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Fast Forward Israel Aid Deal Elusive as Talks Drag On
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and his Israeli counterpart, Moshe Yaalon, agreed at a Pentagon meeting to increase cooperation in the cyber domain, but did not announce agreement on a 10-year military aid package. Carter “reaffirmed the United States’ unshakable commitment to the security of Israel and the importance of the U.S.-Israel defense relationship” during Monday’s…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Labour Party Suspends Member for ‘Big Noses’ Jibe at Jews
The Labour Party in Britain has suspended a member for the second time for saying Jews have “big noses” and “slaughter the oppressed.” Vicki Kirby, a former parliamentary candidate, was suspended Monday. Her comments in old tweets resurfaced after she was made a local vice chair of the party last week. Other tweets claimed that…
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Fast Forward Israeli Chief Rabbi Says ‘It’s a Mitzvah’ To Kill Knife-Wielding Terrorists
JERUSALEM — The Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel said religious law obligates one to kill a terrorist brandishing a knife who is trying to stab someone. “If a terrorist is coming with a knife, it’s a mitzvah to kill him,” Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef declared in his weekly Torah lesson on Saturday night, which was first…
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Fast Forward Boston Catholic School Punishes Students for Anti-Semitic Chants
A Boston-area Catholic school banned its students from attending a state semifinal basketball game in the wake of anti-Semitic chants made at a game against a predominantly Jewish public school. Catholic Memorial School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, announced in a statement hours before its game Monday night with Cambridge Rindge and Latin that its students…
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Fast Forward Anti-BDS Measure In Arizona Now on Governor’s Desk
The Arizona state House of Representatives approved legislation that would bar state and local governments from doing business with companies that boycott Israel and its settlements. On Monday, the bill passed the House by a vote of 42-16. The Arizona Senate passed the bill last week. The House bill’s sponsor, Speaker David Gowan, told the…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Slogans, Swastikas Painted On French Synagogue
Vandals painted anti-Semitic slogans and swastikas on a synagogue in the French city of Verdun but failed to break in. Congregants discovered the vandalism on Saturday morning, Jean Blacharz, the local community’s vice president, told the L’Est Républicain daily. He added that the incident was the first of its kind in recent memory in Verdun,…
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Fast Forward Islamists Hack Venice Jewish Community Library Website
Unknown individuals calling themselves the “Tunisian Fallaga Team” hacked into the website of the Venice Jewish community’s library and archive and posted pro-Islamist and pro-Palestinian messages on its home page. Gadi Luzzatto Voghera, the director of the Renato Maestro Library and Archive, called the incident Monday “in effect, a violent and targeted threat, of a…
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Fast Forward BDS Activists Stick Protest Labels on Israeli Products in Canadian Stores
TORONTO — Two Canadian corporations have promised vigilance after pro-Palestinian activists plastered their products with anti-Israel stickers. In recent weeks, Facebook posts by those advocating the boycott, divestment and sanctions or BDS campaign against Israel have shown warning labels affixed to bottles of Israeli wine for sale in Vancouver and grocery products at a store…
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