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Fast Forward Debate Over Hummus at Princeton Seen as Part of BDS Drive
Princeton students are voting on whether to ask the university’s dining services to provide an alternative brand of hummus. The campaign to allow other brands besides Sabra in university stores reportedly is the brainchild of Philly BDS, which calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions against companies that support the Israel Defense Forces. Sabra is half-owned…
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Fast Forward Indiana U. Jewish Centers Are Targets of Attacks
Rocks were thrown through the windows of two Jewish centers at Indiana University. A rock was thrown through the back window of the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center, which is located on campus, on Nov. 27. Earlier in the week, a rock was thrown through the back window of the Chabad Jewish student center located…
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Fast Forward Jewish Woman Appointed to Bahrain’s Legislature
A Jewish woman was appointed to Bahrain’s main legislative body. Nancy Khadhori, who has written extensively about Bahrain’s Jewish community, was appointed to the Shura, or consultative council, the upper house of the Arab country’s national assembly. The council members are appointed directly by the king of Bahrain. Khadhori replaces Jewish council member Huda Nono,…
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Fast Forward Noodging and Good Timing Are Behind New Push for Release of Pollard
A combination of timing, diplomatic considerations and, above all, good old-fashioned noodging has culminated in the biggest push in years to free Jonathan Pollard. Insiders associated with the push, which resulted in mid-November in a congressional letter to President Obama asking for clemency for the American Jew convicted in 1987 of spying for Israel, say…
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Fast Forward Jihadist Group Discussed Targeting Jews in Belgium
Terror suspects arrested in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany discussed targeting Jews in Belgium, Belgium federal prosecutors said. The 11 people arrested early Tuesday morning were allegedly part of an international jihadist group planning a terrorist attack in Belgium. No specific target was identified, according to reports. The group was using a jihadist website to…
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Fast Forward Israeli Voters Will Get Say on Land Pullbacks
The Knesset approved a bill requiring a national referendum on pullbacks from territories under Israel’s control. The bill passed on its second and third readings late Monday night covers eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, which were annexed by Israel, and land swaps from within Israel’s 1967 borders, but not the West Bank. It will…
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Fast Forward Wanted Nazi Samuel Kunz Dies
Samuel Kunz, one of the world’s most wanted Nazis, died in Germany before he could be brought to trial. Kunz, 89, who was charged earlier this year with assisting in the murder of 430,000 Jews during the Holocaust, died Nov. 18, the court in the German city of Bonn said Monday, according to reports. He…
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Fast Forward New Evidence Reportedly Links Hezbollah to Hariri Killing
New evidence links Hezbollah to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, according to a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. report. The evidence of Hezbollah’s link to the 2005 assassination, unearthed by United Nations investigators and a Lebanese police officer, was published Sunday by the CBC following a months-long investigation. The report accuses the United…
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