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Fast Forward Israel Seizes Ship Carrying Weapons for Gaza
Israel’s Navy intercepted a ship bound for Egypt that the Israeli military said was smuggling weapons for use by terror organizations in the Gaza Strip. The Liberia-flagged cargo ship Victoria was seized Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea 200 miles west of Israel. “The various weaponry on board the vessel was intended for the use of…
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Fast Forward Olmert To Be Indicted in Real Estate Scandal
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is among 18 people who will be indicted in Israel’s largest real-estate scandal. The Tel Aviv District’s Prosecutor’s Office announced the indictments on Monday. Among the others indicted are former Olmert chief aide Shula Zaken and ex-Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski, in the Holyland apartment project affair following a court…
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Fast Forward White House Slams Cuba’s Sentence for Alan Gross
The Obama administration condemned the 15-year sentence handed down by a Cuban court to Alan Gross. Gross, 61, of Maryland, was sentenced Saturday for crimes against the state. The State Department has described Gross as a U.S. contractor assisting Cuba’s Jewish community. “Today’s sentencing adds another injustice to Alan Gross’s ordeal,” Tommy Vietor, the U.S….
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Mobilize Following Quake, Tsunami
Jewish organizations are mobilizing responses to the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on Friday. IsraAid, an Israel-based coordinating organization for 17 Israeli and Jewish humanitarian groups, said Friday that it has two teams of rescue personnel, emergency medical officers and water pollution specialists ready to deploy to Japan but was looking for ways…
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Fast Forward White House Taps Shapiro To Become America’s Israel Ambassador
President Obama said he is nominating Daniel Shapiro to be the U.S. ambassador to Israel, signaling an intensification of American involvement in the region. Obama made the announcement Wednesday; it had been rumored for weeks. Shapiro, currently the top National Security Council official handling Israel and the region, would succeed James Cunningham. Shapiro, 41, is…
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Fast Forward Kissinger Calls for Release of Pollard
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has called for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard. Kissinger sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he commute Pollard’s sentence to time served. Pollard was a U.S. Navy analyst when he passed classified information to Israel. He has been in prison since 1985. “At first…
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Fast Forward Jewish Student Suing UC Berkeley for Civil Rights Infringement
A student has brought a federal civil rights lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley, saying the university did not protect her from being attacked because she is Jewish. Lawyers for Jessica Felber, 20, say the case, filed in U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., on March 4 against the university, the regents of the…
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Fast Forward Israel’s British Ambassador Will Represent Jewish State at U.N.
Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to Britain, has been appointed as the Jewish state’s ambassador to the United Nations. Prosor, a former director of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, was approved Sunday by the Israeli Cabinet. He has held diplomatic positions in Bonn and Washington. Prosor succeeds Gabriela Shalev, who left the post more than six months ago….
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