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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Shooting Suspect Has Long History of Violence
The shooter in the attack on a bar full of patrons in central Tel Aviv that killed two has been named by police as an Arab-Israeli man with a history of violence. The attacker was named as Nashat Melhem, 31, of Arara, a village in Wadi Ara in northern Israel. A gag order was lifted…
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Fast Forward 2 Israeli Actors Will Appear on ‘Game of Thrones’
Two Israeli actors will appear in the upcoming sixth season of the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones.” It is unknown what roles Ania Bukstein and Yousef Sweid will play, the Times of Israel reported. Bukstein, 33, is a household name in Israel for roles in shows and movies such as “Rabies,” “False Flag” and…
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News Hillary Clinton Complains in Email of ‘Unbelievable’ Airbrushing From Orthodox Papers
Hillary Clinton complains in a newly released email about being airbrushed out of photographs by ultra-Orthodox newspapers. The email with the subject line “unbeleivable” was bared as the State Department released another 5,000 pages of emails of the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate. The emails released on Thursday afternoon are part of…
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Fast Forward 2 Men Arrested in Attack on Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn
Two Brooklyn teenagers have been arrested in the beating and robbing of a 60-year-old Jewish man. Eldin Sabovic, 17, and Baskim Huseinovic, 19, were arrested on Thursday, the New York Post reported. They were charged with robbery and assault. The attack is not considered a hate crime. The attack took place on Sunday in the…
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The Schmooze Bar Refaeli Announces She’s Pregnant — on Instagram
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli announced in an Instagram post that she is expecting her first child. Refaeli, 30, posted a photo of a positive pregnancy test on her Instagram account. “2016 is going to be like…” she wrote, followed by an icon of a baby bottle and an icon of a baby. The post received…
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Fast Forward Groom at Israeli ‘Wedding of Hate’ Freed Along With 2 Guests
At least three participants in a wedding where Jewish revelers were captured on video celebrating the deaths of members of a Palestinian family in a firebombing were set to be released from police detention. Among those who were to be released on Thursday evening was the groom, Yakir Ashbal, according to Israeli media reports. The…
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Fast Forward Sara Netanyahu Quizzed by Fraud Unit Over Household Spending Irregularities
Israel’s first lady was questioned by the Israel Police fraud investigation unit over suspected spending irregularities at the prime minister’s residence. Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was questioned Thursday afternoon, despite a request by her attorney to close the investigation. She reportedly was asked to detail her involvement in the running…
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Fast Forward Lawsuit Aims To Revoke Tax-Free Status of Donations to Israel
A lawsuit naming the U.S. Treasury Department and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew aims to revoke the nonprofit status of groups that the litigants claim have given billions of dollars in tax-exempt donations to Israel. A group of American citizens filed the suit Dec. 21 in a U.S. court, Al Jazeera reported Wednesday. One of the…
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