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Fast Forward Jewish Extremist Is Freed After Being Held for 5 Months in Church Arson
An accused Jewish extremist with dual Israeli and American citizenship was released from an Israeli prison after being jailed without charges for five months. Mordechai Meyer, 18, of the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, was set free Monday after being under administrative detention since August for his suspected involvement in an arson attack more…
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Fast Forward Charlie Hebdo Editor: We Are Used to Jews Being Killed
No one questions when Jews are killed because they are Jewish, the editor of Charlie Hebdo wrote in a special edition of the French satirical magazine marking the first anniversary of a terror attack on its staff. “We are so used to Jews being killed because they are Jewish,” Gerard Biard wrote in an editorial…
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Fast Forward Moscow Won’t Put Hamas and Hezbollah on Terror List, Top Russian Says
The fighting in Syria will not affect Russia’s decision to keep Hamas and Hezbollah off its list of terrorist organizations, a senior Kremlin official said. Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told the Interfax news agency last week that while his country concurs with the United States’ definition of some organizations that are operating in Syria…
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Fast Forward Israel Police Arrest Father of Tel Aviv Shooting Suspect
The father of the alleged gunman in the shooting attack on a bar in Tel Aviv, that killed two, was arrested by police in connection with the attack. Mohammed Melhem, father of Nashat Melhem, was arrested and questioned on Tuesday, along with five other family members and friends. They are suspected of being accessories to…
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Fast Forward Art Dealer Guy Wildenstein On Trial for Alleged $600M Tax Fraud
Members of a French-American Jewish art-dealing dynasty went on trial in a case that could see authorities demand $600 million in back taxes. Guy Wildenstein, 70, the heir to his family’s New York art empire, went on trial Monday. He faces up to 10 years in prison for storing a large percentage of his inherited…
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Fast Forward Bill To Counter BDS Movement Is Introduced in California
A bill squarely aimed at countering the effectiveness of the anti-Israel Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement, or BDS, was introduced in the California legislature. If adopted, the bill introduced on Monday would forbid the California state government from contracting with companies “engaging in boycotts based on race, color, religion, gender or nationality.” Republican Assemblyman Travis…
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Fast Forward Detroit JCC Counselor Cutting Plea Deal in Child Porn Case
A former Jewish Community Center camp counselor charged with creating and distributing child pornography is negotiating a plea deal. Matthew Kuppe, who was released on bond in November, was scheduled to go on trial this month, but proceedings are on hold, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday. Kuppe, 21, allegedly took photos of naked boys…
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Fast Forward Earthquake Hits India’s Jewish Community
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern India, inflicting damage on the infrastructure of the Jewish community of Churachandpur. The nonprofit Shavei Israel reported in a statement Monday that the homes and property of the Bnei Menashe community there had incurred “extensive damage.” No one in the community of 7,000 was harmed. “We are in touch…
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