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Fast Forward 30 Palestinians Wounded By Israeli Fire On Gaza Border
Palestinian authorities are reporting that Israeli fire wounded at least 30 protesters, one critically, in the latest round of protests on Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip. Thousands of protesters amassed at the border for the third Friday in a row. The Palestinians are demanding the right to march to lands in Israel they claim…
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Fast Forward 22% Of Millennials Haven’t Heard Of The Holocaust, Study Finds
(JTA) — Over a fifth of millennials in the United States have not heard of or are unsure if they have heard of the Holocaust, a study found. The survey, which was commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (also known as the Claims Conference), found that many Americans were unaware of…
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Fast Forward Elizabeth Warren Urges Israel To Express Restraint Toward Gaza Protesters
(JTA) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on the Israeli government to respect the rights of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border. Warren, D-Mass., made the call in a statement sent to The Intercept on Wednesday, the online news publication reported the following day. “I am deeply concerned about the deaths and injuries in Gaza,” Warren said….
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Fast Forward Polish President Claims New Holocaust Law Won’t Block Survivors’ Accounts
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — The presidents of Poland and Israel met near the Auschwitz death camp, where they held talks together and then led the March of the Living. Polish President Andrzej Duda assured his Israeli counterpart, Reuven Rivlin, on Thursday afternoon prior to the two-mile march from the Auschwitz barracks to the Birkenau death…
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Fast Forward Hamas Machine Guns Fire On Israeli Fighter Jet, Triggering Rocket Sirens
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rocket alerts sounded throughout southern Israel, triggered by Hamas machine gun fire. The alarms began sounding after midnight between Wednesday and Thursday, sending residents of Gaza border area communities to bomb shelters. The alarms were triggered in the wake of an Israel Air Force strike on a Hamas military site in Gaza,…
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Fast Forward Trump: Americans Have ‘Moral Obligation’ To Fight Anti-Semitism, Confront Hate
(JTA) — Americans have “a moral obligation to combat anti-Semitism, confront hate, and prevent genocide,” President Trump said in a proclamation issued for Yom Hashoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. The proclamation issued on Wednesday recognizes the “Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust 2018” to be observed from April 12 to 18. The proclamation…
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Fast Forward Dublin Mayor Gets Into Israel In Misspelled Name SNAFU
JERUSALEM (JTA) –The mayor of Dublin entered Israel despite instructions to border officials to keep him out of the country. Mícheál Éamonn Mac Donncha, a member of the leftist Sinn Féin party, entered Israel through Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday night and reported later that he had travelled to Ramallah. Donncha is scheduled to attend…
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Fast Forward Putin, Netanyahu Warn Each Other About Consequences In Syria
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In a phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned each other about the repercussions of actions related to Iran’s presence in Syria. “Upon an initiative of the Israeli side, a telephone conversation took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” Sputnik,…
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