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Is it easier just not to be Jewish?
By Leora Eisenberg \
12/21/2014 12:17:53 AM
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Elevating US-Israel alliance, Obama hails his role
President signs law declaring Israel "strategic partner."
By MICHAEL WILNER \
12/21/2014 12:19:00 AM
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Givati CO questioned on possible harassment cover-up
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/21/2014 12:26:51 AM
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The thought of Liberman as PM makes me sick, says Yacimovich
Yisrael Beytenu MK says former Labor leader must be on drugs
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/21/2014 12:51:35 AM
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British call girl who became Tel Aviv personality dies at 70
Mandy Rice Davies will be remembered in Israel for her time in Tel Aviv, where having converted to Judaism to marry an Israeli businessman she moved to open and manage a series of nightclubs.
By JERRY LEWIS \
12/21/2014 1:06:22 AM
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Firebrand fighter for senior citizens’ rights Gideon Ben-Yisrael dies at 91
The long-time chairman of the Senior Citizens Union in the Histadrut will be laid to rest today, Sunday, at 2 p.m. at Tel Aviv’s prestigious Trumpeldor Cemetery.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
12/21/2014 1:20:49 AM
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Hamas: Gaza woman spied for Israel
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/21/2014 1:29:31 AM
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Planting seeds for peace and health
A three-year EU project to identify natural compounds in Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Spain and Greece that could be turned into beneficial drugs was a success.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
12/21/2014 1:41:54 AM
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New Worlds: How water could have flowed on Mars
Bringing plants into offices can improve well-being and make people feel happier at work.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
12/21/2014 1:52:17 AM
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The Austrian connection
Tel Aviv is a major transfer market for Austrian Airlines.
By AVI HOFMANN \
12/21/2014 2:13:00 AM
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‘Gemütlich’ in Vienna
A fabulous hotel, excellent food and wine and friendly people.
By AVI HOFMANN \
12/21/2014 2:16:14 AM
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Two New York police officers killed, gunman dead
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 2:19:00 AM
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Big guns await Mac TA in Euroleague Top 16
By ALLON SINAI \
12/21/2014 2:21:38 AM
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Kiryat Shmona battles back to winning ways
Abed goal saves K8 and opens five-point gap, with Mac TA and Beersheba not in action until Sunday and Monday.
By ALLON SINAI \
12/21/2014 2:28:03 AM
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Glushko and Sela triumph for second straight year
By ALLON SINAI \
12/21/2014 2:31:47 AM
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A journey to Saskatchewan’s Jewish past
There was a feeling that prosperity was around the corner.
By MORDECHAI HAIMOVITCH \
12/21/2014 2:55:31 AM
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Tekuma central committee decides to stay on Bayit Yehudi’s Knesset list
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 3:00:49 AM
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Tunisians to vote in historic presidential run-off
By REUTERS,JTA \
12/21/2014 4:39:22 AM
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Judgment
By R.P. Nettelhorst \
12/21/2014 4:56:15 AM
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U.S. says consulting UK, Australia, New Zealand on North Korea hack response
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 5:57:20 AM
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Mekel out of work yet again after Pelicans release
By ALLON SINAI \
12/21/2014 6:42:10 AM
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Politics, government, and culture
By IRA SHARKANSKY \
12/21/2014 7:01:51 AM
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Obama condemns fatal shootings of New York police officers
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 7:35:19 AM
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Bennett praises Tekuma decision to stay on Bayit Yehudi’s Knesset list
The party will receive four of the first 20 slots on a joint list.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/21/2014 8:56:12 AM
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4 more members of Lehava Jewish extremist group arrested
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 9:06:59 AM
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4 more members of Lehava Jewish extremist group arrested in connection to arson attack
Members of the group are suspected in the arson of the Jewish-Arab Max Rayne Hand in Hand School in Jerusalem.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
12/21/2014 9:15:55 AM
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Jewish Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's son assaulted and robbed
The 17-year-old son of Chicago Mayor Emanuel was robbed outside of his home; in 2010, he had his bar-mitzva in Jerusalem.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 9:42:28 AM
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Child on Hamas TV: Jews are barbaric apes
Young boy recites poem "I Do Not Fear The Gun."
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 10:12:38 AM
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4-year-old boy lightly injured by rock throwers in West Bank
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 10:55:04 AM
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Afghan Taliban decry "biased" UN report on civilian casualties
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 10:57:17 AM
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Analysis: Neither Israel nor Hamas wants an escalation, but the situation in Gaza is explosive
There is a feeling of déjà vu in the air, of going back in time to the days that preceded Operation Protective Edge.
By YOSSI MELMAN \
12/21/2014 11:36:02 AM
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Netanyahu voices support for raising minimum wage to NIS 5,000 per month
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 11:56:33 AM
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Egypt allows in travelers from Gaza for first time since October
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 12:38:55 PM
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Netanyahu to expand minimum wage hike to civil servants
The Histadrut agrees to raise minimum wage to NIS 5,000 instead of NIS 5,300.
