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Fast Forward Avigdor Lieberman Accuses Israeli Lawmakers of Being Hamas Members
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman wrote on his Facebook page that some members of Knesset represent Hamas, the terrorist organization that governs Gaza. The comment, reported by Haaretz, came following an Egyptian court ruling outlawing Hamas and shutting its offices in the country. “We still have Hamas representatives sitting in the Knesset,” Lieberman wrote, according…
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Fast Forward French Jewish Leader Asks Francois Hollande for National Fight on Anti-Semitism
The head of France’s Jewish communities, Roger Cukierman, urged President Francois Hollande to make the fight against racism and anti-Semitism a national cause. Cukierman, president of the CRIF umbrella organization of French Jewish communities, made the plea in an interview he gave to the BMFTV network Tuesday, as he and other CRIF leaders prepared to…
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Fast Forward Polish Cops Nab Suspected Vandal at Jewish Cemetery
Police officers in Poland arrested a man whom they said they had caught desecrating Jewish tombstones. The suspect, who was not named, was arrested last week at the Jewish cemetery of Andrychow, 30 miles southwest of Krakow, the news site Wadowice24.pl reported Tuesday. At the 18th-century burial site, he had knocked down 13 tombstones before…
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Fast Forward Belgian Athlete Gets 10-Game Suspension for Anti-Semitic ‘Quenelle’
A Belgian athlete who did the quenelle gesture at a match was banned for 10 games. The European governing body of soccer, UEFA, announced the punishment on Tuesday against Omar Rahou, who made the gesture several times at a European Championship match of futsal, a variant of soccer, in January while celebrating scoring a goal…
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Fast Forward Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workers Launch Strike to Protest Low Wages
Employees of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs have gone on a major strike protesting low wages and working conditions. The strike, announced Tuesday, will suspend all services to foreign dignitaries visiting Israel, as well as all services to Israeli dignitaries planning trips or already abroad. In addition, the strike suspends all consular services to…
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Fast Forward California State Appeals Court Upholds UC Irvine Protestors Convictions
A California state appeals court has upheld the conviction of 10 students at the University of California, Irvine, who disrupted a 2010 speech by then-Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren. During the speech, the protesters interrupted Oren repeatedly, calling him a “mass murderer” and a “war criminal.” The heckling caused him to pause…
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Fast Forward Austrian Mayor Won’t Be Tried for ‘Hang Jews’ Remark
An Austrian ex-mayor who said journalists and Jews should be hanged will not stand trial for hate speech, prosecutors said. A spokesperson for the public prosecutor’s office of Krems an der Donau, a municipality located 35 miles east of Vienna, said that Karl Simlinger, a former mayor of the village of Gfohl, will not be…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Jewish Cemetery Pays $80M to Settle Body-Dumping Suit
A Los Angeles Jewish cemetery accused of dumping remains to make room for new interments has settled a 25,000-person class action lawsuit. Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, Calif., agreed to a settlement worth about $80.5 million, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal reported, citing documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 27. The…
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