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Fast Forward US adds 3 Israeli settlers and, in a first, 2 West Bank outposts to sanctioned extremists list
White House spokesperson John Kirby said the outposts and their founders had been sanctioned because of “repeated violence"
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Fast Forward Protesters target Teaneck event promoting West Bank real estate to U.S. Jews
After a Jewish resident’s objections to the event went viral, Arab and Muslims groups called for a federal probe
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News How do Biden’s new sanctions affect Jewish charities that donate in Israel?
The Biden administration could expand its list of sanction targets beyond the four settlers it named
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Fast Forward American-Israeli rabbi and human rights activist indicted for obstructing soldiers in West Bank
One of the soldiers who Arik Ascherman is accused of pushing was himself charged with a hate crime in 2015
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News ‘Draconian methods’: Israel knocked for jailing, killing journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists ranked Israel as the sixth-worst offender in the world for detaining journalists
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Fast Forward Israel opens investigation after Palestinian toddler is killed during response to car-ramming attack
Sunday’s incident has come as Israelis have questioned their forces’ open-fire regulations in recent weeks
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Opinion If Israel won’t help Palestinian olive farmers, American Jews should
’Pushkes for Palestinians’ can repair the damage West Bank settlers have caused
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Fast Forward IDF says it is disciplining soldiers who broadcast Jewish prayers from West Bank mosque
The chief Sephardi rabbi of Israel also weighed in against the incident
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