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Fast Forward Kushner And Greenblatt Visit Ailing Palestinian Peace Negotiator In Hospital
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his top Middle East negotiator, Jason Greenblatt, made a hospital visit to Saeb Erekat, the top Palestinian peace negotiator who just underwent a lung transplant. “They went to visit him to see how he was feeling after surgery and to show support to Saeb, his…
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Fast Forward Dutch Red Cross Sorry For Not Protecting Jews From The Nazis
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The Dutch Red Cross offered its “deep apologies” for failing to act to protect Jews during World War II following the publication of a research paper on its inaction. “The war years are undoubtedly a black stain on the pages of our 150-year history,” Inge Brakman, the Dutch Red Cross’ chairwoman, told the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Makes Fresh Push For Jonathan Pollard To Immigrate To Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly has asked President Donald Trump to allow convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to immigrate to Israel. Netanyahu made the request after agreeing in May to provide economic goodwill gestures to the Palestinians, Israel’s Channel 2 first reported Tuesday. The Israeli leader reportedly promised Trump that if Pollard were allowed to…
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Fast Forward Filmmaker Brett Ratner Accused Of Sexual Misconduct By 6 Women
(JTA) — Six women have come forward to accuse filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment or misconduct. The women quoted in an article published Wednesday the Los Angeles Times were all actresses at the time of the incidents. They include Natasha Henstridge and Olivia Munn. Ratner, through his attorney Martin Singer, strongly denied the accusations….
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Fast Forward Furious Schumer Rejects Trump’s Criticism After New York Terror Attack
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. accused President Donald Trump of “politicizing” the deadly attack in New York after Trump blamed Schumer for the immigration program that purportedly allowed in the attacker. “I have always believed and continue to believe that immigration is good for America,” Schumer, the Senate minority leader, said in a statement…
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Fast Forward Jewish Businessman Among Victims In New York Truck-Ramming Terror Attack
(JTA) — Five of the people killed in a truck ramming attack in New York Tuesday afternoon were Argentine tourists visiting Manhattan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation, including one Jewish businessman. Ariel Erlij, 48, a Jewish steel mill owner from the central Argentinian city of Rosario, was killed along with…
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Fast Forward Nigel Farage Says ‘Jewish Lobby’ Has Disproportionate Influence
(JTA) — The former leader of a nationalist political party in Britain with close ties to President Donald Trump said that American Jews have a disproportionate influence over politics. Nigel Farage, the ex-head of the Independence Party and now a talk show host on the LBC radio station, made the remarks Monday on while discussing…
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Fast Forward ‘Jews Come Last,’ London Shopkeeper Tells Girl
(JTA) — A Jewish schoolgirl in London was told by a shopkeeper to “be patient, Jews come last.” The incident last week in Stamford Hill, in Northeast London, was reported by the Stamford Hill Shomrim, a neighborhood watch patrol, to the Campaign Against Antisemitism, a British watchdog group. The girl was dropping off items for…
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