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Netanyahu gave religious Zionists power. In Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and beyond, they now feel they are enacting God's ...

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UNESCO told Newsweek it "is gravely concerned about the threats posed by the conflict to the region's rich cultural heritage." ...

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The Israeli army has issued new evacuation orders for residents of Baalbek, home to Ancient Roman temples and archaeological ...

He moved to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and began learning both ancient and modern Jewish texts. According to Hoffman ... In the ...

Police department uses social media to address residents concerned about seeing the Nazi-appropriated symbol in town as Hindu celebration gets underway.

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