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Fast Forward ADL Will Offer Trump Info on KKK After Ignorance Claim
The Anti-Defamation League said it will provide all presidential candidates with information on extremists and hate groups following Donald Trump’s admission that he didn’t know anything about former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. In a statement Sunday afternoon, the ADL said its Center on Extremism, which monitors and exposes extremists and hate groups, is…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority Rejects Iranian Funding For Terrorists’s Families
(JTA) — The Palestinian Authority rejected an announcement by Iran saying the Islamic Republic would pay thousands of dollars to families of Palestinians killed while carrying out terror attacks against Israelis. Financial assistance to such families is the purview of the Palestinian Authority, Nabil Abu Rudeina, spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, reportedly said…
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Fast Forward Israeli Police Officer Seriously Injured in Possible Car-Ramming Attack
An Israel Police officer was seriously injured in what may have been a car-ramming attack. The hit-and-run occurred Sunday evening in Nazareth, in northern Israel. Police said the officer signaled to a car to pull over and stop, but instead the vehicle sped up and hit him before fleeing the scene. An unidentified suspect was…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teen Killed During Alleged Attack on Israeli Soldier Reportedly a US Citizen
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Palestinian teen shot dead as he allegedly attempted to stab Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint reportedly had dual American citizenship. Mahmoud Muhammad Ali Shaalan, 17, of Ramallah was killed Friday near the West Bank settlement of Beit El. An unnamed Palestinian official said he had American citizenship, according to…
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Fast Forward Court Tosses Conviction of Palestinian-American for Covering up Terrorist Past
A U.S. appeals court has vacated the conviction of a Palestinian-American for covering up her conviction and imprisonment in Israel for bombing attacks when she applied for U.S. citizenship. A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit U.S. Appellate Court in Cincinnati on Feb. 25 overturned the conviction of Rasmieh Odeh, 68, an associate director at…
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Fast Forward Trump Disavows Ex-KKK Head David Duke for 2nd Time
(JTA) — Donald Trump disavowed, then refused to disavow, then disavowed again an endorsement by former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke. Trump disavowed Duke on Sunday afternoon, for the second time, after refusing to do so that morning in an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” The front-runner for…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Hunger Striker Ends Protest on 93rd Day
JERUSALEM (JTA) – A Palestinian journalist ended a 93-day hunger strike to protest being held in administrative detention by Israel. Muhammad al-Qiq, 33, agreed Friday to end his hunger strike in exchange for being released from the detention in May rather than June, with no extension of the administrative detention. His request to be treated…
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Fast Forward Haifa Rabbinate Reportedly Denied Marriage Licenses to Couples Registered with Tzohar
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization has called on the Israel Police to investigate the Chief Rabbinate of Haifa following a report that it denied couple’s requests to marry due to their affiliation with the group. The call Sunday for police to launch a criminal investigation by Tzohar, an organization made up of religious…
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