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Fast Forward Australia Furor Over IDF Abuse Report
A furor has erupted between the president of Australia’s Jewish community and a group of former Israeli soldiers who reported abuses they witnessed while serving in the Palestinian territories. The front pages of the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne’s The Age newspapers on Monday carried a report on the release Aug. 24 of testimonies by…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Blasts Dutch Leader Over Kosher Slaughter
Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi warned Dutch politician Geert Wilders that attempts to ban ritual slaughter will eventually force Jews to leave the Netherlands. Rabbi Yona Metzger on Tuesday wrote a letter to Wilders saying he was “shocked and upset” to learn Wilders’ rightist Party for Freedom adopted a ban on ritual slaughter in its election…
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Fast Forward Republican Jews Happy With Plank on Israel
The Republican Jewish Coalition praised the Republican Party platform, focusing particularly on its Israel planks and noting the document’s endorsement of two states for Israelis and Palestinians. “The 2012 Republican platform is a forward-looking document that celebrates American exceptionalism and focuses on the most pressing issues facing our nation: rebuilding our economic strength, providing for…
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Fast Forward Illegal Migron Settlers Get Reprieve Again
The Migron outpost in the West Bank was not evacuated as scheduled. The eviction had been scheduled for Tuesday, the same day that the Israeli Supreme Court conducted a hearing on a petition filed by the residents requesting a delay in the eviction until the modular homes being built for the evacuees are completed. They…
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Fast Forward Aly Raisman Headed for Jewish Sports Hall
Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman will be inducted into The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame & Museum. Raisman, 18, of Needham, Mass., will be among eight inductees into the hall in Commack, N.Y., in April. Also to be honored at the 21st annual induction ceremony is weighlifter David Berger, who was among the…
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Fast Forward Bulgaria Bomb Victims’ Families Hold Ceremony
The families of the Israelis killed in a terror attack at the airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, attended a ceremony for the victims. The memorial was held Tuesday at the Great Synagogue in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. The families of the five victims of the July 18 attack visited the site of the suicide bombing…
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Fast Forward Bitterlemons Online Project Closes
Bitterlemons, a joint Palestinian-Israeli Internet effort to promote an exchange of views about the Israeli-Arab conflict and other Middle East issues, is closing. The closing of the publications, including two weekly e-magazines as well as Internet forums on Middle East topics, was announced this week by bitterlemons’ co-founders Yossi Alpher and Ghassan Khatib in separate…
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Fast Forward Gilad Shalit Marks First Birthday Since Release
Gilad Shalit marked his first birthday since being freed from Hamas captivity. Shalit turned 26 on Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Shalit to wish him a happy birthday. “This is a particularly happy birthday,” Netanyahu reportedly told Shalit. “It is a birthday of freedom. The entire Israeli nation wishes you mazal tov.” The Shalit…
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