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“The suspects barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque and planned to cause havoc.”
An enlarged police cyber center will work to counter incitement and coordinate with forces in the field.
“With this statement, the State Department has effectively given Palestinian groups a green light to attack Israel,” Jonathan Schanzer, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.
The clerics lodge 15 charges against the terror group, including “use of child soldiers,” “theft of international aid” and “corruption of the Palestinian education system.”
The Israeli president expressed his “hopes for peace and stability in the region and wished them and their peoples a Ramadan that will bring them peace, happiness, and health.”
More Muslim worshippers will be allowed to enter the Temple Mount for Friday prayers.
The archaeological attraction is located near Ben-Gurion Airport and on the Israel Trail.
The security summit, during which Israel agreed to stop discussing new settlement units for four months and authorizing outposts for six month, comes nearly a month after the two sides agreed on the need for a “de-escalation” at the Aqaba talks.
In his recent clash with Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) flip-flops on the question of whether antisemitism is a unique challenge.
It hasn’t conducted an attack in Israel for 17 years, said Liram Koblentz-Stenzler of the global far-right extremism desk at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism and a visiting Yale fellow.
Pew statistics show Americans view Jews, Protestants, Catholics more favorably than Muslims, Mormons
“This survey confirms what we have found repeatedly over the past decade, which is that on the whole, Jews are among the most positively regarded religious groups in America,” Alan Cooperman, director of religion research at Pew Research Center, told JNS.
The Iraq-based Islamic Fatwa Council slammed the terrorist organization for its treatment of Palestinians.
