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Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has been working hard since his first term in office to give names to all streets in the eastern capital. The committee in charge of naming

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The Cabinet has approved the appointment of Hashem Hussein – formerly of the Prime Minister’s Office, where he was involved in minorities sector planning and development – as Director General

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PA (Palestinian Authority) residents on Monday, 23 Elul, protested outside the International Red Cross office in Hebron on behalf of 100 PA (Palestinian Authority) prisoners incarcerated in Israel who have

Conditions in the Beis Yaakov in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Yerushalayim are unacceptable to put it mildly with 1,850 students attending the school, which includes nine first grades. Officials

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