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Fast Forward Jewish Voice For Peace, 5 Other U.S. Groups On Israel’s BDS Blacklist
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry has placed the left-wing, California-based Jewish Voice for Peace and five other U.S. groups on a BDS blacklist. Hadashot News, the Israel Television News Company, first reported Saturday night that members of JVP, which has over 200,000 online supporters and 70 chapters, could be banned from entering the…
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Fast Forward Sweden Has Failed Its Jews, Ambassador Says
(JTA) — Swedish authorities have failed to protect the country’s Jewish community, the Scandinavian country’s ambassador to Israel said following anti-Semitic incidents in Malmo and Gothenburg. Magnus Hellgren said this in an interview for the Israeli daily Makor Rishon following the attempted torching of the Gothenburg synagogue and cries about killing Jews in Malmo. Both…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Urge Senate To Pass Bill Targeting Burma For Persecuting Muslims
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Twenty-four Jewish groups encompassing all major religious streams urged a Senate panel to advance a bill that would penalize Burma for its treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority. “Passing this legislation through your committee and the full Senate would send a powerful message to the Burmese military and the global community that…
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Fast Forward Kosovo Would’ve Voted With U.S. On Jerusalem Embassy Move
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Kosovo president Hashim Thaci said his Muslim-majority nation would have voted with the United States against a United Nations resolution condemning the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Thaci said in a recent interview with the Albanian newspaper Express that were Kosovo to achieve full United Nations membership it would…
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Fast Forward Haley Hosts Party For Countries That Didn’t Back Anti-Trump U.N. Jerusalem Vote
(JTA) — Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, hosted a reception for the 64 countries that voted against or abstained from voting on a resolution condemning President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The “Friends of the U.S.” reception was held Wednesday night in New York at the U.S. mission to…
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Fast Forward Trump Administration Sanctions Five Iranian Companies Over Missile Work
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration sanctioned five Iranian entities for facilitating the country’s ballistic missile program. All five are “owned or controlled by Iran’s Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group,” said a statement Thursday by the Treasury Department, which, the statement said, is already sanctioned because it “is responsible for the development and production of Iran’s…
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Fast Forward BBC Drama ‘McMafia’ Slurs Israeli Businessmen
(JTA) — The new BBC miniseries “McMafia” has been accused of making “gratuitous slurs” against Israeli businessmen. The show, a drama about the British-raised son of a Russian mafia boss, also focuses on members of the Russian-Israeli mob. It is based on a 2008 book by journalist Misha Glenny. The group UK Lawyers For Israel on its…
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Fast Forward Uganda Denies It Agreed To Take Israel’s Deported African Migrants
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Uganda has denied that it agreed to a deal to accept what could amount to thousands of African migrants that will be deported from Israel. On Thursday, the African nation’s foreign minister told the French news agency AFP that there is no agreement with Israel, despite reports the previous day that Uganda…
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