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Fast Forward Israel Renews Ties With West African Nation of Guinea After 49 Years
Israel and the Republic of Guinea, a predominantly Muslim nation in Africa, have renewed diplomatic relations after 49 years. Dore Gold, the director-general of Israel’s Foreign Affairs ministry, the chief of staff of the Guinean President’s Office, Dr. Ibrahim Khalil Kaba, signed a joint statement on Wednesday in Paris announcing the renewal of ties. Guinea…
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Fast Forward Family of Pride Parade Stabber Banned from City During March
The family of the man who went on a deadly stabbing spree at last year’s Jerusalem Pride parade has been banned from the city during this year’s march after being detained by police. The brother of Yishai Schlissel, who stabbed six marchers at last year’s parade, killing a 16-year-old girl, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion…
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Fast Forward U.S. Issues Warning Over Jerusalem Gay Pride March
The U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem issued a warning Tuesday to American citizens to “exercise caution” at the city’s gay pride parade. The statement two days before the Jerusalem Pride Parade comes as the city and police announced increased security measures for the march. At last year’s parade, a haredi Orthodox man stabbed to death a…
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Fast Forward Student’s Nude Painting of Ayelet Shaked Censored by Israeli College
An Israeli art college removed a student’s painting from a year-end exhibit that depicted a naked woman with the face of Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked. The removal of the painting at the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, a public college in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, prompted a department head to resign. Larry…
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Fast Forward 12-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Reportedly Killed By Israeli Forces During West Bank Clashes
A 12-year-old Palestinian boy reportedly was killed by Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank. Citing the Palestinian news agency Maan, The Times of Israel said Mohiyeh al-Tabakhi was killed Tuesday evening in the town of al-Ram as Israeli forces fired rubber bullets during the clashes there. The official Palestinian Wafa news agency…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leaders Call for Early Warning System in the Wake of German Ax Attack
German Jewish leaders warned that all German institutions, not just Jewish ones, should take extra precautions against terrorism in the wake of an ISIS-inspired ax attack on a train in Wurzburg. “[We] are just as concerned about such attacks as are non-Jews here,” Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told…
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Fast Forward State Department Denies ‘Secret Document’ in Iran Deal
The U.S. State Department denied that a “secret document” in the Iran nuclear deal will enable the Islamic Republic to develop nuclear weapons in just over 10 years. Responding to a report Monday by The Associated Press describing such a document, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement, “There is no secret document…
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Fast Forward Brazilian University Rector Apologizes for Post Seeking ‘Zionism is Racism’ Teacher
The rector of a Brazilian federal university to the Jewish community over a public notice seeking to hire a “racial-ethnic relations” educator required to teach Zionism as a racist concept alongside Nazism and apartheid. ABC Federal University rector Klaus Capelle delivered the apology to Brazilian Israelite Confederation President Fernando Lottenberg and Executive President Ricardo Berkiensztat at a…
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