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Fast Forward Israeli Navy Detains Ship Carrying Arms Cache
Israel’s Navy detained a ship carrying a large cache of arms. Soldiers on Tuesday night boarded the freighter ship, flying the flag of Antigua, and discovered the arms and ammunition, disguised as commercial freight, according to the IDF spokespersons office. The ship, named the Francop, was stopped by a special Navy force about 100 miles…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton: Concessions on Settlements Don’t Go Far Enough
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Israel’s concessions on settlement building fall short of Washington’s expectations. Two days after she praised Israel for offering what she called ”unprecedented” concessions on West Bank settlement construction, Clinton said Monday before a conference in Marrakesh, Morocco that her statements Saturday evening in Israel were meant to…
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Fast Forward Two Shot at Los Angeles Synagogue
Two people were shot in the legs at a synagogue in North Hollywood, Calif. Los Angeles Police said an African-American man with a handgun entered the Adat Yeshurun synagogue at approximately 6:20 a.m. Thursday, according to media reports. The victims, both Jewish, were reported to be in stable condition after being transported to a local…
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Fast Forward Elmer Winter, Former American Jewish Committee President, Dies at 97
Elmer Winter, a former national president of the American Jewish Committee, has died. Winter, a Milwaukee businessman and philanthropist, died Oct. 22 in Milwaukee following a brief illness. He was 97. Winter founded Manpower Inc., the first temporary help agency and now a multibillion-dollar firm with 30,000 employees and 4,100 offices in 82 countries. Following…
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Fast Forward Ahmadinejad: As Long as Israel Has Nukes, So Will We
Iran will continue to progress in its nuclear program as long as Israel continues to have nuclear weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. The Iranian president made the remarks Tuesday during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the semi-official state news agency ISNR reported. “When an illegal regime possesses nuclear weapons, the other countries’…
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Fast Forward Following Riots, Temple Mount Reopens To Worshippers
The Temple Mount opened to worshippers and tourists a day after violent rioting at the site. Arab rioters on Sunday attacked Israeli police officers with stones, firebombs and oil on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Eight police offers were injured in morning attacks that began shortly after the mosques on the mount opened for prayers….
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Fast Forward Israel To Create Task Force To Address Goldstone Report
Israel will establish a task force to respond to the Goldstone report and its repercussions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday appointed Israeli Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman to form the task force. Netanyahu was careful to point out that the task force will not serve as an independent commission on the events of last winter’s…
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Fast Forward Philanthropist Linked to Madoff Found Dead
Jeffry Picower, a billionaire philanthropist who supported many Jewish causes and was facing increased scrutiny over his business dealings with Bernard Madoff, was found dead Sunday in a swimming pool at his mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. In the first weeks after news of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme broke last year, Picower was portrayed as one…
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