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Fast Forward Booker: I Didn’t Know Sign I Held With ‘Palestine’ On It Was Pro-Palestinian
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Cory Booker, seen as a likely contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, appears in a photo appearing to endorse a slogan of the pro-Palestinian movement. A Booker spokesman told JTA the senator had no idea the sign had anything to do with Israel. Booker, a New Jersey Democrat who is…
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Fast Forward Elie Wiesel’s Childhood Home In Romania Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Graffiti
(JTA) — Unidentified individuals spray painted offensive graffiti on the external walls of a museum for Elie Wiesel in Romania, where he was also born, in what police said was an anti-Semitic incident. The florescent pink graffiti that was painted on the Memorial House Elie Wiesel in Sighet in eastern Romania read “public toilet” and…
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Fast Forward Tunisia, Under Pressure, Lets 7-Year-Old Israeli In For Chess Championships
(JTA) — Following pressure, the Tunisian Chess Federation has agreed to allow a 7-year-old Israeli girl to participate in an international tournament in Tunisia. Tunisian authorities backtracked on their refusal to grant a visa to Liel Levitan for the World School Individual Championships next year in Sousse, France’s National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or…
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Fast Forward 2 Major Funders Of Israel Join Growing Criticism Of New Nation-State Law
(JTA) — The Jewish Federations of North America and The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, two organizations that provide major funding to projects in Israel, joined the criticism of Israel’s new nation-state law. Jewish Federations, which annually donates many millions of dollars to Israel and the Jewish Agency for Israel, focused its criticism on…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn Says He Respects Jewish Affection For Israel
(JTA) — Jeremy Corbyn said he respects the affinity many Jewish feel for Israel and appealed to critics to resolve differences over his Labour Party’s policy on anti-Semitism that has drawn fire. Critics of the policy say it downplays hostility to Jews expressed as criticism of Israel. “I fully understand and respect the strong affection…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Approves To Expand U.S. Embassy Another 7,500 Feet
(JTA) — The Jerusalem municipality approved building permits to enlarge the size of the U.S. embassy, which relocated to the Israeli capital on May 14. The plans, reported by Hadashot TV news on Thursday, include an expansion of office space, creation of new entrances, and additional areas for providing services to the public, Times of…
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Fast Forward Washington State GOP Official Resigns After Inviting Alt-Right Leader To Speak
(JTA) — A Washington state Republican Party county chair resigned after saying that she made a mistake in inviting a white supremacist to speak at a local GOP event. Cecily Wright said she wanted to “profoundly apologize” for giving James Allsup a platform to speak at a Spokane Tea Party gathering, the Daily Forward reported…
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Fast Forward Blaze Bernstein Murder Suspect Allegedly Targeted Him Because He Was Gay
(JTA) — The man accused of killing Blaze Bernstein will face a hate crime charge for targeting the college student because of his sexual orientation. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office in California announced the new charge against Samuel Woodward, 20, on Thursday. Bernstein was Jewish and gay. Bernstein’s body was found in January after…
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