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by Johanna Markind • December 21, 2017 •
Special to IPT News  
Pierre
Rehov's beautiful new film, "Unveiling Jerusalem," shines a
spotlight on the city's architectural wonders and amazing recent
archaeological finds. Even more importantly,
it exposes why the religious-political conflict over Jerusalem
appears to be getting worse instead of better despite years of
"peace process." It provides much-needed moral clarity
on what causes violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
December 20, 2017 • IPT News
U.S.-based
Muslim leaders who explicitly glorify terrorism against Jews deserve more
attention in American media and political circles.
by Hany Ghoraba • December 19, 2017 •
Special to IPT News
"Soon
on your holidays," a sentence that would typically befit the
celebrations of the Christmas festivities, was turned into a terrifying
threat posted recently on an ISIS-related network vowing to attack major
European cities during the Christmas holidays.
by Abigail R. Esman • December 18, 2017 •
Special to IPT News
When
Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
earlier this month, many warned of repercussions and attacks against
Jews... . "Because of Trump," a Newsweek headline
declared, "People Are Burning Israeli Flags And Attacking Jews."
by Abha Shankar • December 17, 2017 •
IPT News
ALEXANDRIA,
Va. – Jury deliberations begin Monday in the federal terrorism support
trial of a former Washington, D.C. Metro Transit Police officer accused of
trying to provide support to ISIS.
by John Rossomando • December 15, 2017 •
IPT News
A
pro-Hamas leader of Tunisia's Muslim Brotherhood-linked Ennahda Party met
last month with the federally funded U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) in
Washington.
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December 21, 2017 • Haaretz
An
overwhelming majority of 128 member states voted in favor of the
resolution, with only 9 voting against and 35
abstaining; Netanyahu says Israel 'completely rejects
preposterous' decision.
December 21, 2017 • CNBC
A
United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the U.S. to withdraw
its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital passed
overwhelmingly Thursday despite threats from the Trump administration to
cut funding to U.S.
aid recipients who voted in favor.
December 21, 2017 • The Jerusalem Post
Calling
the United Nations a "House of Lies," Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu preempted by some five hours a vote scheduled to take place there
Thursday on the status of Jerusalem and said that "Israel completely
rejects the vote even before it takes place."
December 21, 2017 • Washington Examiner
President
Trump threatened yesterday to cut off aid to any country that votes today
against the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The
vote takes place today at the emergency special session being convened at
the United Nations General Assembly, called for by Turkey and Yemen (via
Iran).
December 21, 2017 • The National - UAE
Edition
In
a first, two Congressmen — one Democrat and one Republican — have sent a
letter to the US Department of Justice asking to open a case against Syrian
President Bashar Al Assad and his alleged role in targeting American
troops.
December 20, 2017 • Times of Israel
U.S.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday cautioned he could slash funding to
countries that support a UN General Assembly resolution on Thursday that
seeks to annul the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's
capital.
December 20, 2017 • The Forward
Earlier
this week, the Daily Caller published a piece alleging that Women's March
founder and Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour covered up sexual harassment
during her time as executive director of the Arab American Association... .
As [Asmi] Fathelbab, the woman accusing Sarsour, put it when she reached
out to me, left-wing outlets "wouldn't come near it with a ten foot
pole."
December 20, 2017 • The Washington Free
Beacon
Lawmakers are launching an investigation into Obama-era
efforts to thwart a longstanding U.S. investigation into the Iranian-backed
terror group Hezbollah, according to multiple congressional officials and
insiders who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.
December 19, 2017 • Montreal Gazette
Being
curious is not a crime. That is how one of the four lawyers who represented
Sabrine Djermane, 21, and El Mahdi Jamali, 20, replied when asked how a
jury found their clients not guilty on all of the terrorism charges they
had faced since April 2015.
December 19, 2017 • Jewish Telegraphic
Agency
According
to a December 14 article in Berkeleyside, Cheryl Davila, who was elected to
the Berkeley City Council last year, dismissed Transportation Commissioner
Ben Gerhardstein last month after he declined to state a position on
whether Berkeley should divest from companies that do
business with Israel.
