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Fast Forward Yachimovich Elected New Leader of Labor Party
Israel’s Labor Party elected Shelly Yachimovich as its new leader. The 41-year-old Yachimovich, a Knesset member known for her advocacy on socio-economic issues, won Wednesday’s run-off election against Amir Peretz, a fellow Knesset member who served a stint as the party’s leader from 2005-2007. Yachimovich beat Peretz with 54% of the vote to Peretz’s 45%….
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Fast Forward Israeli Baby Hurt in West Bank Unrest
An Israeli baby sustained a head injury as Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers ahead of the Palestinians’ imminent statehood bid at the United Nations. The 16-month-old girl was hit in the head with a rock during the Palestinian riots late Wednesday afternoon in the northern West Bank. She was rushed to a hospital in Petach…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivors Welcome Banning of Neo-Nazi Group
Holocaust survivors welcomed Germany’s decision to ban one of its largest neo-Nazi organizations. Announcing the ban of HNG, the “national organization for political prisoners and their relatives,” German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said Wednesday that the organization’s real purpose is to assist far-right extremists in opposing the democratic state. “Holocaust survivors welcome the ban ……
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Fast Forward American Hikers Released From Iran Prison
Two American hikers who were imprisoned in Iran two years ago after they strayed across the border were released on bail. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were released from a Tehran prison Wednesday into the custody of officials from Oman, who took them straight to the airport, according to reports. The two men, both 29,…
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Fast Forward Interfaith Rally Held To Demand Release of Gross
Jewish and interfaith groups are organizing simultaneous vigils in Washington and New York calling for the release of Jewish American contractor Alan Gross from a Cuban prison. The vigils, coordinated by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, will take place Friday at the…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Protesters Arrested at U.N.
A small group of rabbis and protesters was arrested for blocking traffic in front of the United Nations. Some 20 protesters, flanked by almost as many journalists, walked into the center of First Avenue between 40th and 41st streets and blocked traffic for nine minutes. After being warned by waiting New York Police that they…
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Fast Forward Jewish Support for Obama at 54%, Poll Says
Jewish support for President Obama continues to drop, but maintains its traditional lead over general American support for the president, a Gallup poll showed. Daily tracking polls in August and September show support for Obama among Jewish voters at 54 percent, 13 points ahead of the national figure. “Although Obama’s approval rating among Jewish Americans…
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Fast Forward Report: Pollard Hoped To Spy for Australia
Jonathan Pollard, the Jewish American jailed for spying for Israel, reportedly first offered classified information to Australia. Newsmax, the conservative American news organization, reported Monday that Pollard told Lydia Jechorek, an FBI agent assigned to the Pollard case after his arrest in 1985, that he had attempted to spy for another “friendly country” before spying…
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