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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

Israeli police send Harvard students out of Palestinian village

Published March 15, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Isaeli Border Police redirected a group of students from Harvard University from a Palestinian village for traveling on a security road. The 55 students and the Palestinian activist guiding them were stopped Wednesday in Walaja and escorted...

Palestinian key headed to Berlin festival

JTAPublished March 15, 2012

BERLIN -- A one-ton steel key symbolizing the Palestinian "right of return" is to be shipped from a West Bank refugee camp to Berlin as part of a city-wide art festival. The Goethe Institut, Germany’s official cultural institution, is assisting in...

American activist’s parents ask Israeli Supreme Court to reopen case

JTAPublished March 13, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The parents of American activist Tristan Anderson, who was injured during a West Bank protest, have asked Israel's Supreme Court to reopen the case against Israeli border police.  Anderson's parents on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to...

Migron residents agree to relocation

JTAPublished March 11, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Residents of Migron have signed an agreement with the Israeli government on relocating the illegal West Bank outpost. The agreement signed Sunday will allow the outpost's approximately 50 families to move to a nearby hill over the next three...

Earthquake shakes northern Israel

JTAPublished March 7, 2012

JERUSALEM -- An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale shook northern Israel. The earthquake was felt in Metullah, located on the border with Lebanon, as well as in Kiryat Shemona and Safed. No injuries or damage were reported. The earthquake was...

Palestinian woman caught preparing terror attack

JTAPublished March 6, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian woman caught carrying a large knife near the security fence of a West Bank settlement said she was planning to carry out an attack. Police captured the woman, 32, outside the settlement of Emmanuel in the northern West Bank....

Palestinians caught infiltrating Jewish settlement

JTAPublished March 5, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Two Palestinians carrying large knives were arrested trying to infiltrate a Jewish settlement. The Palestinians were arrested Monday while trying to enter Elon Moreh, next to Nablus, in the West Bank. They are believed to have been planning...

Palestinian, 19, wounded during checkpoint protest

JTAPublished March 5, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian man was seriously wounded during a protest that became violent at a West Bank checkpoint. The 19-year-old Palestinian was struck in the head Monday by a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Ramallah....

PA letter to ask Israel’s position on peace talks

JTAPublished March 4, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will send a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asking Israel to state its position regarding restarting peace talks. The letter, which reportedly will be delivered to Netanyahu...

Girl dies in West Bank flood

JTAPublished March 2, 2012

A 7-year-old girl died after getting swept up in an overflowing stream near Modi'in Illit. An Israeli rescue worker told Haaretz that the girl was swept away on Friday by a stream that had overrun its banks and took out a street. Her body was recovered...

Fogels are remembered on first yahrtzeit

JTAPublished February 29, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Hundreds gathered in the West Bank community of Itamar to mark the first yahrzeit for the five slain members of the Fogel family. A beit midrash, or study hall, was dedicated Wednesday to the memory of parents Udi Fogel, 36, and Ruth Fogel,...

Palestinian TV station raided by Israel

JTAPublished February 29, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian television station in the West Bank went off the air following a raid by Israeli soldiers. Israel's Communication Ministry ordered Wednesday's raid of the al-Watan TV station, located near Ramallah, for using unauthorized frequencies...

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