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Fast Forward Virginia Brothers Arrested For ‘Jewish Scum’ Attack On Man Wearing Star Of David
(JTA) — Two brothers from the Appalachian Trail town of Damascus, Virginia were arrested after they were captured on video yelling anti-Semitic comments at a man wearing a Star of David. The incident occurred Monday outside of Hey Joe’s, a restaurant owned by the father of the suspects, Joseph Killian, 33, and Henry Killian II,…
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Fast Forward Kuwait Airways Probed For Refusing To Fly Israeli Passengers
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Germany’s transport minister opened an investigation into whether Kuwait Airways violated laws by denying passage to an Israeli passenger bound for Thailand. German media reported this week that the Federal Transport Ministry investigation, ordered by Alexander Dobrindt, is in addition to a lawsuit brought by the Israeli. “Our team will continue to…
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Fast Forward Alan Dershowitz Mocked With Anti-Semitic Cartoon In Berkeley Paper
(JTA) — The chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, condemned the publication of an editorial cartoon in a student newspaper criticizing Alan Dershowitz’s pro-Israel stance with anti-Semitic imagery. The cartoon published a week ago in the Daily Californian depicts a grinning Dershowitz with his head poking through a cardboard cutout bearing an Israeli flag…
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Fast Forward Jewish Texas House Speaker Retiring, Cites Republican Disunity
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Straus, the Jewish Republican who is speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, is retiring, in part because of disunity in his own party. Straus, first elected to the House in 2005, said in a post Wednesday on Facebook that he was leaving the speaker’s seat and the House next year…
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Fast Forward Mnuchin To Visit Israel During Anti-Terrorism Tour
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is stopping in Israel during a Middle East tour focused on combating terrorism. News of Mnuchin’s Israel stop came from Yad Vashem, which said Mnuchin would tour Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum on Thursday. It’s not clear yet which Israeli officials he will meet. Mnuchin, who is Jewish, is…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Envoy Resigns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s diplomatic envoy, attorney Yitzhak Molcho, has resigned. Molcho served as Netanyahu’s diplomatic envoy during his first term as prime minister in 1996-99 and again since Netanyahu returned to office in 2009. He served as an Israeli negotiator during the 2013-14 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. He will leave his position…
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Fast Forward Graffiti In Ultra-Orthodox Israeli City Calls President ‘Nazi Apostate’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Graffiti referring to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as a Nazi was spray painted on an elementary school in the largely haredi Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. The graffiti discovered on Tuesday night read: “Rivlin is a Nazi apostate.” It is the second incident in recent days. Late last week, graffiti at a…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Committee Approves 176 Jewish Apartments In Palestinian Neighborhood
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A municipal planning committee approved building permits for 176 housing units for a Jewish neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem. The expansion announced on Wednesday will create the largest Jewish settlement enclave in a Palestinian neighborhood in the city, according to reports. The plans were approved by the Jerusalem Planning Committee. There are currently…
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