By NIV ELIS \
12/21/2014 1:10:48 PM
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Egyptian 'spy' charged for allegedly passing Israel intel on Iranian warships' movements
The Port Said court also convicted in absentia the man's two alleged Israeli handlers to life in prison.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 2:18:30 PM
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Hanin Zoabi says office robbery in Nazareth was 'a political act'
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/21/2014 2:18:31 PM
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MK Hanin Zoabi says office robbery in Nazareth was 'a political act'
Office of controversial MK broken into; police treating break-in as standard burglary.
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/21/2014 2:22:25 PM
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Egypt retires hardline intelligence chief
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 2:32:55 PM
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Lebanon says it needs French helicopters quickly to fight jihadis
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 2:35:07 PM
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Obama does not consider Sony hack an act of war
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 2:36:08 PM
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Christmas in the Holy Land: Pilgrims and the Virgin Mary
Christians represented more than half (53%) of all incoming tourists to Israel in 2014.
By ARIEL COHEN \
12/21/2014 3:09:53 PM
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Gentrified in Jaffa
The Market House boutique hotel makes a marked impression.
By DAVID BRINN \
12/21/2014 2:47:52 PM
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Bayit Yehudi and Tekuma: United on paper, not in spirit
The two parties may sit together in the Knesset, but their ideologies are not exactly aligned.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/21/2014 3:07:11 PM
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Israel looks at Europe with utter dismay
By BARRY SHAW \
12/21/2014 3:24:30 PM
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JPost News: December 21, 2014
JPost.com brings you all the latest news on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 3:27:44 PM
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US-led forces launch 13 air strikes in Iraq, three in Syria
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 3:41:12 PM
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Hamas arrests global jihadis who fired rocket on Friday, defense minister says
Ya'alon: Hamas unable to smuggle in industrial weapons from Iran or Libya; Israeli deterrence is in place
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/21/2014 3:46:53 PM
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Iran nuclear diplomat gets key post as head of foreign oil deals
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 4:04:37 PM
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WATCH: Jerusalem Latin Patriarch leads mass in Gaza ahead of Christmas
Christians make up a minority of about 3,500 people out of Gaza's 1.5 million mostly Muslim population.
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 4:16:40 PM
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Jerusalem’s Bloomfield Science Museum lights up during Hanukka
Ten inventions relating to the theme of light and Hanukka were conceived and developed by “makers” and put on display at the museum.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
12/21/2014 4:27:53 PM
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Israel acknowledges upside of diplomacy with Iran, Obama says
Obama hits back at "foreign policy establishment" on shoot-first mentality.
By MICHAEL WILNER \
12/21/2014 4:44:07 PM
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Dreidel challenge puts new spin on breaking a Guinness World Record
On Sunday in Tel Aviv, 754 adults and children, including MK Tzipi Livni, successfully set a new Guinness World Record for dreidel spinning.
By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN \
12/21/2014 4:47:58 PM
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Cabinet oks 'price targeting' to lower housing costs
The plan will offer developers land at a 20% discount based on promises to sell it at the lowest possible price. Potential buyers will have to enter a lottery to get one of the discounted apartments.
By NIV ELIS \
12/21/2014 4:49:52 PM
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Court orders Ministry of Defense to recognize man as IDF widower
Officer died of breast cancer after periodic IDF health checks did not ask about prevalence of disease among family members; Lod Court rules in favor of family
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
12/21/2014 5:09:09 PM
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Ariel University vandalized with error-riddled graffiti
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 5:10:57 PM
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Livni at Western Wall: This 'holy place will remain under Israeli sovereignty forever.'
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 5:38:17 PM
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MKs call for digital voting in next election
Knesset panel approves NIS 241.75m Central Election Committee budget.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/21/2014 5:52:00 PM
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The Sky is the Limit for two Hebrew University students
“They were amazing children and they didn’t believe that they could break free of this cycle."
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
12/21/2014 5:53:31 PM
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Low-cost student dorms to be built in downtown Jerusalem
NIS 70 m. complex scheduled to be completed in October 2016, will provide 400 beds.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
12/21/2014 6:14:09 PM
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Netanyahu: Israel is under attack on two fronts at once
Prime minister says Israel facing threat of Hamas and diplomatic attacks of the PA.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 6:16:02 PM
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Price tag for Middle East chaos: $35 billion
The Policy Research Working Paper released in December analyzes the economic effects on Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, finding that Syria and Iraq have been hardest hit.
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
12/21/2014 6:17:07 PM
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Two NY police officers slain in apparent retribution attack
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 6:36:33 PM
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Tekuma: The cult of Orit Struck?
The popular, active female MK tipped the scales toward Bennett and away from its rabbis.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
12/21/2014 7:02:43 PM
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The 'Exodus' Release: The conflict between science and the bible
By HARRY MOSKOFF \
12/21/2014 7:06:37 PM
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Police says evidence links IDF colonel to sex crimes against teen
The officer, who is 40, told the youth that he was only 37-years-old, and asked that he be referred to as “the officer.”
