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Fast Forward Palestinian Chief Negotiator Waiting For Lung Transplant In D.C.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Palestinians’ chief peace negotiator, Saeb Erekat, is in Washington, D.C. waiting for a lung transplant. Erekat, 62, who also is secretary-general of the PLO executive committee, has pulmonary fibrosis, a serious lung disease. He requires oxygen and can no longer walk. On Palestinian national television on Thursday Erekat delivered a message…
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Fast Forward Far-Right German Party Leader: Jews Have Nothing To Fear
(JTA) — Jews should not fear the strong election showing by the right-wing Alternative for Germany, a party leader said. “There is nothing in our party, in our program, that could disturb the Jewish people who live here in Germany,” co-party head Alexander Gauland told reporters Monday, a day after the party garnered more than…
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Fast Forward Elementary School Substitute Teacher Fired After Teaching Nazi Salute
(JTA) — A Vermont substitute teacher was fired after she was accused of teaching children how to make the Nazi salute. Ned Kirsch, the school superintendent of the Georgia Elementary School in Georgia, Vermont, said in an email to parents Thursday that the school took immediate action after the teacher admitted to teaching the students…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders: U.S. ‘Complicit’ In Israeli Occupation
(JTA) — Sen. Bernie Sanders said the United States is “complicit” in Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. “But that is not to say … that Israel is the only party at fault,” Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, said in an interview with The Intercept news website published on Friday evening. Sanders…
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Fast Forward FBI Investigating Threats Against California Jewish College Students
(JTA) — The FBI has been called in to investigate threats against minority students at California State University, Long Beach, including Latino and Jewish students. Campus President Jane Close Conoley on Wednesday in an email sent to students and university employees confirmed the threats and the investigation. The threats were made over the internet and…
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Fast Forward German Cabinet Officially Declares Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Germany has formally accepted an international definition of anti-Semitism in a move designed to provide clarity for the prosecution of related crimes. The German Cabinet announced Wednesday that it unanimously adopted the working definition promoted by the International Alliance for Holocaust Remembrance, a body with 31 member states. In addition to classic forms…
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Fast Forward Israeli Volunteers Pull Rabbi’s Body From Rubble Of Mexico Earthquake
(JTA) — Volunteers from Israel’s ZAKA search and rescue organization recovered from a collapsed office building in Mexico the body of a local rabbi. Rabbi Haim Ashkenazi had been working in the office building when the 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, rocking the capital of Mexico City and causing hundreds of buildings…
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Fast Forward Iran Tests Missile Capable Of Reaching Israel
(JTA) — Iran successfully tested a new medium-range missile, capable of reaching both Israel and U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf. The announcement was made Saturday by the country’s defense minister, Amir Hatami. “As long as some speak in the language of threats, the strengthening of the country’s defense capabilities will continue and Iran…
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