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Israeli police ban lawmakers, ministers from Temple Mount over Passover
Citing “security reasons,” Israeli police announced that Knesset members and government ministers are banned from visiting the Temple Mount during the eight-day Passover holiday, which begins Friday night.
Cardin says Netanyahu’s declaration of Israeli claim to Golan not ‘timely’
Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said declaring Israeli ownership of the Golan Heights was not “timely” while Syria was mired in civil war.
French chief rabbi slams Paris’ ‘ignoring Jewish ties to Jerusalem’ in UNESCO vote
In an unusual commentary on his country’s foreign policy, the chief rabbi of France spoke out against its vote at the United Nations on a resolution that he said ignored Jewish ties to Jerusalem.
Jerusalem police thwart Passover plot to sacrifice goats in Old City
Israeli police detained seven Jewish men suspected of planning to sacrifice goats in the Old City of Jerusalem in honor of Passover, the Times of Israel reported.
Passover frenzy grips Jerusalem market
Passover eve, for observant Jews, is the deadline of all deadlines, a day by which all surfaces, all cupboards, all shelves have to be scoured and cleansed of anything that even may allude to a leavened product.
Arab-Israeli lawmaker compares Israel to Nazi Germany
Arab-Israeli lawmaker Hanin Zoabi declined an invitation to participate in a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, saying that there is an “alarming similarity” between Nazi Germany and current Israeli policies.
Israel’s attorney general bars women from reciting priestly blessing at Kotel
Israel’s attorney general banned Women of the Wall from holding a priestly blessing ceremony at the Western Wall.
Israel closing off West Bank in wake of Jerusalem bus bombing
Israel is closing off the West Bank for the start of Passover amid fears of further terrorist attacks after a bus bombing in Jerusalem that wounded 20.