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Fast Forward J Street Scored $576K Grant in White House ‘Echo Chamber’ Push for Iran Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON — J Street was the single largest beneficiary last year of the Ploughshares Fund, a group that seeks to eliminate the world’s nuclear stockpiles, with over $575,000 in grants that funded advocacy for the Iran nuclear deal. Ploughshares’ annual report, first reported last week by the Associated Press, emphasizes the foundation’s role in helping…
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Fast Forward Top Israeli TV Journalist Admits His Children May Flee Jewish State as Extremism Spreads
A prominent Israeli military correspondent said on live TV that he was no longer certain he wants his children to stay in Israel. Speaking on Channel 2’s popular Friday night news program, veteran journalist Roni Daniel said, according to The Times of Israel: “After this week, I’m not sure I want my children to remain…
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Fast Forward Israel Releases Hunger-Striking Palestinian Journalist
Israel released from prison a Palestinian man who had endured a 93-day hunger strike during his five months in prison. Muhammad al-Qiq, 33, was set free Thursday, the Ma’an news agency reported. Al-Qiq ended his hunger strike in February as part of an understanding reached with Israeli officials that he would be released in May. Ibrahim…
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Fast Forward Ya’alon Quits Defense Minister Post, Warning of ‘Extremist’ Rise Under Netanyahu
Israel’s defense minister resigned on Friday, saying the nation was being taken over by “extremist and dangerous elements” after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to replace him with a far-right politician in an effort to strengthen his coalition. Political sources say Netanyahu has offered long-time rival Avigdor Lieberman the defense portfolio, a post crucial for…
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Fast Forward 2 Brazilian Senators Compare Holocaust to Country’s Political Crisis
RIO DE JANEIRO — Two leftist Brazilian senators compared Nazi Germany and the Holocaust to Brazil’s political environment in light of President Dilma Rousseff’s suspension as part of an ongoing impeachment process. “In times of crisis, the Jewish people are historically designated as ‘guilty’ for the evil that does not concern it. And history is…
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Fast Forward Israel Announces $77M Plan to Improve Palestinian Checkpoint Conditions
Israel’s finance and defense ministers announced a two-year plan to improve conditions at security checkpoints in the West Bank. Moshe Kahlon and Moshe Yaalon, who is expected to be replaced as defense chief by Avigdor Liberman as part of a shakeup in the governing coalition, said the plan would make checkpoints, which tens of thousands…
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Fast Forward 3 Swastikas Scrawled in Rio’s Copacabana
Three swastikas were found painted on walls in Copacabana this week, the Rio neighborhood most heavily populated with middle-class and elderly Jews. Rio Jewish Federation president, Paulo Maltz, who is a lawyer, on Wednesday filed a police report about the racial and ethnic crime. Copacabana is the area in Rio with the largest number of…
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Fast Forward US, Egypt Discuss Reviving Mideast Peace Talks While Netanyahu Appoints Hard-Line Minister
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sissi to discuss how to revive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, along with other shared concerns. Meeting in Cairo Wednesday, Kerry “expressed his appreciation for [Sissi’s] recent statement of strong support for advancing Arab-Israeli peace,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement, according to…
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