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Fast Forward Barack Obama and Mahmoud Abbas to Discuss ‘Jewish State’ Recognition
In their upcoming meeting, President Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will discuss Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, as well as Israel’s planned release of Palestinian prisoners. Monday’s meeting at the White House will center on the ongoing negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to Haaretz, Abbas is expected to…
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Fast Forward Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Responsibility for Border Attack on IDF Jeep
A terrorist group linked to Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for an attack on an Israel Defense Forces jeep on Israel’s border with Lebanon. No soldiers were injured in Friday’s attack, in which the terrorist group, called The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, fired shots at the IDF patrol, according to the Times of Israel….
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Fast Forward Quebec Premier Defends Minister Accused of Anti-Semitic Propaganda
The premier of Quebec is defending a candidate in next month’s election who is accused of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda. At a news conference in Montreal today, Premier Pauline Marois said she stands by Parti Quebecois candidate Louise Mailloux, and said her party is not anti-Semitic. In previous writings, Mailloux, who teaches philosophy at a Montreal…
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Fast Forward 2 Atlanta Jewish Schools Agree To Merge
Two Jewish day schools in Atlanta, Greenfield Hebrew Academy and Yeshiva Atlanta, are merging. The Katherine and Jacob Greenfield Hebrew Academy is an independent pre-K-through-8th grade community day school founded in 1953. Yeshiva Atlanta is a modern Orthodox high school founded in 1971. The new entity is being billed as a college preparatory day school…
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Fast Forward Latvia Minister Fired for Nazi Veterans March
Latvia’s prime minister said she would fire a cabinet minister planning to march with local SS veterans. Einars Cilinskis, Latvia’s minister for environment and regional development, said he would attend the March 16 rally in Riga, Reuters reported Friday. Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma’s spokesman Andis Blinds said: “Taking into account that the minister has said…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Frustrated by ‘Jewish State’ Recognition Impasse
John Kerry said Israelis and Palestinian mistrust remained high and expressed frustration with the issue of recognizing Israel as a Jewish state. The U.S. secretary of state fielded questions Wednesday and Thursday from congressional committees probing his department’s budget requests. “I do believe both parties are serious,” Kerry told the foreign operations subcommittee of the…
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Fast Forward Tunisia Insists It’s Open to Israeli Tourists
Israeli tourists may enter Tunisia with pre-arranged papers and Jews especially should feel comfortable attending a major Jewish festival in May, the Tunisian tourism minister said. Amel Karboul contacted JTA in the wake of the denial of entry earlier this week to Israeli tourists aboard a Norwegian cruise liner. “We are open to all visitors,”…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Runs for Paris City Council
France’s far-right National Front party placed a Holocaust denier on its list of candidates for the municipal elections in Paris. The candidate, Pierre Panet, wrote in 2012 that he “shares the analysis of Roger Garaudy,” a convicted Holocaust denier. The L’Express daily reported on his candidacy Wednesday. The same year, he told the AFP news…
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