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Breaking News 2 Palestinians Killed in West Bank
Israeli security forces shot dead two knife-wielding Palestinian assailants on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said, as a wave of Palestinian stabbings, car rammings and shootings entered its third month. Nineteen Israelis and a U.S. citizen have been killed since Oct. 1. Israeli forces have killed 97 Palestinians, of whom 58 were…
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Breaking News Famed Palestinian Theater in Jerusalem Faces Closure
The Palestinian National Theatre, which for three decades has been the leading performing arts and cultural center for Arabs in Jerusalem, is facing closure after running up large municipal debts, its director said on Friday. Known as “Al Hakawati” (The Storyteller), the theater has amassed unpaid bills of $150,000 over the past five years, with…
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Breaking News John Kerry Says Israel and Palestinians at ‘Pivotal Point’
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Israeli and Palestinian leaders have reached a pivotal point and it was now up to them to make important decisions that will lead to lasting peace. Kerry arrived in Boston from a one-day visit to the Middle East that included discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Breaking News John Kerry Denounces Palestinian ‘Terrorist’ Wave in Israel
Secretary of State John Kerry began a one-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday by describing a wave of Palestinian knife and car ramming attacks as terrorism that must be condemned. At the start of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Kerry said they would discuss ways to work together…
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News Family Blasts No Jail Time for Israeli Officer Who Beat Palestinian-American Teen
The Florida family of a Palestinian-American teen beaten by Israeli police slammed the decision to free an officer without any prison time as “definitely not justice.” “It’s typical,” said Suhad Abukhdeir, the aunt of Tariq Abu Khdeir, whose brutal 2014 beating in Jerusalem was captured on videotape. “There’s nothing else to expect.” Tariq Abu Khdeir…
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Culture ‘Sorrow and the Pity’ Filmmaker Turns Lens to Palestinian Cause
(JTA) — Documentary filmmaker Marcel Ophuls is perhaps best known for his 1969 Academy Award-nominated film “The Sorrow and the Pity,” which raised questions of French collaboration during the Nazi occupation, along with his monumental 1988 biopic “Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie,” which explored the actions of the notorious Nazi as well…
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Breaking News 5 Killed in Tel Aviv and West Bank Including an American Yeshiva Student
Three people were killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank, including an American yeshiva student, hours after two Jewish men were stabbed to death in Tel Aviv at a prayer service. The five deaths in the attacks, reportedly by Palestinians, are the most on a single day since the latest spate of terror…
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Breaking News Red Cross Backs Palestinian Paramedics in Controversy Over West Bank Murders
The Palestine Red Crescent Society acted with impartiality and professionalism in the case of the terror attack on a family driving in the West Bank that left two dead, its parent organization said. The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement issued on Tuesday that the Palestine Red Crescent Society, or PRCS,…
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