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Fast Forward Ex-West Bank Rabbi Calls Paris Attacks Punishment for Holocaust
A controversial West Bank rabbi now living in eastern Jerusalem reportedly said the attacks in Paris were punishment for what Europe did to Jews in the Holocaust. Rabbi Dov Lior, the former chief rabbi of the Kiryat Arba settlement, made his remarks during a eulogy on Sunday at the Jerusalem funeral for a father and…
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Fast Forward Israel to File Protest Against Palestinian Red Crescent
Israel’s Prime Minister has directed the country’s Foreign Ministry to file a protest with the International Committee of the Red Cross after accusing a Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance of not stopping to help Jewish victims of a terror attack. “If things are indeed as they seem to me today, the State of Israel will…
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Fast Forward Israel Intelligence Helping France Investigate Paris Attacks
Israeli intelligence services reportedly are helping France investigate the Paris attacks that left at least 129 people dead. In a statement issued Saturday night about the Paris terrorism of the previous day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had “instructed Israel’s security and intelligence forces to assist their French counterparts and their counterparts…
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Fast Forward Shin Bet: Palestinians Attacks are ‘Spontaneous and Popular’
Palestinian attackers in the current wave of terror on Israelis fit the traditional profile of a lone terrorist, Israel’s Shin Bet said in a new report. The attackers are “young, single, with no organizational affiliation,” the Shin Bet security service said in the report released on Thursday, after looking at the details of the attackers…
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Fast Forward Bibi: Same Terrorism Driving Attacks in Israel and Paris
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the same terrorism is driving the attacks in Israel and in Paris. “In Israel, as in France, terrorism is terrorism and standing behind it is radical Islam and its desire to destroy its victims,” Netanyahu said Sunday, referencing the West Bank attack Friday that killed a man and his…
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Fast Forward Amherst College Hillel Joins 50 Campus Groups Demanding ‘Inclusive Environment’
The Amherst College chapter of Hillel joined over 50 campus groups in a coalition demanding changes to create a more “inclusive environment” on campus. Amherst Uprising is one of a spate of collectives on campuses across the country seeking to address what members see as campus environments hostile to minorities. The manifesto posted last week…
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Fast Forward Jewish Institutions in Paris Cancel Events After Terror Attacks
Institutional Jewish activities ground to halt in Paris for safety reasons and out of respect for the 129 people who died in several terrorist attacks that rocked the French capital on Friday. Among the events cancelled was a protest rally that CRIF, the umbrella group of French Jewish communities, had planned for Sunday against the…
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Fast Forward Suspect Arrested in West Bank Shooting that Killed Father and Son
Israel’s Shin Bet security service arrested a suspect in the West Bank shooting that left a man and his son dead on the eve of his daughter’s wedding. The suspect was arrested over the weekend in the attack on a family car traveling near the West Bank settlement of Otniel, about 10 miles from Hebron….
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