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Fast Forward Canada Poised To Pass Anti-BDS Bill — Backed by 2 Main Parties
Canada stands poised to reject the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment campaign against Israel. The Liberals, who comprise the majority of seats in the House of Commons, said the party will support an opposition motion introduced Thursday calling on the House to formally reject the goals of the BDS movement. The motion was introduced by two…
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Fast Forward 93% of Israel’s Fresh Chicken Has Dangerous Bacteria
More than 93 percent of fresh Israeli poultry reportedly is infected with a bacteria known to cause food poisoning. The widespread presence of the Campylobacter bacteria was reported in a still unpublished study by Israel’s poultry council presented Wednesday at an internal meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Veterinary Services, according to The Marker, a…
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Fast Forward Israel Army Chief Calls Hezbollah ‘Biggest Threat’
In a statement that reaffirmed the seriousness of Hezbollah’s threats toward Israel, the Israeli army’s chief of staff said the Shi’ite militia was the biggest threat bordering on the Jewish state. Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot spoke about Hezbollah Wednesday during a talk with teenagers in Bat Yam near Tel Aviv, Israel…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier and Nazi Sympathizer Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
A U.S. soldier wounded in World War II who later became an outspoken Nazi sympathizer and Holocaust denier was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Willis Carto, who died at 89 in October, was interred at the military cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, the Huffington Post reported. He founded the Liberty Lobby, a white supremacist…
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News Miami JCC Scraps ‘Troublesome’ Play About Israel
A Jewish community center theater in Miami has canceled performances of a play about Israel following complaints from some community members that its message was “inappropriate and troublesome.” In a letter Tuesday explaining the decision to “suspend performances” after four showings of the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center’s Cultural Arts Theater production of “Crossing Jerusalem,”…
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Fast Forward Lawmaker Demands Punishment for ‘Zionists Off Campus’ Demonstrators
A Brooklyn assemblyman has called on Brooklyn College to discipline the 10 or so students who participated in a protest that interrupted a faculty meeting with anti-Israel statements. “The university needs to act on this and enforce disciplinary action on the students that participated,” state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a Democrat, said in a statement Thursday….
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Fast Forward Jerusalem’s Zion Square to be Renamed for Teen Fatally Stabbed at Gay Pride Parade
Zion Square in downtown Jerusalem will be renamed for the teenage girl who was stabbed to death last summer at the city’s gay pride parade. The area will be called Tolerance Square in memory of Shira Banki, 16, who was killed in July by a haredi Orthodox assailant who had just been released from prison…
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Fast Forward President Rivlin Asks Jewish Leaders Not To Politicize Relations With Israel
Rivlin addressed a delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Thursday, the last day of its five-day mission to Israel. “Many of you have different political views, support different candidates, and possibly vote for different political parties. But whichever party or candidate you support, there are important issues on which…
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