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Fast Forward Samantha Power Visits Israel and Palestinians — Scant Progress Seen
Samantha Power, the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations, is visiting Israel in part to try to improve prospects for a two-state solution. Power arrived in Israel on Saturday for a four-day visit to the Palestinian Authority, her first as the UN ambassador. “Power will discuss a range of regional and bilateral issues, including…
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Fast Forward Arizona Rabbi Kicked Out of Council Meeting After Balking at ‘Savior’ Jesus Prayer
A rabbi was removed from a city council meeting in Arizona after protesting a Christian invocation read by the mayor. Two police officers escorted Rabbi Adele Plotkin out of the Feb. 9 Chino Valley Town Council meeting at the request of Mayor Chris Marley, who ended his prayer “in the name of my Lord and…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Wins Endorsement of First-Ever Muslim Congressman
Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. “This is not a ‘no you can’t’ campaign. This is not a diminish your dreams kind of campaign. This is a ‘believe in the possibilities we can do together’ kind of campaign,” Ellison, D-Minn., said of…
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Fast Forward 2 Jewish Professors Sue Boston-Area College for ‘Discrimination’
Two Jewish professors have filed federal complaints against their Boston-area college alleging anti-Semitic discrimination. The educators from Wheelock College, a small liberal arts school, filed the complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week, the Boston Globe reported Sunday. Eric Silverman and Gail Dines allege in the complaint that Wheelock’s president, Jackie Jenkins-Scott,…
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Fast Forward Britain Bars Local Governments From Boycotting Israel
Publicly funded authorities in Britain will be prevented from boycotting Israeli goods under new government procurement guidelines. The new regulations will be announced by Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock during an upcoming visit to Israel, the Guardian reported Monday. According to the guidelines, such boycotts are considered by the government ministers to be “inappropriate, outside…
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Fast Forward South African Jews Threatened While Walking From Synagogue
Six identifiably Jewish men were threatened in a suburb of Johannesburg while walking home from synagogue. The men were walking home from the Ohr Somayach Jewish center in Glenhazel last week when a vehicle with four occupants drove past them, with the driver making offensive hand gestures and shouting “F***ing Jews.” A few minutes later,…
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Fast Forward Israel Seeks To Put Ties With Europe ‘Back on Track’
Israel and the European Union have agreed to put relations “back on track,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu and top European Union official Federica Mogherini in a weekend conversation discussed tension between Israel and the EU. European-Israeli relations have deteriorated since November, when the EU adopted long-discussed guidelines to label products made in…
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Fast Forward Yanush Ben-Gal, Yom Kippur War Hero, Dies at 79
Yom Kippur War hero Maj.-Gen. Avigdor ‘Yanush’ Ben-Gal was buried in Israel’s Kiryat Shaul military cemetery. Ben-Gal, credited with holding Syria back during the war in 1973, died on Saturday at the age of 79 and was buried on Sunday. “During the darkest days of the Yom Kippur War, when the fate of Israel hung…
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