September 3rd, 2014 - 12:32 GMT Beheaded journalist Steven Sotloff held Israeli citizenship Sotloff worked in the past for 'The Jerusalem Report,' filing his last dispatch from Syria about a year ago, shortly before he was taken hostage; he lived in Israel for a short period. Read more
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