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Fast Forward ‘No To Zionist’ Graffiti Painted On French Synagogue
(JTA) — Graffiti reading “no to Zionists, no to Israel” was painted on a synagogue in western France. The vandals behind the action, which was discovered on Saturday at the main Jewish house of worship in the coastal city of Le Havre, 100 miles northwest of Paris, also placed stickers displaying the Palestinian, Lebanese and…
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Fast Forward University Of Kentucky Student Missing In Israel After Late-Night Swim
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A University of Kentucky sophomore was missing in Israel after a late night swim in the Mediterranean Sea. TeNiya Jones, a biology major with a minor in Islamic studies, was on a weekend visit to Israel from Jordan, where she was enrolled in a seven-week exchange program. She was due to return…
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Fast Forward Israel Denies Entry To 90 Turkish Citizens Visiting Muslim Holy Sites
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel denied entry to 90 Turkish citizens when they arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport, saying that their group visa was not valid. The Population and Immigration Ministry told Israeli media that the visa was forged. The visa in the passport of the group leader did not bear an official Israeli stamp, Hadashot news…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She Has ‘At Least Five More Years’ On Supreme Court
(JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she hopes to remain on the court for another five years. “I’m now 85,” Ginsburg said, according to CNN. “My senior colleague, Justice John Paul Stevens, he stepped down when he was 90, so think I have about at least five more years.” Ginsburg made the statement…
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Fast Forward British Labour Party Politician Suspended For Claiming Jews Drink Blood
(JTA) — Britain’s Labour Party suspended a councillor for sharing a post saying that it is a Jewish ritual to drink blood. The post appeared Friday on the Facebook page of Damien Enticott, a councillor in Bognor Regis, a town on England’s southern coast. He removed the post and told the Jewish Chronicle that he had…
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Fast Forward Indiana Synagogue Vandalized With Nazi Graffiti
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray painted on the property of a synagogue in Carmel, Indiana. A black swastika surrounded by a red background and the German and Nazi Military Iron Cross were painted on a wall at Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, a 200-member family Conservative synagogue near Indianapolis. The graffiti were painted on the synagogue…
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Fast Forward Arab-Israeli Lawmaker Resigns From Knesset Over Nation-State Law
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Arab-Israeli lawmaker resigned from Knesset in protest of the nation-state law. Zouheir Bahloul of the Zionist Union announced his resignation on Saturday during a live appearance on Israel’s “Meet the Press” television show. “The law oppresses me and oppresses the population that sent me to the Knesset,” he said during his…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teens Enter Israel Carrying Home-Made Submachine Guns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Palestinian teens from the West Bank entered Israel carrying home-made machine guns. The teens, from Nablus, were found by a Border Police foot patrol in the Seam Zone, between the Green Line and Israel’s security barrier, outside the community of Oranit near central Israel. They had tried unsuccessfully to run away,…
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