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Fast Forward Soldier Is Stabbed on Jerusalem Day
A Palestinian man attempted to stab an Israeli soldier guarding a Jerusalem Day event, as police spread out across Jerusalem to prevent violence. The attack occurred Sunday morning at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank, where a bicycle trip was passing. The assailant was seriously injured during his capture. Police and soldiers were…
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Fast Forward Thousands Cheer Gilad Shalit in Rome
Thousands of Italians cheered Gilad Shalit when the former captive Israeli soldier went to Rome’s City Hall, the Campidoglio, where he officially received honorary citizenship of the Eternal City. “I thank you with all my heart for all you have done to obtain my liberation,” Shalit told the crowd during the emotional ceremony May 17….
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Fast Forward New York Mural Touts Israel’s Gay Record
A mural contrasting gay rights was completed Friday in New York’s West Village. The mural, on a parking lot wall, show the outlines of two men holding hands, according to The New York Times. Above them are the words, “Who Would YOU want at Your Wedding?” The figures also hold two balancing scales. Above one…
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Fast Forward European Jews Want Action on Anti-Semitism
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has asked Czech premier Petr Necas to urge other EU leaders to tackle possible threats against Europe’s Jewish and other minority communities, EJC President Moshe Kantor said. Kantor warned of further attacks from Muslim extremists on the continent due to a potential escalation of conflict in the Middle East. “The…
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Fast Forward Ahmadinejad Wants Games Invite, Despite Logo Issue
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad now wants to attend the 2012 London Olympics, despite last year saying that the summer games’ jagged multi-colored lingo resembled the word Zion and was therefore “racist.” Despite his desire, Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that British authorites had “problems” with hosting him, according to IRNA, his country’s official news agency. “I…
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Fast Forward Hebrew Bible Translated Into Eskimo Language
After a 34-year translation project, the Hebrew Bible and New Testament were published for the first time this week in an Eskimo language. A group of Inuit Christians in the Canadian territory Nunavut completed the task of translating the texts into the local Inuktitut, according to Haaretz. Plant and animal names were among the biggest…
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Fast Forward House Takes Aim at Iran, But No Call for War
An overwhelming majority in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution rejecting containment of Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program, but a sponsor made clear that the bill did not authorize use of force. The non-binding resolution, which also says it is in the U.S. “vital interest” to keep Iran from achieving a nuclear capability,…
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Fast Forward B’nai B’rith Slams Honor for Lithuanian Quisling
B’nai B’rith International condemned the Lithuanian government’s posthumous honor of Juozas Ambrazeviciu, the wartime prime minister who was a Nazi collaborator. The Jewish organization sent a letter to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite in response to the Lithuanian government’s plans to honor Ambrazevicius, who was the prime minister of the 1941 Nazi-backed regime in Lithuania. The…
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