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Fast Forward Republican Lawmaker Calls Abraham Lincoln ‘Same Sort Of Tyrant’ As Hitler
A Republican state lawmaker from North Carolina called Abraham Lincoln “the same sort of tyrant” as Adolf Hitler, sparking new controversy just days after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was skewered for appearing to downplay the Holocaust. “And if Hitler had won, should the world just get over it?” Rep. Larry Pittman wrote in…
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Fast Forward Trump Refuses To Back Steve Bannon In Feud With Jared Kushner
President Donald Trump was reluctant to voice public support for Steve Bannon, one his top aides, amid reports of a massive rift between him and fellow adviser Jared Kushner that also saw Bannon lose his position on the national security council. “I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Threaten To Shut Israel Airport With Anti-Draft Protest Over Passover
An ultra-Orthodox group is threatening to disrupt operations at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport during the busy Passover holiday week with protests against the drafting of yeshiva students into the army. A body calling itself “the committee for the rescue of the world of Torah” took out ads in ultra-Orthodox media outlets, saying that the planned…
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Fast Forward WATCH: White House Says Trump ‘Was Right’ On JCC Hoaxes
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said on Monday during his daily press briefing that President Trump “was right” when he said that some of the anti-Semitic incidents in the United States may be “the reverse” of what they look like. Spicer said that the media should not “rush to judgement” when it comes to…
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Fast Forward Infamous Holocaust Denier David Irving Gives Secret Anti-Semitic Talk at Scotland Hilton
British writer and convicted Holocaust denier David Irving held a secret event at a Hilton hotel in Glasgow on Friday, according to the Sunday Herald, where he expounded in length on his anti-Semitic views and conspiracy theories. Irving, 78, is the author of several books which defend Adolf Hitler and deny that the Nazis murdered…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Brother Joins Anti-Trump March in Washington
Among the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who gathered Saturday in Washington D.C. as part of the Women’s March on Washington against President Donald Trump was reportedly one surprising protester: Joshua Kushner, the younger brother of Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared. According to the Washingtonian website, Kushner explained to curious marchers who recognized him,…
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Fast Forward Marvin Hier Defends Trump Inauguration Appearance as Backlash Grows
Rabbi Marvin Hier, head of Los Angeles’ Simon Wiesenthal Center, told Haaretz that he accepted the invitation to say a prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday in part because refusing it would cause “ill will” toward Jews among the American public. Hier also criticized Rep. John Lewis and other Democrats who are boycotting the…
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Fast Forward YNET: U.S. Intel Officials Tell Israel Not To Share Info With Trump Administration
(Haaretz) — Israeli intelligence officials are concerned that the exposure of classified information to their American counterparts under a Trump administration could lead to their being leaked to Russia and onward to Iran, investigative journalist Ronen Bergman reported by Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot on Thursday. The intelligence concerns, which have been discussed in closed forums…
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