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Fast Forward Judge Dismisses Lawsuit By Parents Of Seth Rich Against Fox News
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the parents of Seth Rich, the Jewish Democratic National Committee staffer killed near his Washington, D.C., home in 2016, against Fox News for a story saying he was part of a conspiracy involving WikiLeaks. The ruling Thursday in Manhattan District Court said the lawsuit…
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Fast Forward Billboards Erected With Peaceful Message After Vandalism Of Indiana Synagogue
(JTA) — Billboards were erected in support of an Indiana synagogue that was targeted with anti-Semitic graffiti. The billboard’s message is “LOVE” with a Star of David inside the “O.” “We wanted to do something,” Chris Iverson, vice president and general manager of Lamar Advertising, told WISH-TV. “We just wanted to put a positive message…
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Fast Forward 40 Haredi Orthodox Arrested For Protesting Arrest Of Draft-Dodging Student
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than 40 haredi Orthodox protesters were arrested in Jerusalem during a demonstration against the arrest of a yeshiva student who refused to register for the draft. The demonstration on Thursday morning closed an intersection near the entrance of Jerusalem. Police and some of the estimated 400 protesters clashed during the demonstration,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Airstrike Kills Armed Islamic State Operatives On Border With Syria
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli airstrike killed armed Islamic State operatives in the Syrian Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it was tracking the movement of the men toward the border fence with Israel on the Golan Heights on Wednesday evening. They were believed to be fleeing the Syrian army…
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Fast Forward Iranian Forces In Syria Withdraw More Than 50 Miles From Israeli Border
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Iranian forces and their weapons have withdrawn to no closer than 53 miles from Israel’s border with Syria on the Golan Heights, a Russian official said. Russian Presidential Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev told Sputnik news agency that Russia working for Syrian reconciliation in an open manner and in coordination with the Syrian government,…
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Fast Forward Author Of ‘Sapiens’ Won’t Participate In LA Event Put On By Israeli Consulate
(JTA) — Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, author of the best-selling book “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,” is refusing to participate in an event in Los Angeles sponsored by the Israeli Consulate in protest of several recently passed laws in Israel, including the nation-state and surrogacy laws. Harari is scheduled to participate in a Live…
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Fast Forward Booking.Com Used To List Jerusalem As ‘Israeli Settlement’
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The online travel reservation service Booking.com amended its definition of the city of Jerusalem as an “Israeli settlement” following a critical query from a Belgian Jewish newspaper. The Amsterdam-based company acted on Tuesday, a day after Michael Freilich, editor in chief of the Joods Actueel newspaper in Antwerp, asked the firm about…
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Fast Forward Arson Balloon Launched From Gaza Into City Of Beersheba
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An arson balloon believed to have been launched from Gaza landed in the major southern Israeli city of Beersheba. The cluster of balloons, carrying an incendiary device, landed on a street in the city’s east on Monday. The road was closed to cars and pedestrians as police sappers arrived to defuse the device….
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