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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Wins Dixville Notch
Bernie Sanders won the vote in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the first balloting in the state holding the country’s first primary. The town has nine registered voters, and the four Democrats went for Sanders, an Independent U.S. senator from neighboring Vermont. Hillary Clinton didn’t get a single vote. On the Republican side, Ohio Gov. John…
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Fast Forward Far Right Magazine Gets OK To Call Mauthausen Victims ‘Criminals’
The head of Austria’s Jewish community accused prosecutors of reaffirming Nazi logic by not indicting authors of a newspaper article that called Holocaust survivors murderers and criminals. The statement Monday by the president of the Jewish Community of Vienna, Oskar Deutsch, concerned the recent decision by prosecutors in the city of Graz to close a…
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Fast Forward Rocker Ted Nugent Blames Jews for Gun Control in Anti-Semitic Rant
Right-wing rocker Ted Nugent made an anti-Semitic Facebook post blaming prominent Jews for pushing gun control, and urging followers to “raise maximum hell to shut them down!” Published Monday, the post included images of Jewish politicians and activists — including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Democratic New York…
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Fast Forward Majority Of Palestinians Oppose New Intifada: Poll
The majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza oppose a third intifada, according to a new poll, reversing the popular sentiment from three months ago. The poll of 1,200 Palestinians conducted by the West Bank-based Arab World for Research and Development firm in late January was released on Sunday. Regarding a third intifada,…
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Fast Forward U.N.’s Ban Ki-Moon Heckled at New York Synagogue
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was heckled and some worshippers walked out during his speech at a New York City synagogue’s Shabbat services. Ban did not mention Israel during an address on Saturday morning at the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan in which he condemned intolerance and bigotry, the Times of Israel reported. Members of the…
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Fast Forward U.S. Warns Israel No Better Aid Package Coming From Next President
U.S. officials reportedly have urged Israel to sign the 10-year foreign aid package on the table, saying it will not get a better deal with the next president. “Even as we grapple with a particularly challenging budget environment, this administration’s commitment to Israel’s security is such that we are prepared to sign an MOU [memorandum…
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Fast Forward British Jewish Schools Targeted by Bomb Threats
Jewish schools were among those targeted by bomb threats in the United Kingdom. Bomb threats were called in to seven schools shortly after 8 a.m. Monday. No explosive devices were found in the schools, and none were evacuated, according to reports. The Community Security Trust, Britain’s Jewish community security umbrella, in a tweet advised the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Seeks Israel Advice From J Street
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he took advice on the Middle East from J Street and the Arab American Institute. The Vermont Independent senator, mounting a tough challenge to front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton for the nomination, has been under pressure to provide details on his foreign policy. Clinton, a former secretary of state, has…
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