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Fast Forward Palestinians Evicted From E. Jerusalem Home
Fourteen members of a Palestinian family were evicted from two homes in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood after an Israeli court ruled that Jews had legally purchased the properties. The Natshe family was evicted Wednesday from their home Beit Hanina, a well-off Arab neighborhood in the northern quadrant of eastern Jerusalem. Jewish families immediately moved in….
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Fast Forward Chicago City Council Urges Fund To Divest From Iran
Chicago’s city council urged the city’s largest employee pension fund to divest from Iran. The council this week unanimously approved a resolution that urged the Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago to divest from companies doing business with Iran’s energy sector. Divestment would be gradual. If the fund goes ahead with such a…
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Fast Forward Napolitano Meets With Federation on Security
Janet Napolitano, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, met with leaders of the New York Jewish federation to discuss security for nonprofits in the wake of substantial funding cuts. “DHS recognizes the important role the nonprofit community has in our homeland security efforts,” Napolitano said in a statement after meeting at the White…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism Envoy Meets Swedish Mayor
Hannah Rosenthal, the U.S. envoy to combat anti-Semitism, will meet with the mayor of Malmo, Sweden, who is accused of fomenting anti-Semitism. “I will be meeting with the mayor, I am aware of his remarks and I will express my concern,” Rosenthal told JTA on Wednesday just before her departure for a tour of Sweden…
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Fast Forward Bibi: Jews Still Face Threats to Existence
Holocaust Remembrance Day began Wednesday night at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, in the presence of President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The central theme of this year’s commemoration is “My Brother’s Keeper – Jewish Solidarity During the Holocaust.” Six survivors of the Holocaust will light the torches representing the six…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Hunger Striker Freed Without Charges
Khader Adnan, a Palestinian who went on a 63-day hunger strike to protest his administrative detention, was released from an Israeli jail to his home in the West Bank. Hundreds of Palestinian supporters came out late Tuesday night to greet Adnan, who first stopped to meet with the families of other Palestinian prisoners currently on…
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Fast Forward Soldier Dies in Jerusalem Stage Collapse
One woman was killed and several people were injured after a stage collapsed on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The collapse came Wednesday afternoon during a rehearsal for the national Memorial Day ceremony to be held next week, according to reports. A bank of heavy lights crashed to the stage, according to reports. The accident occured…
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Fast Forward Gilad Shalit Released From IDF
Former captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has been released from the Israel Defense Forces. Shalit was officially released, at the rank of sergeant-major, on Wednesday, six months after he was freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza. Shalit signed his release forms at his home in Mitzpe Hila in northern Israel, in lieu of going to…
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