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  Feb 28, 2018

  Tomb of Christ Reopens After Jerusalem Agrees to Suspend Tax Plan

  The Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopened Wednesday following a three-day standoff between Christian churches in Jerusalem and the government over the issue of unpaid back taxes for church-owned commercial properties in the capital.

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  Feb 27, 2018

  Highest Ranking Christian-Arab in Israel's Border Police on Mentoring Young Christians in the IDF

  In 1990, Geris enlisted into the Border Police, where he joined its undercover counter-terrorism unit. Almost three decades later, Geris is still serving in the IDF and at 47 years old, he is the first Christian Arab to reach the rank of Chief Superintendent in the Border Police unit.

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  Feb 27, 2018

  Galilee Gardener Finds 700-Y-O Ring Bearing Image of St. Nicholas

  A worker in the Jezreel Valley community of Moshav Yogev discovered a 700-year-old bronze ring, bearing the image of a bald man with a staff next to him, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday.

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  Feb 24, 2018

  Israeli Intel Unit Thwarts ISIS Attempt to Blow Up Flight From Sydney

  The IDF's Unit 8200 provided intelligence that prevented an Islamic State plot to blow up an Etihad Airways flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi last July, the army revealed Wednesday.

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  Feb 24, 2018

  Police Briefly Detain 2 US Congressmen Following Temple Mount Visit

  Two U.S. congressmen said Thursday that they were detained by police and searched adjacent to the Temple Mount after picking an olive branch off the floor atop the holy site.

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  Feb 18, 2018

  Netanyahu Warns Israel Could Attack Iran if Tehran's Aggression Continues Unchecked

  Israel will not hesitate to attack Iran if Tehran's aggression against Israel continues unchecked, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned at the Munich Security Conference Sunday.

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  Feb 15, 2018

  Israeli Court Grants Refugee Status to Eritrean Man Who Fled Army

  In a decision that could set a precedent regarding the status of Eritrean asylum seekers, the Jerusalem Appellate Court ruled Thursday in favor of an Eritrean national who appealed the state\'s rejection of his asylum request on the grounds that desertion from the Eritrean army justifies receiving protected refugee status.

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  Feb 15, 2018

  Israel AG: Personal Friendship Wouldn't Deter Me From Indicting Netanyahu

  Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit threw his backing behind the Israel Police Thursday, saying investigators conducted their inquiries into Cases 1000 and 2000 in a professional and satisfactory manner.

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  Feb 8, 2018

  Austrian Evangelical Community 'Adopts' 100 Christian Israeli Soldiers

  The program was the first time Christian-Israeli soldiers received presents from a community abroad, just like Jewish soldiers who often get presents from Jewish communities in the Diaspora.