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Fast Forward Hackers Target Buchenwald Website
Hackers replaced a list of Buchenwald victims with far-right slogans and links to Holocaust denial sites, officials at the concentration camp’s memorial said. The Buchenwald foundation said the attack by neo-Nazis on Buchenwald.de took place Wednesday, according to reports. The site of Mittelbau-Dora, another former camp nearby, also was hacked. Both sites were back up…
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Fast Forward Germany Charges 90-year-old in WWII Murders
Germany has filed charges against a 90-year-old man for helping murder 430,000 Jews during World War II. Samuel Kunz, No. 3 on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list of most-wanted Nazis, was charged in Dortmund last week, according to the French news agency AFP. He reportedly has admitted working in the Belzec extermination camp in occupied…
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Fast Forward IDF: Bodies of Romanian Helicopter Crash Victims Found
The bodies of seven soldiers aboard an Israeli transport helicopter that crashed into the side of a mountain in central Romania have been found, Israeli officials said. Six Israeli soldiers and one Romanian soldier were on board the CH-53 transport helicopter, which was flying at a low altitude in heavy fog for a search, rescue…
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Fast Forward ADL Audit: Antisemitic Incidents at ‘Troubling’ Level
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States remained at a “sustained and troubling” level, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit. The 2009 audit of anti-Semitic incidents, released Tuesday, recorded 1,211 incidents of vandalism, harassment and physical assaults against Jewish individuals, property and community institutions across the U.S. last year. The number fell…
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Fast Forward Oliver Stone Apologizes for Jewish Accusations
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone apologized for saying in an interview that the Jewish lobby controls Washington’s foreign policy and that Hitler’s actions should be put “into context.” Stone in an interview with the Sunday Times had also said that “Jewish domination of the media” has prevented an honest discussion about the Holocaust. Jewish organizational and…
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Fast Forward EU, Canada Approve New Iran Sanctions
European Union foreign ministers and Canada approved a package of stiffer economic sanctions against Iran. The EU sanctions approved Monday in Brussels are similar to the new U.S. sanctions imposed last month. They target Iran’s petroleum, banking, shipping, insurance and transportation industries as well as nuclear-related industries. The EU sanctions are scheduled to go into…
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Fast Forward Director Oliver Stone Decries Jewish Lobby’s Influence
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone in an interview decried what he called the Jewish lobby’s control over Washington’s foreign policy and said that Hitler’s actions should be put “into context.” Stone in an interview with the Sunday Times also said that “Jewish domination of the media” has prevented an honest discussion about the Holocaust. Jewish organizational…
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Fast Forward Israel Hits Gaza Targets in Response to Mortar Fire
Israeli airstrikes reportedly destroyed a weapons manufacturing site and two smuggling tunnels in the Gaza Strip. Monday’s attacks were in response to rocket and mortar fire from Gaza on southern Israel over the weekend, according to an Israel Defense Forces statement. No Israeli troops were injured, according to news reports. Four rockets were fired from…
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