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Fast Forward Bibi Slams U.N. Council Over Settlements
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at a U.N. Human Rights Council decision to investigate Jewish settlements, calling it “hypocritical” and detached from reality. On Thursday, the council passed a resolution by a vote of 36 to 1, with 10 abstentions, to investigate how Israeli settlement construction affects Palestinian human rights. The United States…
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Fast Forward Toulouse Killer Visited Israel, Paper Says
The passport of Toulouse killer Mohammed Merah showed that he visited Israel, Syria, Iraq and Jordan, a French newspaper reported. Police found Merah’s passport in his apartment following the raid Thursday that led to his death, LeMonde reported. It is believed that he tried to visit the West Bank. Merah jumped to his death from…
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Fast Forward Ken Livingstone Insults Jews in London Mayor Race
Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London seeking to reclaim his post, used language that was nearly “classic anti-Semitism” in a meeting with the city’s Jewish community leaders, the leaders said. Livingstone, of the Labour Party, said the Jewish community would not vote for him because “the Jewish community is rich,” according to a letter…
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Fast Forward Limmud’s Helena Miller Wins Fisher Prize
A co-chairman of Limmud International, Helena Miller, was awarded the Max Fisher Prize for Jewish Education in the Diaspora. Miller is the first British woman chosen to receive the annual prize, which will be presented in Jerusalem in June. he prize is awarded by the L.A. Pincus Fund. Miller, director of Research, Evaluation and Living…
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Fast Forward Anne Frank Seedling Headed for Yad Vashem
A sapling from the chestnut tree that Anne Frank wrote about in her diary will be planted at Yad Vashem. The sapling, donated by The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, was taken from the 150-year-old tree that was toppled by a storm in August 2010. A fungus and insect infestation had weakened the tree. At…
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Fast Forward Passover Travel Warnings Issued by Israel
The National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau in Israel announced travel advisories for Israelis during Passover and other upcoming holidays. Passover, Israel Independence Day and Lag B’ Omer, according to the advisory, “are liable to provide incentive for terrorists around the world to attack Israeli and Jewish targets abroad.” The warning stated that, in light of…
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Fast Forward Congress Pushes Help for Iron Dome
Key congressional leaders introduced legislation that would provide further assistance to the Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile defense system. The Iron Dome Support Act was introduced by U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Howard Berman (D-Calif.) on Wednesday and co-sponsored by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.). The legislation would allow the President to…
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Fast Forward Scientist Jailed for Trying to Sell Secrets to Israel
Former U.S. government scientist Stewart Nozette was sentenced to 13 years in prison for trying to sell secrets to Israel. The sentence handed down Wednesday by a federal judge was part of a plea deal, Reuters reported. Nozette pleaded guilty last September to seeking to sell classified information. Nozette, who was arrested in 2009, offered…
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