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Fast Forward Gravestones Toppled At Another Philadelphia Jewish Cemetery
(JTA) — Gravestones were toppled at a Philadelphia-area cemetery, the second such vandalism in the area this year. Five headstones were discovered knocked off of their bases at the Adath Jeshurun Cemetery in the Frankford neighborhood of northeastern Philadelphia. The gravestones were not defaced by graffiti, according to the news website Philly.com. Police reportedly do…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Man Inside ISIS In Danger After Trump Intel Gaffe: ABC
(JTA) — An Israeli agent undercover inside the Islamic State has been put at risk by U.S. President Donald Trump’s disclosure of classified information to Russia, ABC News reported. The spy had provided Israel with intelligence about an Islamic State, or ISIS, plan to cause the crash of a passenger jet on the way to…
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Fast Forward Citing ‘Hate Speech,’ Sweden Briefly Blocks Israeli Ambassador On Twitter
(JTA) — A Swedish government agency on information apologized for blocking briefly from its account on Twitter thousands of users, including that of Israel’s ambassador in Stockholm, that it flagged as engaging in hate speech. The Swedish Institute published the apology Tuesday on the Swedish-language edition of its website, in which it also stated that…
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Fast Forward French Jew Wearing Kippah Threatened With Hammer
(JTA) — A Jewish man told police in the French city of Marseille that he had been assaulted on the street while wearing a kippah by another man wielding a hammer. The incident took place on Tuesday morning approximately half a mile from the Grand Synagogue of Marseille, the man told police according to a…
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Fast Forward 14-Year-Old Neighbor Arrested In Arson Of Historic Lower East Side Synagogue
(JTA) — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that seriously damaged a historic synagogue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The boy was arrested Tuesday night at his home near the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue, the New York Post reported Wednesday morning. He was expected to be arraigned later…
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Fast Forward Families Of Israeli Terror Victims Ask To Meet With Trump During Israel Visit
(JTA) — Over 100 family members of Israelis killed in terrorist attacks asked to meet with President Trump during his scheduled visit to the Jewish state next week. In the letter, dated Monday, the 103 signatories also expressed concern about the president’s plan to facilitate talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, citing payment by the PA to convicted terrorists….
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Fast Forward Danish Teen Convicted Of Planning To Bomb Jewish School
(JTA) — A Danish court convicted a 17-year-old girl of planning to bomb two schools in Denmark, including a Jewish one, using homemade bombs. The girl, who was not named in the Holbaek District Court on Tuesday because she is a minor, was convicted of “attempting a terrorist act,” which can carry a life sentence,…
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Fast Forward Hunger-Striking Palestinian Leader Marwan Barghouti Now Refusing Water
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti has stopped drinking water as part of his hunger strike against the Israel Prisons Services. Barghouti announced the ramping up of his hunger strike on Tuesday, its 30th day. According to the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, 1,300 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are fasting for more…
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