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Breaking News West Bank Mosque Torched by ‘Price Tag’ Extremists on Baruch Goldstein Terror Date
A mosque in the West Bank near Bethlehem was set on fire and nationalist slogans were painted on its walls. The attack in the Jaba village occurred early Wednesday morning. A window of the mosque was broken and something burning was thrown inside. Worshippers who arrived at the mosque at 4:30 a.m. saw the flames…
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Opinion Can Yoga Fix the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
Farashe (JTA) — Inhale your arms up into warrior one. Exhale and extend your arms into warrior two. I followed the instructor’s soft but firm voice as she led me and five other women through the yoga poses, and the deep breathing helped to calm my nerves. The large tiled room was gently lit through white…
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Breaking News West Bank Settlement Housing Starts Rise by 40%
The number of new housing starts in Jewish settlements in the West Bank rose by 40 percent last year, the activist group Peace Now said. Some 68 percent of the new construction is in settlements that are outside the blocs Israel likely will keep in any future peace deal, Peace Now said in its report…
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Breaking News Israeli Toddler Dies of Injuries From 2013 West Bank Rock Attack
Adele Biton, a 4-year-old girl who was severely injured in a Palestinian rock attack two years ago, has died. Adele died Tuesday evening at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petach Tikvah from complications of a lung infection. She had remained in an unconscious state since the West Bank attack on her mother’s car on March…
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Israel News Slain ISIS Hostage Kayla Mueller’s Idealistic Journey Ran Through Israel
For over a year and a half the family of Kayla Jean Mueller, a 26-year-old aid worker from Arizona, kept the fact that she was being held in ISIS captivity in Syria a secret from most everyone. While it was known the terrorist organization was holding a young female American among their hostages, the hope…
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Breaking News Weapons Cache Seized From Jewish Settlers in West Bank Town of Yitzhar
Israel Police seized weapons and equipment from the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar. The items seized in a Tuesday night raid were to be used against Palestinians and Israeli military forces, police said, according to the Times of Israel. They included knives, saws, flammable liquids, tear gas canisters and black masks. Yitzhar residents have attacked…
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Breaking News White House and State Department Slam New West Bank Settlement Tenders
The White House and the State Department criticized Israel for reissuing tenders for the construction of 450 housing units in the West Bank. The tender announcement will “further isolate Israel internationally,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at Friday’s press briefing. “We believe that settlements are illegitimate and are counterproductive to achieving a two-state outcome,”…
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Breaking News Israel Drops All Charges Against Tariq Abu Khdeir
Israel has dropped all charges against an American teenager who was seen in a video being beaten by Israel police during a riot in eastern Jerusalem. The U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem announced last week that Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, of Tampa, Fla., was cleared of wrongdoing during the July 3 riot. Video of two Israeli…
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