December 19, 2017 • Times of Israel
A
study of four US colleges found little support for academic boycotts of
Israel among the students. At each of the schools studied — Brandeis,
Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan —
less than 15 percent of non-Jewish students expressed support for a boycott
of Israeli academic institutions and scholars, according
to a study by the Steinhardt Social Research Institute at Brandeis.
December 19, 2017 • MEMRI
The
announcement of U.S. President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as
Israel's capital and stating that the American embassy would be moved there
sparked outrage among the Palestinian leadership and public. It was
described as a crime against the Palestinian people that makes the U.S.
complicit in the
Israeli occupation and invalidates the U.S. role in resolving
the Palestinian conflict.
December 19, 2017 • Miami Herald
Once
convicted of setting up phony companies to deposit stolen checks at local
banks, Roda Taher fled South Florida for the Middle East to avoid prison
time. Eight years later, Taher is a fugitive on new and more serious
charges.
December 19, 2017 • Reuters
U.S.
prosecutors on Tuesday urged a New York jury to find Mehmet Hakan Atilla,
an executive at Turkey's majority state-owned Halkbank, guilty of helping
Iran evade U.S. sanctions, while Atilla's lawyers said he was a
"blameless pawn."
December 18, 2017 • Ynetnews.com
Nothing
the President did with his declaration of recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's
capital precludes the realization of any of the principles of the Oslo
Accords and the expected discussions concerning the possibility of part of
Jerusalem becoming the capital of a Palestinian state should it ever be established.
December 18, 2017 • NJ.com
The
Islamic Center of Jersey City said it has suspended an imam for saying in a
Dec. 8 sermon that Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque "remains prisoner in the
hands of the Jews" and praying for the annihilation of "the
plundering oppressors." Edited video of the sermon was posted online
last week by the Middle East Media Research Institute, or Memri, which
tracks the Arab/Muslim press.
December 18, 2017 • The Jerusalem Post
The
Palestinian man who stabbed a Border Police officer near Ramallah on Friday
exploited nearby journalists as cover to get close to troops in order to
carry out the attack, the Israel Police said on Sunday.
December 18, 2017 • Tablet Magazine
Israel's
haters on campus are less and less effective in stopping institutions from
collaborating with the Jewish state, but increasingly good at making
Israeli speakers feel unwelcome.
December 18, 2017 • Newsweek
The
Islamist militant group Hezbollah exploded into a major cocaine trafficker
for the United States over the past decade—and it happened under former
President Barack Obama's watch to help score a nuclear deal with Iran, a
report revealed Monday.
December 18, 2017 • The Algemeiner
The
online headline for the New York Times' editorial for the Sabbath of
Hanukkah was "Donald Trump Seems Confused About Jerusalem." A
more accurate headline would have been "The New York Times Editorial
Writers Seem Confused About Jerusalem."
December 18, 2017 • Politico
An
ambitious U.S. task force targeting Hezbollah's billion-dollar criminal
enterprise ran headlong into the White House's desire for a nuclear deal
with Iran.
December 17, 2017 • Daily Caller
The
inspiration behind the Women's March on DC, Linda Sarsour, has been accused
of enabling the alleged sexual assault and harassment of a woman who worked
for the feminist activist, according to the victim and two sources directly
familiar with the matter.
December 16, 2017 • Times of Israel
Lian
Najami, Israel's first Arab Rhodes scholar, is the kind of person who can
be optimistic about just about anything... . Her message: Arab Israelis,
who make up some 20 percent of Israel's citizenry, can succeed in the
Jewish state. She has held herself up as living proof.
December 15, 2017 • The Jerusalem Post
Supporters
and a senior official of the internationally designated terrorist
organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine held a
celebration in Berlin of 50 years since the group's founding. The German
left-wing extremist organization "Youth Resistance Media" posted
a video on YouTube showing supporters and what were likely members of the
PFLP at Monday's event calling for "Death to Zionism" via with
the use of "rifles."
December 14, 2017 • News.com.au
Hundreds
of young people across Australia are left at risk of being forced into
unwanted marriages because they are unwilling to engage in criminal
proceedings against their parents.
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