Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Thanks Congress for Condemning UN Resolution
(JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel thanked America and its House of Representatives for passing a resolution condemning a U.N. vote against settlements. Netanyahu said “thank you, America, thank you, Congress” in a video his office posted Friday on YouTube following the resolution’s passing the previous evening by a vote of 342-80. Sponsored…
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Fast Forward Jordan Calls Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem ‘Catastrophic’
(JTA) — Jordan’s government spokesman warned of “catastrophic” repercussions if President-elect Donald Trump moves the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem as he indicated he would do. Such a move could affect relations between the United States and regional allies, including Jordan, Information Minister Mohammed Momani told The Associated Press Thursday, addressing the issue publicly for the…
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Fast Forward Warsaw Jews and Polish History Museum Bury Hatchet
(JTA) — Warsaw’s Jewish community and Poland’s main Jewish museum resolved their legal dispute over copyright in a bid to promote better relations based on unity between two of Poland’s most prominent Jewish institutions, the groups said in a joint statement. The joint statement last week follows a lawsuit filed last year by the community…
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Fast Forward Hollywood Stars Gather to Mourn Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
(JTA) — Some of best-known people in the film industry gathered to remember Hollywood actresses Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, at a private memorial service in Los Angeles. Actors Stephen Fry, Gwyneth Paltrow, Meg Ryan, Candace Bergen, Meryl Streep, Ed Begley Jr., Jamie Lee Curtis and Penny Marshall were among the guests who…
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Fast Forward French Supermarket Sorry for ‘Made in Israeli Settlement’ Fruit Labels
(JTA) — Following complaints, a French supermarket store apologized for applying labels reading “made in Israeli settlements” to some of its products. The labels that appeared last month on pomegranates and Tangerines at the store belonging to the Auchan supermarket chain in the Paris suburb of Kremlin-Bicêtre were the result of a “an error” by…
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Fast Forward Spanish Valencia Region Pushes Israel Boycott
(JTA) — Spain’s Valencia region reportedly adopted a boycott against Israel as its official policy. A vote on Israel at the Provincial Council of Valencia, a semi-autonomous region with over 250 municipalities and 2.5 million inhabitants, took place during a general assembly on Dec. 29, according to the local faction of the far-left party València en…
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Fast Forward French Presidential Candidate Compares Holocaust to Anti-Muslim Bias
(JTA) — French Jews accused a left-wing presidential candidate of encouraging Holocaust denial following his comparison of the Nazi persecution of Jews to the situation of French Muslims today. Vincent Peillon, who is running in the Socialist Party primaries ahead of the elections this year, made the analogy Tuesday during an interview aired by the…
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Fast Forward Dutch Rapper: ‘Jews Like Money’ Song Is a Compliment
(JTA) — A Dutch rapper who sang that he “sits on money like a Jew” and “deports” greedy women defended the text as a “compliment” devoid of any anti-Semitic undertones. Ali Bouali, a best-selling performer of Moroccan descent who is also known in the Netherlands as an activist against discrimination, defended these lines from his…
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