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								Trump administration transfers $20 million to PA for wastewater projects							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-administration-transfers-20-million-to-pa-for-wastewater-projects/">White House redirects funds for West Bank and Gaza use that were originally designated for economic aid to Egypt</a>
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								Omitting Mideast peace from speech, Trump opts again for the unorthodox							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/omitting-mideast-peace-from-speech-trump-opts-again-for-the-unorthodox/">US leaders usually mention the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; this year, the president was mum on what is one of his self-declared major foreign policy objectives</a>
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								White House: Trump, Netanyahu discussed countering Iran&#8217;s &#8216;malign influence&#8217;							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/white-house-trump-netanyahu-discussed-countering-irans-malign-influence/">US administration says Israeli-Palestinian peace process was also raised in NY meeting, as well as 'optimism in the region' about future peace deal</a>
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							By <a title="Eric Cortellessa" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/eric-cortellessa/">Eric Cortellessa</a> and <a title="Raphael Ahren" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/raphael-ahren/">Raphael Ahren</a>						</div>
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								Campus environment increasingly hostile to pro-Israel students &#8211; report							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/campus-environment-increasingly-hostile-to-pro-israel-students-report/">Group says that, while the activity of the boycott Israel campaign has declined, it has become more 'aggressive and sophisticated'</a>
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							By <a title="Eric Cortellessa" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/eric-cortellessa/">Eric Cortellessa</a>						</div>
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								WH official: Peace conversations to be kept &#8216;mostly separate&#8217; from UN meetings							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/wh-official-peace-conversations-to-be-kept-mostly-separate-from-un-meetings/">While an Israeli-Palestinian accord remains a top priority for Trump, his UN talks will 'primarily focus on other issues,' administration source says</a>
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							By <a title="Eric Cortellessa" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/eric-cortellessa/">Eric Cortellessa</a>						</div>
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								US official: Trump to discuss Iran, Mideast peace in Netanyahu meeting at UN							</a>
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								Trump to Jewish leaders: Hopes for &#8216;significant progress&#8217; soon on Mideast peace							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-tells-jewish-leaders-of-hopes-for-significant-progress-on-mideast-peace/">In traditional High Holy Days conference call not including Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish movements, president condemns anti-Semitism</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/ahead-of-sanctions-deadline-obama-officials-urge-trump-to-uphold-iran-deal/">'Either directly or indirectly, ripping up this deal by the US is the worst thing we could do for American national security,' says Wendy Sherman, who negotiated nuclear accord</a>
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								Poll: 77% of American Jews have unfavorable view of Trump							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-77-of-american-jews-have-an-unfavorable-view-of-trump/">AJC's 2017 survey of US Jewish opinion finds the president and his policies are deeply unpopular, fears about anti-Semitism have risen dramatically</a>
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							By <a title="Eric Cortellessa" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/eric-cortellessa/">Eric Cortellessa</a>						</div>
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								Trump and Netanyahu to meet on sidelines of UN confab, US confirms							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-and-netanyahu-to-meet-on-sidelines-of-un-confab-us-confirms/">The two will both be in New York to address the world body; no indication yet if Trump will also meet with Abbas </a>
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								After Harvey and Irma, Jewish groups renew push for FEMA houses of worship aid							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-harvey-and-irma-jewish-groups-renew-push-for-fema-houses-of-worship-aid/">While the Orthodox Union and American Jewish Committee want a rule change, Interfaith Alliance Rabbi Jack Moline says it would violate separation of church and state</a>
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								Chicago businessmen raise funds to send Palestinians to an Israeli university							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/chicago-businessmen-raise-funds-to-send-palestinians-to-an-israeli-university/">Palestinian Students Scholarship Fund has a partnership with the University of Haifa, providing scholarships for underprivileged Palestinians and Israeli Arabs</a>
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								Bannon: Don&#8217;t bet on Trump to certify Iran nuke deal in October							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/bannon-dont-bet-on-trump-to-certify-iran-nuke-deal-in-october/">In '60 Minutes' interview, former chief strategist says his old boss 'wants to get out of the deal and either go make a better deal or just view it from the outside'</a>
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								Jewish senator draws heat for grilling judicial nominee on her Catholic faith							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-senator-draws-heat-for-grilling-judicial-nominee-on-her-catholic-faith/">Diane Feinstein tells a Notre Dame law prof. and Catholic mother of seven 'the dogma lives loudly within you' when questioning her on Roe v. Wade</a>
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