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Fast Forward Richard Holbrooke, Veteran Diplomat With Jewish Roots, Is Dead
Richard Holbrooke, the legendary U.S. diplomat who brokered a Balkan peace and who enjoyed talking about his Jewish roots, has died. Holbrooke, who was the Obama administration’s envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan when he died, suffered a torn aorta on Friday and was hospitalized. The State Department announced his death on Monday. He was 69….
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Fast Forward EU Will Not Recognize a Unilaterally Declared Palestinian State
The European Union will not recognize Palestinian statehood until an “appropriate” time, its Foreign Affairs Council said in a statement. The 27 EU foreign ministers meeting Monday in Brussels issued the statement in response to a letter from Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat to EU foreign policy head Catherine Ashton asking the body to join those…
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Fast Forward Report: U.S. Recruited More Former Nazis Than Originally Thought
The United States recruited ex-Nazis and collaborators and helped them avoid prosecution in larger numbers than previously known, according to newly declassified documents. The documents were released Dec. 10 in a 110-page government report published by the National Archives, according to The New York Times. The report discusses the close cooperation between the Nazis and…
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Fast Forward Bernard Madoff’s Son Mark Commits Suicide
Mark Madoff, the son of disgraced Jewish financier Bernard Madoff, was found dead in what is believed to have been a suicide. The Associated Press quoted New York police as saying that Madoff, 46, was found hanging Saturday in his Manhattan apartment. Mark Madoff’s death coincided with the second anniversary of his father’s arrest on…
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Fast Forward Kissinger, in Just-Released Tapes: Gassing Jews Would Not Be U.S. Problem
Henry Kissinger is heard saying on newly released Nixon tapes that the genocide of Soviet Jews would not be an American concern. The tapes chronicle President Richard Nixon’s obsession with disparaging Jews and other minorities. Kissinger’s remarks come after a meeting he and Nixon had with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir on March 1, 1973…
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Fast Forward Poll: 51% of Jewish Israelis Unfavorable to Obama
A slight majority of Jewish Israelis has negative views of President Obama, but his supporters are more numerous than previously reported, according to a poll. The Brookings Institution poll of Jewish Israelis recorded 51 percent responding that they had negative views of Obama and 41 percent responding that they had positive views of the U.S….
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Fast Forward Debate Over Newly ‘Caught’ Nazi Who Was Himmler’s Aide
American self-styled Nazi hunter Mark Gould has filed a lawsuit against ex-SS officer Bernhard Frank for his role in the murder of Jews during World War II. But some are criticizing Gould, who filed his suit December 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, for exaggerating the role of…
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Fast Forward Report: Fire Services Are Israel’s Weak Link
The Fire and Rescue Services organization is the weak link in Israel’s emergency readiness, a report said. The report issued Wednesday by Israel’s State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss said fire preparedness is the responsibility of the Interior Ministry, and it called on the government to “immediately stop the foot-dragging regarding the fire services, and the handing-off…
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