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Fast Forward Urged Sanctions on Russia Would Send Israel to World Cup
Israel would participate in the 2014 World Cup if the head of international soccer’s governing body heeds the suggestion of two U.S. senators to sanction Russia over its Crimea actions. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dan Coates (R-Ind.) in their letter last week urged FIFA Chairman Sepp Blatter to suspend Russia from the World Cup…
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Fast Forward Will Esther Lebowitz’s Killer Get New Trial in Notorious 1969 Baltimore Slay?
Some 200 Baltimore Jews attended a hearing to protest the possible release of a man who was convicted of murdering an 11-year-old Jewish girl in 1969. Attorneys for Wayne Stephen Young, 68, are requesting a new trial based on a 2012 ruling by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the state’s highest court, which found…
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Fast Forward Norway Museum To Return Nazi-Looted Matisse Painting to Heirs
A Norway musuem said it would return a Nazi-looted painting by Henri Matisse to the heirs of its former Jewish owner. The Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo, or HOK, announced Friday that it would return the 1937 painting “Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace,” which has been part of the museum’s collection…
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Fast Forward Jewish Heirs Won’t Get Back Art Treasure, German Panel Rules
A collection of medieval religious art worth an estimated $275 million will not be returned to the heirs of four German-Jewish art dealers. The descendants of another heir said, however, that they will not give up the fight for the Guelph Collection now held by the Berlin-based Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. In a ruling last…
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Fast Forward Obama Administration Wants Real Apology from Israel Defense Minister
A statement from Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon clarifying his attack on U.S. foreign policy did not appease the Obama administration. “We are disappointed with the lack of an apology from Defense Minister Yaalon’s comments,” Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman, said Friday. “His comments, as we’ve stated a couple times, don’t reflect the true…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Condemn Latest Khameini Holocaust Denial
Jewish leaders condemned Ayatollah Ali Khameini, Iran’s supreme leader, for once again questioning the Holocaust. “#Holocaust is an event whose reality is uncertain and if it has happened, it’s uncertain how it has happened,” was posted March 21 to a Twitter account, @Khamieni.ir, believed to reflect Khameini’s policies. “Once again, the injection of Holocaust denial…
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Fast Forward Hamas Sends Threatening Texts to Israeli Cell Phones
Israel cell phone owners received threatening text messages from Hamas. The text messages were delivered on Saturday evening, and threatened rocket attacks and kidnapping. “A warning to Zionists. Kassam rockets are waiting with you. If you want the life then leave our country,” said one message in Hebrew. “Al-qassam has chosen you to be The…
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Fast Forward Abbas: No Agreement Without Sovereign State and East Jerusalem Capital
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian leadership will not agree to a peace deal unless it includes a completely sovereign state with a capital in eastern Jerusalem. Abbas made the statement Saturday during a meeting of his Fatah Party’s Central Committee, according to reports. In expressing their support for Abbas, the committee called…
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