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Fast Forward Airbnb Denies Israeli Claim That It’s Reversing Its Settlement Ban
Update 3:55 p.m. Airbnb denied claims made by Israel’s Ministry of Tourism that the hospitality company was reversing its month-old policy of banning listings of properties in West Bank settlements,. After a meeting in Jerusalem on Monday between Israeli government officials and a delegation from the company, Tourism Minister Yariv Levin announced that Airbnb had…
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Fast Forward Arab Bus Driver Assaulted In West Bank Settlement In Likely Revenge Attack
(JTA) — Two men beat an Arab bus driver inside a West Bank settlement in what the alleged victim said was a hate crime. According to Israeli media reports, Thursday’s incident was among several involving settlers targeting random Palestinians this week, likely to avenge terrorist attacks. Nidal Alfakia was lightly injured in the incident, in…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Suspected Of Killing 2 Israelis Shot Dead By IDF
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Palestinian man suspected of killing two Jewish-Israeli co-workers at a factory in the Barkan industrial zone in the West Bank was killed in a shootout with Israeli forces who came to arrest him. Ashraf Naalwa, 23, was killed early Thursday morning after Israeli forces surrounded his hideout. He was armed when…
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Fast Forward 2 Israeli Soldiers Killed In West Bank Shooting Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israelis were killed and two seriously injured in a second shooting near a bus stop in the West Bank. The attack on Thursday morning occurred at a bus stop outside of the Givat Asaf settlement, about a mile down the same road from the settlement of Ofra, where in an attack…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Kill Suspect Of Terror Attack That Killed Newborn Baby
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli security forces shot and killed the son of a West Bank Hamas leader suspected of involvement in the shooting attack outside of the West Bank settlement of Ofra that left 7 injured and a newborn baby dead. Four other Palestinian men alleged to have been involved in the attack also were…
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Fast Forward Baby Born Prematurely To Mother Shot In West Bank Attack Dies In Hospital
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A baby born prematurely after his mother was shot during a drive-by terror attack in the West Bank died on Wednesday. Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital made the announcement of the baby’s passing. The boy had been delivered by cesarean section at 30 weeks gestation to save the life of his mother, Shira Ish-Ran,…
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Fast Forward Airbnb Won’t Operate In Israeli Settlements, So ‘OlehStay’ Steps In
For those disappointed in Airbnb’s decision to remove listings in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, there is now another option: OlehStay. OlehStay, an Israel-based home-renting site, threw a dig at Airbnb in its tagline. “We’re Here to Stay. We Welcome Any Listing, Anywhere in Israel,” the home page reads. The company’s website was created…
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Fast Forward Miracle Baby Fights For Life After Israeli Pregnant Mom Shot In Terror Attack
Doctors delivered a baby Sunday night after the Israeli mother was shot and critically wounded in a terrorist attack in the West Bank, the Times of Israel reported. The baby boy’s health is declining, following reports of being in stable condition after being delivered by Cesarean section at 30 weeks. He is now hooked up…
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