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Fast Forward Act That Would Slash Funding For Palestinians Attached To Omnibus Spending Bill
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Taylor Force Act, which would slash funding to the Palestinians until the Palestinian Authority stops payments to Palestinians killed or arrested during attacks on Israelis, will likely pass this week. Jewish Insider reported Wednesday that the bill would be added in the Senate to a massive omnibus spending bill that must…
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Fast Forward AIPAC-Aligned Sen. Ben Cardin To Speak At J Street Conference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ben Cardin, the Democratic senator from Maryland who is among the closest in his party to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, will speak at the annual conference of its liberal rival, J Street. Cardin, who is Jewish, was one of just four Democrats in the Senate who voted in 2015 against…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv U. Gets $10M Grant For Medical Research With California Universities
(JTA) — Tel Aviv University scientists will collaborate with their counterparts at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley on research in medical and information technology. The initiative is being funded with a five-year, $10 million grant from the Koret Foundation, which funds Bay Area organizations and initiatives, and works to support the U.S.-Israel…
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Fast Forward Ahed Tamimi, Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Israeli Soldiers, Takes Plea Deal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teen arrested in part for slapping and harassing Israeli soldiers standing guard in a West Bank Palestinian village, will spend eight months in prison under a plea deal. The teen has spent the last four months in prison after being arrested in the middle of the night at…
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Fast Forward Oslo Festival Rejects Israeli Dancers, Citing Efforts To ‘Whitewash’ Occupation
(JTA) — An arts festival focusing on femininity and gender identity in Oslo, Norway rejected the participation of six Israeli choreographers, saying Israel uses culture to “whitewash” its treatment of the Palestinians. The six Israeli artists who applied to participate in the “Feminine Tripper” festival — Eden Wiseman, Roni Rotem, Nitzan Lederman, Maayan Cohen Marciano,…
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Fast Forward American Jews And Muslims Have More In Common Than We Thought, Study Finds
(JTA) — The more that American Jews and American Muslims interact with each other, the more likely they are to see the two faiths as more similar than different, a comprehensive study of Muslim-Jewish relations in America has found. Fifty-four percent of Jews and 65 percent of Muslims surveyed in a poll for the Foundation…
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Fast Forward Weinstein Company Files For Bankruptcy, Says Employee Victims Can Speak Out
(JTA) — The Weinstein Company filed for bankruptcy, after struggling to stay solvent since allegations of sexual misconduct against co-owner Harvey Weinstein were made public in October. As part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the company released anyone “who suffered or witnessed any form of sexual misconduct by Harvey Weinstein” from nondisclosure agreements, the…
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Fast Forward Cambridge Analytica Says It Used Israeli Spies For Intelligence Gathering
(JTA) — Cambridge Analytica claims to have used Israeli companies and former Israeli spies in its intelligence gathering. The British data-mining company used information inappropriately collected from the accounts of over 50 million Facebook users while working on the Trump presidential campaign in order to influence the vote, The New York Times has reported in…
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