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Fast Forward Orthodox Rabbis Call For Airbnb Boycott, Citing Double Standard On West Bank
Several groups and public figures have called for a boycott of Airbnb after it stopped listing Jewish-owned properties located in the West Bank. The Coalition for Jewish Values created a petition for people to pledge not to use the home-renting platform, condemning the decision as anti-Semitic. Airbnb made the announcement last week, following pressure from…
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Fast Forward Airbnb To Remove Listings In Jewish West Bank Settlements
Home-renting company Airbnb Inc said on Monday that it had decided to remove its listings in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, enclaves that most world powers consider illegal for taking up land where Palestinians seek statehood. In response, Israel’s Tourism Minister Yariv Levin instructed the ministry to restrict the company’s operations across the country….
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Opinion By Besieging The Palestinians, Israel Has Besieged Itself
Another round of violence has engulfed Gaza. After a botched intelligence operation in which one Israeli officer was killed as well as seven Palestinian members of Hamas, Hamas responded to Israel’s incursion by firing rockets into Israel. Israel immediately instrumentalized a story of defense. The Israeli army reported that the operation which sparked this round…
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Opinion We Palestinians Are Caught Between A Government That Tortures Us – And Israel
My first time visiting a Hamas operated police station prison was unforgettable. A rusty blue-colored gate led to a narrow corridor that bifurcated into two depressing, colorless rooms. Inside, tens of people were sitting in the corners of each room on a cold floor or a few rotting mattresses. It was the middle of winter,…
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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 Home Of West Bank Gunman’s Family To Be Demolished
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The home of the Palestinian man who killed two Israeli co-workers at a factory in the Barkan industrial zone in the West Bank is slated to be demolished. The Israel Defense Forces notified the family of Ashraf Walid Saliman Na’alwa, 23, on Sunday night that the family home will be demolished, a…
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Fast Forward Suspected Palestinian Terrorist Nabbed Near Nablus
(JTA) — Israeli security services apprehended a man they said stabbed a soldier and caused the injury of a bystander in the West Bank. The suspect in Wednesday’s stabbing is a 19-year-old Palestinian resident of the Jamain village in the West Bank, the Israel Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday. He was captured near Nablus. He allegedly…
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Fast Forward 2 Israelis Killed In Terror Attack At West Bank ‘Coexistence’ Industrial Zone
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israelis were killed and another injured in a terror attack in the Barkan industrial area in the West Bank. The attack took place on Sunday morning shortly before 8:00 at the beginning of the work week in the settlement’s industrial zone that is home to 160 factories that employ thousands of…
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