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is JTA's former associate editor.

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• Report: Israel to open diplomatic mission in Abu Dhabi

  November 27, 2015 6:56am

  Haaretz reported Friday that the mission would be accredited not to the UAE government, but to the International Renewable Energy Association, an international organization headquartered there.

• At least 8 Israeli soldiers wounded in West Bank car attacks

  November 27, 2015 6:38am

  Drivers plowed their cars into Israeli soldiers near Maale Adumim and the Beit Ummar refugee camp.

• UK Jewish school evacuated by bomb squad

  November 20, 2015 10:30am

  Police in Gateshead detonated a suspicious package in a controlled explosion after sending students home early.

• Trump demurs on how his Muslim-tracking plan differs from Nazi policy

  November 20, 2015 9:52am

  The Republican presidential hopeful’s support for requiring Muslims to register with the government prompted comparisons to Nazi policies targeting Jews.

• Knesset Pollard caucus promises to fight parole restrictions

  November 20, 2015 8:12am

  In a letter to Jonathan Pollard, lawmaker Nahman Shai promised to fight any restrictions on his freedom of movement.

• Raoul Wallenberg’s family wants him declared dead

  November 20, 2015 8:05am

  The request was made Friday by the family of the Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jewish during the Holocaust before disappearing.

• ADL reports jump in anti-Israel campus activity

  November 20, 2015 7:49am

  According to a report, over 150 “explicitly ant-Israel programs” have either taken place or are scheduled to take place on American campuses this year.

• State Dept. ‘disappointed’ Israeli cop who beat American teen got no jail time

  November 20, 2015 7:34am

  A spokesman said it was “difficult to see” how a sentence of community service is appropriate given the evidence.

• Ex-Bataclan owner denies venue was targeted because he is Jewish

  November 20, 2015 7:10am

  Joel Laloux, who now lives in Israel, said it was “stupid and pointless” to suggest the concert hall was chosen because of its Jewish ties.

• 3 more sentenced for violently attempting to coerce religious divorce

  November 20, 2015 6:50am

  Avrohom Goldstein, Ariel Potash and Sholom Schuchat are the latest conspirators sentenced to jail time for participating in a scheme to force Jewish men to grant their wives religious divorces.