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Fast Forward Feinstein Wins J Street Reelection Nod
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein accepted the endorsement of J Street’s political action committee. Feinstein (D-Calif.), who is seen as a mainstream pro-Israel politician, joins Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) as Senate candidates who have received JStreetPAC’s endorsement for the 2012 election cycle. “Senator Feinstein joins a long…
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Fast Forward Israeli Charities May Strike Over Funding
Nonprofit groups that feed the needy say they may decide to go on strike for a day or two if they don’t get up to $64 million in the upcoming budget. The groups told Israel’s welfare and social services minister, Moshe Kahlon, at a meeting this week that they could either close down or refuse…
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Fast Forward Poll Show Jews Back Higher Taxes on Rich
A poll showed American Jews strongly favor tax increases for the wealthy and tend to back labor in disputes with management. The poll, released Thursday by the Workmen’s Circle, showed 65 percent of respondents favored raising taxes on those who earn more than $200,000 a year and that 61 percent tend to side with the…
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem To Promote Holocaust Education
Yad Vashem and the Council of Europe have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote Holocaust education throughout the council’s 47 member states. The agreement between the council, an international organization promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation,…
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Fast Forward Obama Marks Jewish American Heritage Month
President Obama celebrated the values of communities petitioning government at a White House reception honoring Jewish American Heritage Month. “We don’t just celebrate all that American Jews have done for our country; we also look toward the future,” he said. “And as we do, I know that those of you in this room, but folks…
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Fast Forward Israel Hands Over Bodies of 91 Palestinians
Israel turned over to Palestinian officials the bodies of 91 terrorists. The remains of 80 Palestinian terrorists, which had been buried in an Israeli military cemetery in the West Bank, were turned over to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank on Thursday. Another 11 bodies were repatriated to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Suicide…
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Fast Forward New Signs of Activity at Iran Nuclear Site
New satellite images show possible recent nuclear activity at the Parchin facility in Iran as well as attempts to hide evidence of past activity. An image of the Parchin facility east of Tehran from May 25 revealed “ground-scraping activity,” as well as the presence of bulldozers, according to diplomats quoted by international news services who…
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Fast Forward Anti-African Violence Erupts Again in Tel Aviv
For the second time in a week, an anti-migrant demonstration in south Tel Aviv turned violent. A small group of protesters verbally attacked an Israeli of Ethiopian descent who passed by Wednesday night’s demonstration; one protester hit him. Five protesters were arrested for rioting. The demonstrators had planned to march to the Shapira neighborhood of…
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