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Fast Forward Cairo Rioters Get Slap on Wrist
Dozens of people involved in rioting at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo were given suspended jail sentences. An Egyptian military court on Monday handed down the six-month suspended sentences to 73 of the protesters for using violence against military officers, according to reports. More than 1,000 Egyptians demonstrated at the embassy Sept. 9, many after…
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Fast Forward Liberal Jews Blast Critics of Occupy Wall St.
A group of liberal Jewish activists, former politicians and union leaders released a statement denouncing opponents of Occupy Wall Street for accusing the movement of anti-Semitism. “We are publicly engaged American Jews who support both Israel and the ideas behind Occupy Wall Street and who also strongly oppose right-wing attempts to smear that movement with…
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Fast Forward Abbas Vows Not To Recognize Jewish State
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that he will never recognize a Jewish state during an interview on an Egyptian television channel. Abbas also told Dream 2 TV in an Oct. 23 interview that capturing Gilad Shalit was a “good thing.” A transcript of the interview was published in an Oct. 31 report by MEMRI,…
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Fast Forward Huntsman Visits Rebbe Schneerson’s Grave
Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman visited the New York gravesite of the Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Huntsman, the former governor of Utah, visited the Queens gravesite of the late leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement last week. He was accompanied by his wife, Mary Kaye, and a number of movement luminaries, including Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky,…
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Fast Forward U.S. Will Withhold UNESCO Dues Over Vote
The United States, saying it has no choice, will stop paying its dues to UNESCO following the U.N. cultural agency’s vote to grant full membership to the Palestinians. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization approved the Palestinian’s bid Monday during its general assembly in Paris by a vote of 107 to 14, with…
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Fast Forward Gaza Barrage Resumes as Cease-Fire Collapses
A rocket fired from Gaza landed in Ashkelon was the first since a barrage of rocket fire on southern Israel ended. Two mortars landed Monday afternoon in the western Negev shortly after the Kassam attack stopped at midnight. “There is no cease-fire, no negotiations and the IDF continues its operations,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Wiesel, Rwanda Survivor on Holocaust Council
Holocaust survivors Elie Wiesel and Roman Kent, and Rwanda genocide survivor Clemantine Wamariya are among the five appointees to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. President Obama appointed the members, who were announced Oct. 28. Other new members are Joseph Gutman and Howard Unger. “These fine public servants both bring a depth of experience and tremendous…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Win Membership in UNESCO
The United Nations cultural agency has granted the Palestinians full membership. UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization approved a controversial Palestinian bid for full membership Monday during its general assembly in Paris by a vote of 107 to 14. Fifty-two countries abstained. UNESCO is the first U.N. agency that the Palestinians have…
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