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Fast Forward Israel Admits To Harvesting Organs After Report
Israel admitted to harvesting organs from dead bodies in the 1990s. The admission came after the release of a 2000 interview with Dr. Yehuda Hiss, who was the head of Israel’s L. Greenberg Forensic Institute in Abu Kabir, The Associated Press reported. Hiss told an American academic in the interview, parts of which were broadcast…
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Fast Forward Olmert Denies Corruption Charges in Court
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied all of the corruption charges against him. Olmert appeared in Jerusalem District Court Monday to make his first public response to the indictment filed against him in three separate cases earlier in the year. “I would like to take the opportunity of this day to make a comprehensive…
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Fast Forward Leaked Memo: During Freeze, IDF Will Demolish Settlement Construction
Israel’s army will demolish structures built in West Bank settlements during the construction freeze, according to an internal military memo. Several Israeli media outlets reported Sunday on the leaked memo, which calls on the Israel Defense Forces to use drones and photography from the air to identify illegal construction. “Lightning operations” by special forces would…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Sign Recovered; Thieves Not Thought To Be Neo-Nazis
The “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign stolen from the memorial at the Auschwitz death camp was recovered. The metal sign from the front gate of the death camp, which means “work makes you free,” was recovered early Monday morning, about 72 hours after it was stolen, according to reports. The 16-foor-long sign, which was forged by…
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Fast Forward ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ Sign Stolen From Auschwitz
The “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign was stolen from the memorial at the Auschwitz death camp. Polish police reported Friday that the 16-foot long metal sign with the words meaning “Work will set you free” (work will free you) was gone. A hunt for the perpetrators is under way, and a reward of $1,700 has been…
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Fast Forward Man Who Attacked Seattle Federation Office, Invoking Islam, Convicted of Murder
Naveed Haq’s July 2006 shooting spree at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle offices was a nightmare for those trapped in the building. More than three years later, the survivors of the attack are hailing his conviction, handed down December 15, as a “Hanukkah miracle.” A jury found Haq guilty of first-degree murder for killing…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Supreme Court: Jewish School Discriminated
A Jewish school in London discriminated against a child denied entrance because his mother was not recognized as Jewish, Britain’s Supreme Court said. The court on Wednesday narrowly rejected an appeal by the Jewish Free School against an earlier ruling stating that its admission policy was illegal and that the North London school broke the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Burial for Young Conservative Convert Marred in Madrid
A 13-year-old boy was buried in a special section in Madrid’s Jewish cemetery because he had a Conservative conversion. Gai Ben-David died last weekend after suffering for years from brain cancer. He was buried Sunday in a section of Madrid’s Jewish cemetery set off by a row of trees and reserved for those whose Jewishness…
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