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Fast Forward Israel Interior Minister Aryeh Deri In New Corruption Probe
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has been named as one of two high-ranking Israeli politicians who are under investigation for suspected criminal behavior. The existence of the separate scandals, both in the preliminary stages of investigation, was reported in several Israeli media outlets Tuesday night. Few details have been released since the…
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Fast Forward Cops Charge Donald Trump’s Campaign Boss With Battery of Reporter
Donald Trump’s campaign manager was charged with battery against a Breitbart News reporter on the same day police released a video apparently corroborating her account. Corey Lewandowski was charged by the police in Jupiter, Florida, Tuesday and turned himself in that morning. In a statement soon afterward, Trump said Lewandowski “is absolutely innocent of this…
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Fast Forward Watch: Son Of New York Real Estate Mogul Harasses Uber Driver
A Jewish University of Michigan student who was caught on video yelling a torrent of profanities at an Uber driver says he was responding to anti-Semitic remarks. Jake Croman is being investigated by school administrators and his fraternity after the video was shown on YouTube. It has had nearly 350,000 views since it was posted…
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Fast Forward I Did It! Hate Hacker Claims Printing of Swastika Flyers at Colleges
A well-known computer hacker said he was behind anti-Semitic, racist flyers that appeared on printers at more than a dozen colleges last week. Andrew Auernheimer, who goes by the name “Weev,” exploited network printers at the colleges to produce the swastika-covered flyers, he claimed as early as Friday. Auernheimer, 30, was part of a group…
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Israel News Charges for IDF Soldier Who Fatally Shot Terrorist May Be Downgraded
JERUSALEM — A soldier caught on video shooting a prone Palestinian terrorist in the head could be charged with manslaughter rather than murder, the military prosecutor said at a hearing. “We are trying to decide what he could be charged with, including manslaughter,” the prosecutor said at Tuesday’s hearing in Kastina, near Ashdod, where it…
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The Schmooze Video: Sarah Silverman Wants You To Feel The Bern
Comedian Sarah Silverman has released a YouTube video in support of Bernie Sanders’ bid for the Democratic nomination for president. “Bernie Sanders is the one for me,” a five-minute monologue backing the Vermont senator, was posted on Monday. Silverman says in the video that she has been a Hillary Clinton supporter because the idea of…
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Fast Forward I’m Moving To Israel, Says Belgian Jew Who Lost Leg in Terror Attack
A Belgian Jew whose leg was amputated in a suicide bombing at Brussels’ main airport said he would immigrate to Israel. Walter Benjamin plans to make aliyah when he recovers from the injury he sustained in the March 22 attack he told Israel’s Channel 2 Sunday. The attack was part of a series of bombings…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi: Gentiles Here To Serve the Jews
JERUSALEM — Non-Jews should not live in the Land of Israel unless they accept the seven Noahide Laws, Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi said. Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef made the statement during his weekly Saturday night lecture, Israel’s Channel 10 first reported. Channel 10 obtained a copy of a recording of the lecture, which it posted on…
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