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Fast Forward Netanyahu Corruption Accusations Are An ‘Internal Israeli Matter,’ U.S. Says
The Israel Police’s recommendation to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an “internal Israeli matter,” the U.S. State Department said. “The United States has a very strong relationship not only with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but also the Israeli Government. We’re certainly aware of it, but we consider it to be an internal Israeli matter,”…
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Fast Forward University Protesters Try To Disrupt Israeli Speaker, Call Him ‘War Criminal’
(JTA) — Anti-Israel activists called former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor a “war criminal” and called Israel a “terrorist state” during his appearance at a London university. Meridor, who served in Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet from 2009 until 2013, spoke Tuesday night at King’s College in central London on the topic “Threats and Challenges.” Students…
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Fast Forward Knesset Extends Israeli Sovereignty Over West Bank Universities
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Knesset approved legislation that would extend Israeli sovereignty over universities and colleges in the West Bank. The institutions will be placed under the auspices of Israel’s Council for Higher Education, instead of being overseen by the parallel Judea and Samaria Council for Higher Education. The legislation is known as the “Ariel…
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Fast Forward Va. Republicans Call For Ouster Of Official Who Said Only Christians Should Run
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Virginia Republicans have called for the ouster of a party official who said only Christians should run for party positions. “Having a preference for Christians over non-Christians as political leaders is not bigoted,” Fredy Burgos said this week in a Facebook post promoting his favored candidate, Tim Hannigan, for the chairmanship of…
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Fast Forward France Returns Paintings To Heirs Of Jewish Couple Who Fled Nazis
(JTA) — The French government returned three paintings to the heirs of a Jewish couple who sold them under duress as they fled the Nazis. The 16th-century oil paintings by the Flemish master Joachim Patinir were handed over Monday in Paris to the descendants of Herta and Henry Bromberg at the Louvre Museum by French…
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Fast Forward Trump Tells Putin: Now Is The Time For An Israeli-Palestinian Peace Deal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the time was ripe for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. “President Putin noted that he would meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas later today, and President Trump said that now is the time to work toward an enduring peace agreement,” the White House…
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Fast Forward Court Tosses Guilty Verdict Against Arab Bank For Financing Hamas Terrorism
(JTA) — A federal appeals court has thrown out a verdict that found the Jordan-based Arab Bank guilty of helping finance the terrorist activity of Hamas, but the plaintiffs in the case will still receive compensation. On Friday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York determined that the federal jury that arrived at the…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Girls Protest Pressure To Join Israeli Army
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Dozens of girls attending national-religious high schools in Israel have joined a campaign to protest what they say is pressure from the Education Ministry to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces. The campaign is organized by the conservative religious organization Chotam in reaction to a ministry proposal by the Education Ministry to…
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