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Fast Forward Murdered Palestinian Teen’s Uncle Beaten in Jerusalem — Accuses Police of Inaction
An uncle of the Palestinian teen who was burned to death by Jewish extremists in a revenge murder was attacked by two people that the victim described as Jewish. Zoheir Abu Khdeir, 63, a first cousin of the father of murdered teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was attacked Thursday night in the Egged public bus parking…
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Fast Forward Legal Eagle Fires Back in ‘Strip for Me’ Sex Harass Suit
A high-profile New York attorney fighting a sexual harassment lawsuit denied allegations that he told a receptionist seeking employment at his office to strip, have sex with him and have herself checked for venereal diseases. Sunny J. Barkats, 42, who is Jewish and a board member of American Friends of Likud Young Leadership, on Thursday…
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Fast Forward Israel Minister Denounces ‘Shameful’ Treatment of Palestinians at Checkpoints
A far-right Israeli minister spoke out against “shameful” conditions Palestinians experience at Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank. Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, a member of the Jewish Home party who advocates for Jews having greater access to the Temple Mount, said Friday that the current conditions are a “disgrace to the State of Israel and…
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Fast Forward Israel Takes Center Stage in NY Presidential Debate
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders accused Hillary Clinton of neglecting the Palestinians, and Clinton said her rival was more prone to criticizing than solving problems when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Independent senator from Vermont and the former secretary of state had a lengthy and heated exchange on Israel and the Palestinians during their…
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Fast Forward Hotel in Ukraine Pilgrimage Town Bars Hasidic Guests
A hotel in Uman is refusing to rent out rooms to Jews, a leader of Ukraine’s Jewish community said. Eduard Dolinsky, the director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, wrote Thursday on Facebook that an administrator at Uman City Plaza told him the policy was in place because the last time that Jews were allowed to…
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Fast Forward Brussels ‘Man in the Hat’ Says Terrorists Hoped To Target Israel Flight
The alleged Brussels bomber nicknamed the “man in the hat” said one of the original targets in the attacks that killed 32 was the departure area for flights to Tel Aviv. Departure areas for flights to the United States and Russia also were targeted in the March 22 attack, Mohamed Abrini reportedly told a Belgian…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Campaign Manager Won’t Face Charges for Scuffle With Reporter
Donald Trump’s campaign manager will not be prosecuted in Florida on battery charges. The decision not to press charges against Corey Lewandowski was reported Wednesday night by Politico, which cited unnamed “sources with knowledge of the situation.” The decision was expected to be announced Thursday afternoon during a news conference by the state attorney in…
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Fast Forward That Time Bernie Sanders’s Jewish Outreach Chief Dropped F-Bomb on Benjamin Netanyahu
Simone Zimmerman, the newly hired national Jewish outreach coordinator for the Bernie Sanders campaign, called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “manipulative asshole” last year in a Facebook post. “Bibi Netanyahu is an arrogant, deceptive, cynical, manipulative asshole,” Zimmerman, a former J Street student activist, wrote on Facebook in March 2015, according to the Washington-based…
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