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While Welcoming Pope’s Gestures, Some Jews Question Israel Stance

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday becomes the third pope to visit Rome’s main synagogue in a sign of continued Catholic-Jewish friendship that was highlighted by a recent Vatican declaration that it doesn’t support official efforts to convert

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Israel Preps For Palestinian Authority’s Collapse

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been instructing high level ministers to take steps to thwart the potential collapse of the Palestinian Authority.  In a closed security cabinet meeting on Monday, the prime minister was reported to have said,

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Israeli Broadcaster Says Palestinians Bust West Bank Bomber Cell

Israel’s national broadcaster on Tuesday said Palestinian authorities had prevented a bomb attack on Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank, a report suggesting the strength of security ties despite public feuding over a two-month wave of unrest. Israel Radio

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Palestinian Soccer Tournament Named After Teenage Terrorist

TEL AVIV – The newly formed “Ahmad Manasrah Football Tournament” ​is named after ​a 13-year-old terrorist who stabbed and critically wounded two people aged 21 and 13 in Jerusalem last month, Palestinian Media Watch reported. PMW ​found out about the event’s name through an article

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Netanyahu Calls Out Abbas for Encouraging Terrorism

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a press conference for world media Thursday. Netanyahu accused Abbas of lying and inciting violence to encourage the wave of knife attacks over the past two weeks.

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