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Fast Forward New Flotilla Boat Heads for Gaza
Israel asked the United Nations to stop a Swedish-owned ship carrying human rights activists from attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, called the ship Estelle a “provocation” that “raises tensions and could easily spark a serious escalation of the conflict.” “I want to stress that…
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Fast Forward Dutch Town Backs Down on Holocaust Memorial
Following protests, the Dutch town of Geffen will not display the names of German Wehrmacht soldiers along with Jewish Holocaust victims on a new monument. The monument, scheduled to be unveiled Saturday in the eastern Netherlands town, “was meant to promote reconciliation but instead caused controversy,” Mayor Roel Augusteijn said at a televised news conference…
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Fast Forward Judge Blocks Circumcision Rite Form for Now
A temporary restraining order against New York delayed the start of a new informed consent requirement for a controversial circumcision rite. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in New York ordered the stay of implementing the required warning to parents of the dangers of metzitzah b’peh, a ritual in which the circumciser…
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Fast Forward Dutch Rabbi Objects to Nazis in Monument
A Dutch rabbi has demanded that the names of his relatives be removed from a monument which commemorates Jewish Holocaust victims along with German soldiers who died in World War II. “I don’t want my family members’ names to appear next to the names of German murderers,” Rabbi Wim van Dijk said in a filmed…
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Fast Forward ‘Superman’ Creator’s Heirs Lose Suit to Comics Giant
The heirs of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster do not have the right to reclaim copyrights to the popular character, a federal judge ruled. Wednesday’s ruling gives DC Comics, owned by Warner Bros., all rights to Superman for books, movies, television and other medium. In response to a DC Comics lawsuit filed in 2010 seeking a…
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Fast Forward One Third of Israelis at Risk of Poverty
One-third of Israelis are at risk of poverty, a new report shows. Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday issued a report showing that some 31 percent of Israelis were at risk of poverty in 2010, compared to 27 percent 12 years ago. Some 16 percent of European Union residents fall into the same category….
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Backs Parts of ‘No Occupation’ Report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask his Cabinet to approve some of the conclusions of a report that says that West Bank settlements are legal under international law. A resolution to adopt some of the findings of the Levy Committee’s report could come in the next week or two, Israel Radio reported. The Levy…
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Fast Forward Hadassah Hospital Unveils 19-Story Tower
A state-of-the-art, 19-floor tower was dedicated at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. The Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower, named for the mother of the late Detroit Pistons’ owner Bill Davidson, was dedicated Tuesday night as part of the events surrounding Hadassah’s convention in Israel marking 100 years since its founding. Davidson and his wife, Karen, and…
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