawyer Matthew Berlow called Dr. Karolin Hijazi a “thin-skinned…wannabe social justice warrior” and a “snowflake” after she complained about his social media posts, the Herald Scotland reported….
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Fast Forward U.S. Consulate For Palestinians In East Jerusalem To Close
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem, which primarily serves Palestinian-Americans, will close and its functions will be handled by the new embassy in the western half of the city, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced. The diplomatic mission will be located at the embassy site on Agron Street in the center…
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