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Fast Forward Spain ‘Worried’ Over Palestinian Deaths From Israel’s Response to Attacks
Spain’s government expressed “deep concern at the loss of many dozens of lives” of Palestinians as a result of Israel’s “use of force” in reaction to attacks against its citizens. The statement Tuesday by the Spanish foreign ministry also called the killing by Palestinians of Jewish settlers in the West Bank and other Israelis “terrorist…
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Fast Forward BDS Push to Have Israel Expelled From World Medical Association Fails
The World Medical Association will not expel Israeli physicians over pro-Palestinian activists’ allegations that they practice torture, the president of the world body said. Michael Marmot, the London-born physician at the head of the association, made the assertion in a letter he sent Monday to Shimon Samuels, the international relations director of the Simon Wiesenthal…
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Fast Forward 5 Palestinians Sentenced for Killing 4-Year-Old Jewish Girl
An Israeli military court sentenced five Palestinians to 15 years in jail for killing Adele Biton, a four-year-old Jewish girl. The five, who were minors aged 16-17 at the time of the incident three years ago, were not convicted of premeditated murder because of their young age when they threw stones on the car carrying…
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Fast Forward Jerry Seinfeld Says Israelis Are ‘All or Nothing’ People
Jerry Seinfeld told “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah that Israelis are “all or nothing.” On the show Wednesday night, Noah opened his conversation with Seinfeld, 61, by asking about his recent trip to Israel, his first time performing there. “The audiences were amazing,” Seinfeld said. “Israelis, everything you ask them is either ‘It’s no problem,…
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Fast Forward ‘Birthright for Moms’ Urges Return to Israel for ‘End of Days’
The founder of group that claims to have taken 7,300 Jewish mothers on subsidized tours of Israel has posted a video that references the end of days and urges Jews to move to Israel for safety reasons. Lori Palatnik, founder and director of the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project, which runs trips that some have nicknamed…
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Fast Forward U. of South Florida BDS Measure Vetoed After 32-12 Vote in Favor
The student body president and vice president at the University of South Florida vetoed a resolution that calls for the divestment from companies complicit in human rights violations against the Palestinian people. Andy Rodriguez and Michael Malanga, the president and vice president, respectively, of the Student Government Senate, rejected the resolution at the body’s meeting…
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Fast Forward Right-Wing Group Ripped for Ads Targeting Israeli Artists as Traitors
JERUSALEM — Israeli officials from across the political spectrum have denounced the right-wing group Im Tirtzu for an ad campaign that attacks Israeli performers and artists affiliated with left-wing groups as traitors. The campaign comes on the heels of an Im Tirtzu campaign introduced last month that singled out four Israeli human rights activists and…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Lawmaker To Block Funding for Western Wall Expansion
TEL AVIV — The chair of the Knesset Finance Committee intends to block funding for a plan to expand the non-Orthodox prayer section of the Western Wall, a source familiar with the plan told JTA. Moshe Gafni of the haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism party intends to use his committee post to deny the approximately…
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