Senate Republicans’ bill withholds PA funds until terrorist compensation is stopped
The legislation would require the Palestinian Authority to publicly condemn violence.
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Memorial to Peres held at UN headquarters in New York
Among those who attended the service were Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and ambassadors from more than 40 countries, including U.S. envoy Samantha Power.
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Breitbart columnist attacks Washington Post writer as ‘Jewish, American elitist’
Anne Applebaum also was accused of having "global media contacts," a common anti-Semitic screed, a month after Donald Trump tapped Breitbart's chair to be his campaign's CEO.
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Human rights groups urge US to probe Israeli soldiers’ killing of Palestinian-American teen
Mahmoud Shaalan, 16, was shot in February as he allegedly attempted to stab soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint.
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Reconstructionist movement to open West Coast summer camp
The film- and arts-based camp is being started with a $1.4 million grant over four years from the specialty camps incubator of the Foundation for Jewish Camp.
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Abbas to attend Peres funeral, Arab-Israeli party leader Ayman Odeh will not
“The memory of Peres in the Arab public is different from the narrative discussed in recent years," Odeh said.
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Settlement reached in trial over Bay Area’s Koret Foundation
The case, which focused on control of the $500 million foundation, pitted its founder’s widow against a former president and current board member.
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Anti-Semitic fliers put on cars at San Francisco-area train stops
The fliers called the Jewish community "serpents" and for separating Jews from children.
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New York man, 27, convicted of assaulting Brooklyn Jewish Y chief, acquitted on hate crimes charge
The Y's executive director was punched in the face following an exhibition basketball game in Brooklyn featuring Maccabi Tel Aviv as verbal sparring in the arena spilled out onto the street.
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In rare tribute, Obama orders flags flown at half-staff for Peres
The president will also lead the U.S. delegation attending the funeral of the former Israeli president.
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