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Fast Forward Haim Saban Will Pour $100M Into Israeli Start-Ups
Billionaire entertainment mogul Haim Saban has unveiled a $100 million venture capital fund for Israeli startups. The Saban Ventures fund will invest in companies in the mobile, social networks, ecommerce and digital media sectors, the Israeli business daily Globes reported. The fund also will be open to investing in fields such as cloud computing and…
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Fast Forward Jewish Extremist Ruled Fit for Sentencing in Revenge Murder of Palestinian
The Jewish-Israeli man who was convicted of organizing the revenge murder of a Palestinian teenager in 2014 was ruled mentally fit to be sentenced. An Israeli court ruled Monday that Yosef Ben-David, 31, of the West Bank settlement Adam, can be sentenced, Israel’s Channel 2 reported. Ben-David was convicted of the murder along with two…
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Fast Forward Canada Parliament Votes 229-51 To Condemn BDS
Canada’s Parliament passed a motion formally condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The motion passed Monday in a 229-51 vote, CIJ News reported. Introduced last week by members of the opposition Conservative Party, the motion won support from the ruling Liberal Party as well. It calls on the Canadian government to “condemn…
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Fast Forward Jewish Extremist Claims Firebomb Confession Was Coerced
The main suspect in the deadly firebombing of a Palestinian family’s home in the West Bank village of Duma said he was tortured during his interrogations and that is why he confessed. Amiram Ben-Uliel, 21, of Jerusalem, was charged in January with three counts of murder. Three members of the Dawabshe family — an 18-month-old…
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Fast Forward Polish Town Saves Jewish Cemetery From Developer
A town in central Poland will protect a Jewish cemetery from being developed into a residential complex with underground parking. The City Council of Grodzisk Mazowiecki has leased the land to the Jewish cemetery within its historic boundaries from developer Futura G.M., preventing the company from building a residential complex on the land. Local authorities…
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Fast Forward Ethiopians Routinely Denied Marriage Licenses in Israel Town
Ethiopian-Israelis registering for marriage licenses in the central Israeli city of Petach Tikvah reportedly are routinely rejected and forced to register elsewhere. At least 30 Ethiopian-Israeli couples have been denied marriage licenses in Petach Tikvah in the last nine months, Army Radio first reported Monday, when it interviewed an Ethiopian-Israeli woman identified as Shega, a…
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Fast Forward Spanish City Backs Down From BDS Push
One month after passing a motion supporting a boycott against Israel, the Spanish municipality of Aviles distanced itself from that position and denounced it as discriminatory. The northern city’s council on Saturday nullified its January motion favoring the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, known as BDS, against Israel after a pro-Israel group initiated a discrimination…
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Fast Forward Australia Day School Endorses Gay Marriage Equality
Melbourne’s Bialik College, a Jewish day school, has become the first Australian kindergarten through high school institution to support marriage equality. Michael Barnett, convenor of Aleph Melbourne, which provides guidance and support for Jewish, gay and bisexual men, said: “As a member of the Safe Schools Coalition, Bialik College is showing genuine leadership and vision…
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