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Fast Forward U.S. Asks U.N. To Bury ‘Blacklist’ Of Companies Doing Business In Settlements
(JTA) — The Trump administration has called on the United Nations not to publish a database of companies that do business in Israeli settlements. The database, which the administration calls a “blacklist,” was approved by the U.N. Human Rights Council in March 2016 and includes American companies such as Caterpillar, TripAdvisor, Priceline.com and Airbnb. The…
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Fast Forward Australian State Media Explains Why It Left Israel Off The Map
SYDNEY (JTA) — Australia’s national news service defended its decision to broadcast a graphic showing a map of the Middle East that included Palestine but not Israel. Shown during an Aug. 17 segment on ABC News, the map illustrated a story about how laws in 11 Muslim-majority countries and the Palestinian territories treat rape victims. “The…
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Fast Forward Polish Jewish Leader: ‘Court Jews’ Met With Right-Wing Party Founder
(JTA) — In an escalation of a row among Polish Jews over the government’s responsibility for a perceived increase in anti-Semitic rhetoric, a communal leader called Jews who met with a senior politician his “court Jews.” Sergiusz Kowalski, the president of the Polish branch of B’nai B’rith, made the remark in an interview about Artur Hofman,…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu, Putin To Meet For Sixth Time In Russia
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for the sixth time in two years. Netanyahu and Putin are scheduled to meet on Wednesday in the Russian city of Sochi, located on the Black Sea, the Prime Minister’s Office announced in a statement on Saturday night. The two…
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Fast Forward Foreign Volunteers Clean Historic Jewish Cemetery In Poland
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — An international group of 18 volunteers from seven countries are cleaning a Jewish cemetery in Warsaw with the help of with the help of volunteer Polish scouts. The work on the Jewish cemetery at Okopowa Street in Warsaw began on August 16, and will continue through August 24. The organizer of…
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Fast Forward Swastikas, Anti-Semitic Slurs Found In Michigan Skate Park
(JTA) — Swastikas and anti-Semitic and racial slurs were discovered in a skate park in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Veteran’s Memorial Park was closed for several hours on Friday after the 15 swastikas and slurs including “Jews die” and “Free USA” were discovered, according to local reports citing the Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation department….
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Fast Forward Bulgarian Holocaust Monument Defaced With ‘Allah’ Graffiti
(JTA) — A monument put up by Jews in Bulgaria to thank the town of Vidin for preventing the deportation of its Jews during the Holocaust was vandalized. The Thanksgiving Monument, erected in 2003, was spray painted with the words “Allah,” “Palestine,” “Hamas,” and the Islamic star and crescent moon symbol, the Shalom Organization of…
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Fast Forward Bannon Plots ‘War’ Against Ivanka Trump And ‘Dope’ Jared Kushner
(JTA) — Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon reportedly is “going to war” against several White House targets, including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, according to reports. A report Sunday evening in Vanity Fair titled “Steve Bannon Readies His Revenge: The war on Jared Kushner is about to go nuclear,” said that Bannon’s targets…
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