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Fast Forward Hungary Rightists Use Anti-Semitic Slogans
Demonstrators from the ultra-rightist Jobbik Party shouted anti-Semitic slogans during a demonstration in Budapest. The demonstration Sunday came on the fifth anniversary of the foundation of the ultra-rightist, xenophobic, paramilitary Hungarian Guard, which is banned by Hungarian law. Gabor Vona, a Jobbik leader and a co-founder of the Hungarian Guard, delivered a nationalist speech in…
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Fast Forward QualComm Buys Israeli Chip Maker
San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. acquired the Israeli chip manufacturer start-up DesignArt Networks for more than $150 million. The Israeli company, located in Raanana, is considered a leader in the design of modems and small communication cells for cellular base stations and high-speed wireless backhaul infrastructure. “DesignArt and its products will both enhance and accelerate our…
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Fast Forward Indian Clothing Store Named for Hitler
The owners of a men’s clothing store in the Indian state of Gujarat are being urged to change the name from Hitler. The store in Ahmedabad is named for one of the proprietor’s grandfather, whose nickname was Hitler, the Times of India reported. He reportedly was called Hitler “because of his strict nature,” according to…
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Fast Forward Hotelier Seeks To Make Amends for Anti-Semitism
A Muslim hotel owner in Southern California condemned anti-Semitism and agreed to donate money to two pro-Israel groups in order to head off a protest rally. A jury in Santa Monica Superior Court earlier this month found that Tehmina Adaya, the owner of the Hotel Shangri-La in that city, discriminated against the nonprofit Friends of…
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Fast Forward Egypt Embassy Thugs Get Slap on Wrist
An Egyptian court sentenced 76 citizens in the September 2011 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. Some 74 of the convicted protesters on Sunday were given one-year suspended prison sentences, one was sent to a juvenile detention center, and one, a former police officer who fled the country after criticizing the Mubarak regime, was…
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Fast Forward Day School in New Zealand Capital Closes
The only Jewish day school in New Zealand’s capital city is closing. Moriah School in Wellington will close its doors at the end of 2012, its board announced. In a letter last week to parents, the board said it had “no option” but to close the school, which has fewer then 20 pupils ages 5…
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Fast Forward Toulouse Killer Had Worldwide Network
Mohammed Merah, the killer of four Jews from Toulouse,reportedly had contacted people in 20 countries including Israel before perpetrating the murders. The daily newspaper Le Monde reported last week that French security services declassified records that showed Merah had exchanged information over the telephone with people from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Kenya,…
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Fast Forward Boys Arrested in West Bank Taxi Firebombing
Three teens were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the firebombing of a Palestinian taxi. The three teens, ages 12 and 13, were arrested Sunday, two of them reportedly at the yeshiva middle school that they attend. The firebomb attack occurred Aug. 16 near the Bat Ayin settlement in the Gush Etzion bloc. A…
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