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Fast Forward Israeli Police Recommend Lieberman Indictment
The Israeli Police’s National Fraud Unit recommended that the state prosecutor indict Avigdor Lieberman in a money-laundering scheme. In a brief turned over Sunday to the Attorney General’s office, the police recommended that the foreign minister be indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, money laundering, witness harassment and obstruction of justice, Ha’aretz reported. The investigation…
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Fast Forward In Report, Israel Defends Its Actions During Gaza War
Israel issued a 160-page document justifying its military offensive in Gaza. The report, published on Thursday and entitled “The Operation in Gaza – Legal and Factual Aspects,” asserts that Israel had a right to undertake Operation Cast Lead last December and January following “incessant rocket and mortar attacks upon thousands of Israeli civilians and (Hamas’)…
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News Seven Charged With Plotting International Terrorist Attacks
Seven North Carolina residents were charged with plotting to commit terrorist attacks around the world, including in Israel. Federal prosecutors charged six American citizens and one foreign national in an indictment unsealed Monday. The group’s leader, Daniel Boyd, a convert to Islam, reportedly trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Three years ago he…
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Fast Forward Report: West Bank’s Jewish Population Exceeds 300,000
More than 300,000 Jews live in the West Bank, according to a new report. The number of Jewish residents in West Bank settlements increased 2.3 percent, to 304,569, from January to June 30, according to a report by the Israel Defense Forces Civil Administration. Most of the growth took place in the fervently Orthodox communities…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Arrested in Connection to Money-Laundering Probe
Several rabbis were arrested as part of a public corruption and international money-laundering investigation in New Jersey. According to reports, among the 44 people arrested Thursday morning by the FBI along with the rabbis were the mayors of three New Jersey towns, a deputy mayor and a state assemblyman. They were to appear in federal…
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Fast Forward Report: Several N.J. Rabbis Arrested in Corruption Probe
Several rabbis reportedly were arrested as part of a public corruption and international money-laundering investigation in New Jersey. According to media reports, among the 30 arrests made Thursday morning by the FBI were the mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus, the deputy mayor of Jersey City and a New Jersey state assemblyman. The Asbury Park Press…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Jews Should Invest in Palestinian Economy
Diaspora Jews should join Arabs in investing in the Palestinian economy, Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Jewish leaders. The Israeli prime minister listed prosperity for the Palestinians among six conditions for lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace in a call Tuesday with members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Netanyahu outlined steps he was taking…
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Fast Forward Agriprocessors Sold to Canadian Company, Will Remain Kosher
The Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa, was sold to a Canadian company. SHF Industries, a company formed in May by Canadian plastics manufacturer Hershey Friedman and his son-in-law Daniel Hirsch, bought the failed kosher meatpacking plant for $8.5 million. The sale was approved Monday by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Iowa. Friedman, an observant Jew,…
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