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Fast Forward Argentine Paper Is Finalist For Data Prize On Alberto Nisman Case
(JTA) — The investigation by the late AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman – who accused the previous Argentinean government off covering up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing- includes 40,000 audio recordings from a tapped phone. Argentinean news media outlet La Nacion analyzed the audio recordings over two years, published the findings and developed a…
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Fast Forward Florida Man Seeks Plea Deal In Synagogue Bomb Plot
(JTA) — A South Florida man charged with plotting to bomb a Miami-area synagogue and Jewish school is negotiating a plea agreement, his defense attorney is saying. James Medina, 41, has been negotiating with prosecutors on a proposed guilty plea, the Associated Press reported, citing court papers filed last week. He originally had pleaded not…
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Fast Forward Monica Lewinsky Writes Obit For Roger Ailes, Who Built Fox News Off Her Scandal
(JTA) — Monica Lewinsky said the late Roger Ailes’ success in building Fox News was directly related to his capitalizing on the affair involving the former White House intern and then-President Bill Clinton. Ailes, the former head of Fox News forced out under the cloud of a sexual harassment scandal, died last week at 77….
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Fast Forward SodaStream’s Negev Plant Rehires Palestinians Laid Off Due To BDS Pressure
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some 74 Palestinian employees of SodaStream, who lost their jobs when the company shut its West Bank plant in the face of international pressure, will return to work at its factory in southern Israel. The employees’ work permits, which allowed them to enter Israel from the West Bank, expired in February 2016….
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg: National Tour Doesn’t Mean I’m Running For Office
(JTA) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his current attempt to visit every U.S. state and learn about people’s hopes and challenges is not a signal that he his running for public office. Zuckerberg made the statement Sunday in a Facebook post from Rhode Island, his latest state visit in a string of unannounced appearances….
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Life Monica Lewinsky Calls Out Roger Ailes For Legacy Of ‘Gutter’ Journalism
(JTA) — Monica Lewinsky said the late Roger Ailes’ success in building Fox News was directly related to his capitalizing on the affair involving the former White House intern and then-President Bill Clinton. Ailes, the former head of Fox News forced out under the cloud of a sexual harassment scandal, died last week at 77….
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Fast Forward Elderly Man Wearing Kippah Attacked Near Los Angeles Synagogue
(JTA) — An elderly man wearing a kippah was attacked as he walked to morning prayers in a Los Angeles neighborhood. The attack took place Monday morning in the Fairfax District, near the Congregation Bais Yehuda synagogue, according to the local ABC affiliate, KABC. Surveillance video shows the assailant punching and kicking the man, knocking…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Stabs Israel Police Officer In Netanya
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israel Police officer in the central Israeli city of Netanya was stabbed in the neck by a Palestinian man in what is being described by police as likely a terror attack. The police officer, 26, was able to use his gun to shoot the attacker, who was moderately wounded. A female…
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