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Fast Forward ‘Jew Trap’ Online Meme Draws Threat of Suit
A Belgian watchdog on anti-Semitism warned it was preparing to take legal action against online propagators of a new anti-Semitic joke about the Holocaust. The Belgian League against Anti-Semitism, or LBCA, issued the threat regarding a photograph of an oven with paper money inside, bearing the caption: “The Jew trap is set.” The photo surfaced…
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Fast Forward Israel Boosts Security After Malaysia Flight 370 Drama
Israel has increased airline safety procedures in the wake of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Israel’s Channel 2 reported Sunday that, following assessments of the situation by Israeli defense officials, a long list of airline safety procedures, which remain confidential for security reasons, were implemented. One guideline that has been instituted, according to…
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Fast Forward 50 Jewish Academics Join Initiative Rejecting Boycott of Israel as ‘Discriminatory’
More than 50 Jewish academics joined an initiative rejecting academic boycotts of Israel as well as legislative attempts to inhibit such boycotts. “Academic boycotts and blacklists are discriminatory per se and undercut the purpose of the academy: the pursuit of knowledge,” said the statement posted Monday by “The Third Narrative,” an initiative of Ameinu, a…
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Fast Forward Will Nicolas Anelka Serve 5-Game Suspension for Performing Quenelle?
The British Football Association will request that Nicolas Anelka serve his entire suspension for performing the quenelle salute regardless of the soccer team he joins. Anelka was fired by British West Bromwich Albion on Friday for “gross misconduct” for making the salute, seen by many as being anti-Semitic, on the field during a December match…
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Fast Forward Captured Hiker Josh Fattal Says Iran Knew He Was Jew
Josh Fattal, an American hiker freed by Iran in September 2011 after two years in captivity, said the Iranians knew he was Jewish even though it was never explicitly stated. “I was so scared in those first months about being a Jew with an Israeli father, but at a certain point I embraced it,” Fattal…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Says ‘No Time’ To Waste After Peace Talks With President Obama
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, meeting with President Obama to discuss the peace talks with Israel, said “time is not on our side.” “We don’t have any time to waste,” Abbas said Monday while greeting Obama in the White House Oval Office, according to pool reports distributed by the White House. “Time is not on…
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Fast Forward Swastika-Hit Swedish School Is ‘Love Bombed’
A Swedish junior high school that was attacked with Nazi graffiti was treated to a “love bombing” several days later. The doors, windows and hallways of the Vasa Real School in Stockholm were covered in paper hearts last week by members of the youth wing of the Liberal Party days after unknown assailants painted swastikas…
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Fast Forward Dutch Leader Geert Wilders Slammed as New ‘Hitler’ for ‘Fewer Moroccans’ Remark
Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch rightist, pro-Israel Party for Freedom, called for The Hague to be home to fewer Moroccans, which led an opposing candidate to compare him to Hitler. Wilders, an anti-Islam and anti-immigration politician and a supporter of Israel, made the comments last week during a campaign event. Local elections in Holland…
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