By BEN HARTMAN \
12/21/2014 7:08:38 PM
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Czech Jews protest invitation of Putin to Holocaust memorial
Russia government and media have accused the Ukrainian government of anti-Semitism while Ukrainian Jewish leaders have accused Putin of fomenting racism to justify his interventions in their country.
By SAM SOKOL \
12/21/2014 7:40:21 PM
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Islamist militants hanged in Pakistan execution
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 7:49:50 PM
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Florida police officer killed; shooting suspect in custody
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 8:26:48 PM
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Attorney General blocks pre-election appointments of new heads of police, prisons
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/21/2014 8:35:06 PM
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PA begins campaign to amass support for Israeli withdrawal resolution
So far, only seven permanent members have thus far announced their intention to vote in favor of the proposed resolution.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
12/21/2014 8:40:11 PM
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Academic boycotts
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
12/21/2014 8:49:07 PM
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Hanukka: Religious freedom in a unified Jerusalem
Readers should be shocked at Hanukka’s centrality in the Jewish world today, both in Israel and the Diaspora. How did this transformation even take place?
By ELI KAVON \
12/21/2014 8:57:47 PM
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The rabbinate’s animosity toward Christianity
International acceptance and global Jewish support for Israel as both a Jewish and democratic state must be founded upon respect for all faiths and an embrace of Jewish diversity.
By URI REGEV \
12/21/2014 9:04:46 PM
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THINK ABOUT IT: The case for realistic pragmatism
It isn’t just the make-up of the next government that is important, but who will stand at its head. Hopefully it will be someone who is motivated by the desire to find solutions to serious problems.
By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF \
12/21/2014 9:14:47 PM
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Tel Aviv woman in serious condition after choking on jelly doughnut
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 9:21:33 PM
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Letters to the editor: Dec. 22, 2014
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
12/21/2014 9:21:54 PM
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REALITY CHECK: Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett’s vision for the future is truly disturbing
The reality behind Bennett’s playacting is deadly serious, and provides one of the most dangerous threats to Israel’s future as a Jewish and democratic state.
By JEFF BARAK \
12/21/2014 9:28:59 PM
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Poll dancing and wishful thinking
If Kahlon succeeds at pulling the wool over the eyes of voters who have an aversion to Netanyahu but see no alternative on the horizon, he will become the kingmaker of the upcoming elections.
By RUTHIE BLUM \
12/21/2014 9:35:26 PM
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FOR ZION'S SAKE: Europe doesn't care about dead Jews
They want Israel to give the Palestinians what they believe the Palestinians deserve, even if unaccompanied by a termination of violence on the part of the Palestinians.
By DANIEL TAUBER \
12/21/2014 9:40:56 PM
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Hardline national-religious rabbis come out in support of Yishai’s new party
The rabbis said he new party would bring together “rabbis who love Torah and the Land of Israel, who will raise up the banner of Torah in our lives, in the Land of Israel and in the State of Israel."
By JEREMY SHARON \
12/21/2014 9:42:04 PM
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The modern-day miracle of Israel
The grace of God is present here in this land, and what the Israeli people are continuing to share with the brotherhood of man across the globe is nothing short of a modern-day miracle.
By ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS \
12/21/2014 9:46:28 PM
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Audience participation required
For more than five years, choreographers Ella Ben-Aharon and Edo Ceder have been inventing theater spaces
By ORI J. LENKINSKI \
12/21/2014 10:04:44 PM
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Jordan reinstates death sentence, hangs 11 convicts
By REUTERS \
12/21/2014 10:06:53 PM
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Price tag perpetrators sentenced to unprecedented 30 months in prison
Until recently, those committing price tag attacks were often not even arrested or indicted.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
12/21/2014 10:27:13 PM
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Lapid warns Netanyahu would cancel Haredi-IDF legislation
“He will take money away from students and the middle class and give it to remote settlements,” Lapid warned.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
12/21/2014 10:42:34 PM
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Ya'alon: If Herzog and Livni will lead Israel, Hamastan will be established in Judea and Samaria
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI \
12/21/2014 10:56:29 PM
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Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick to run in Likud primaries
He will contest the 33rd spot on the electoral list which is reserved for a representative from Judea and Samaria, although it is almost certainly out of reach for the Likud party.
By JEREMY SHARON \
12/21/2014 10:58:30 PM
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Netanyahu promises to ‘vigorously’ oppose Palestinian moves at UN
Fatah: There are American efforts to delay resolution • Netanyahu: Parts of Europe have anti-Israel sentiments
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH,HERB KEINON \
12/21/2014 11:44:28 PM
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11 people in France run over by man driver yelling 'Allahu Akhbar'
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
12/21/2014 11:44:20 PM