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Fast Forward D.C. College Students Walk Out on Oren
A group of protesting students silently walked out of a speech by Israel’s U.S. ambassador, Michael Oren, at George Washington University. Near the beginning of the speech Monday night in Washington, more than a dozen students walked out of the room, with one holding a sign that read “Oren supports Colonialism.” Some audience members applauded…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leader Stokes Fear of Sarkozy Opponent
Richard Prasquier, the president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewry, reiterated concerns that a Francois Hollande presidency would boost the anti-Israel left. Speaking to reporters Monday before a meeting at the French Consulate in New York, Prasquier said, “We know that some of the parties who are supposed to be partners of the…
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Fast Forward Google Sued Over ‘Jewish or Not?’ Searches
A French anti-discrimination group is taking Google to court for offering to search if celebrities are Jewish. SOS Racisme, a French organization that fights discrimination, is scheduled to meet Google attorneys in a French courtroom on Wednesday for a hearing on the matter, according to the Hollywood Reporter, citing French media reports. The suggestion of…
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Fast Forward Newsman Reports Bogus Disney Abduction Story
An Israeli reporter was suspended after reporting on an unfounded story that an Israeli girl was briefly abducted at Disney World in Orlando. Sivan Cohen of Israel’s Channel 10 reported during Sunday’s news broadcast that the incident that she said “sounds like an urban legend” occurred over Passover. She reported that a 9-year-old Israeli girl…
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Fast Forward Delmon Young Suspended for Week Over Brawl
Delmon Young, the Detroit Tigers outfielder who was arrested in New York for allegedly attacking a group of men and making anti-Semitic remarks, was suspended without pay for seven days The suspension is retroactive to April 27, when he was placed on the restricted list. It amounts to more than $250,000, according to the Detroit…
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Fast Forward Teacher Arrested After Holocaust Lesson Goes Awry
A South Carolina teacher has been arrested on charges of assault and battery after trying to make a point during a lesson on the Holocaust. Middle school teacher Patricia Mulholland, a veteran 7th grade social studies teacher at Bluffton Middle School, is accused of dragging a student out of his seat by his collar and…
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Fast Forward Kadima’s Livni Resigns From the Knesset
Former opposition leader Tzipi Livni resigned from Israel’s Knesset. Livni delivered a prepared statement on Tuesday afternoon announcing her departure from the legislature prior to a meeting with Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin at which she submitted her letter of resignation. She did not take any questions from reporters. “I shall continue to work for a…
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Fast Forward Israel Ridicules U.N. Putting It on Abuser List
Israel’s Foreign Ministry criticized as “absurd” the country’s inclusion on a list of countries that restricts the activities of human rights and advocacy groups. Monday’s response came after the United Nations’ high commissioner for human rights placed Israel on a list that includes Egypt, Belarus, Venezuela, Algeria and Ethiopia. Israel is the only democratic country…
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