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Fast Forward British Jewish Leaders Agree To Meet With Labour Party Head Jeremy Corbyn
(JTA) — British Jewish community leaders agreed to meet with embattled Labour Party head Jeremy Corbyn to discuss anti-Semitism in the party ranks. In a letter sent Wednesday to Corbyn, Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and Jonathan Goldstein, chair of the Jewish Leadership Council, thanked Corbyn “for the commitment…
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Fast Forward Israeli Government: ‘Highly Probable’ Another Country Will Take Asylum Seekers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli government told the country’s Supreme Court it is “highly probable” that a third country will accept African asylum seekers deported by Israel. The third country is widely reported to be Uganda, although that country denies it. The state is asking the court to be allowed to extend the detention of…
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Fast Forward Hollywood Execs Back Netflix After BDS Threat Over ‘Fauda’
(JTA) — More than 50 entertainment industry executives have signed a letter in support of Netflix, after the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel threatened a lawsuit over its distribution of the Israeli drama series “Fauda.” The show focuses on a commando unit of the Israeli Defense Forces whose members embed themselves in the…
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Fast Forward ZOA Calls On Supreme Court To Uphold Trump Travel Ban
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of President Donald Trump’s most recent ban on travel from a number of predominately Muslim countries. The group, which has been an outspoken supporter of Trump’s policies, in its brief said the action did not amount…
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Fast Forward Israel Releases 58 Jailed Migrants Who Refused To Be Deported To Rwanda
(JTA) — The Israeli government has released 58 African asylum seekers being held in a detention center after a plan to deport over 200 more of them to Rwanda fell through. Israel announced the release Wednesday and will now look to negotiate a deal with Uganda, even though the African country does not want to…
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Fast Forward Florida Middle School Teacher Who Hosted White Supremacist Podcast Resigns
(JTA) — A Florida middle school teacher who hosted a white supremacist podcast and shared anti-Semitic and Islamophobic content on social media has resigned. Dayanna Volitich, a teacher at Crystal River Middle School, in the western part of the state, was removed from her classroom early last month when the Citrus County School District began investigating…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Officially Kills African Immigrant Deal That He Just Signed
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially cancelled an agreement made with the United Nations that would have relocated thousands of African asylum seekers to Western countries. The cancellation on Tuesday afternoon came a day after the agreement was first announced and hours after the prime minister said he would freeze the agreement in order…
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Fast Forward State Department Still Has No Anti-Semitism Monitor
(JTA) — The position of anti-Semitism monitor has not been filled by President Trump more than a year after it was vacated. In addition, the State Department’s office to monitor and combat anti-Semitism has been unstaffed since July 1. A State Department official in January told JTA that the Trump administration considers the position of…
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