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Fast Forward Khamenei Says Iran Won’t Cooperate With Pro-Israel U.S. On Regional Issues
Iran’s supreme leader said the Islamic Republic would not cooperate with the United States on regional issues, saying its support for Israel shows that their goals are diametrically opposed. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a far-reaching foreign policy address to top Iranian diplomats on Sunday in Tehran. Excerpts of the address were posted on the leader’s…
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Fast Forward Arab Frenchman Who Attacked Jews in Marseille Jailed
An Arab-Frenchman accused of assaulting a rabbi and his son after stabbing a Jewish man in Marseille was jailed days after after his mother discredited his insanity plea. Farid Adouche was charged with aggravated assault on Oct. 29, according to Michele Teboul, a leader of the Jewish community of Marseille. Five days earlier, hours after…
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Fast Forward ADL Director Urges French Jews To Stay Despite Rising Anti-Semitism
Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, encouraged the Jews of France not to leave their country despite increasing anti-Semitic violence there and a rise in the far right’s popularity. Greenblatt, who is in Europe on his first working trip abroad as the ADL’s national director, made the statement on Sunday during a panel…
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Fast Forward Two Attacks Near Hebron Leave 3 Injured, Assailant Dead
Three Israeli Border Police officers were injured in a car ramming attack near Hebron. The attack at the Beit Anoun Junction in the West Bank on Sunday injured one officer seriously and two lightly. The car continued driving after the attack and officers opened fire on the vehicle. Israeli military and police forces were searching…
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Fast Forward Israel Offers Condolences to Russia Over Sinai Plane Crash
Israel offered its condolences to Russia over the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai which killed all 224 people aboard. “I offer condolences to the government of Russia, to President Putin, to the Russian people and, of course, to the families of the victims,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. “This was…
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Fast Forward 100,000 Gather at Rabin Rally To Hear Clinton, Obama
One hundred thousand Israelis paid tribute to former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a rally marking the 20th anniversary of his assassination. Former United States President Bill Clinton spoke at the rally, held Saturday night at the central Tel Aviv plaza bearing Rabin’s name. Clinton, who guided Israeli-Palestinian negotiations with Rabin, praised Rabin’s willingness to…
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Fast Forward IDF to Soldiers: Beware of CIA Attempts To Recruit You
An Israel Defense Forces intelligence department has called on its officers and soldiers to be wary of attempts to recruit them to America’s Central Intelligence Agency. The advisory from the IDF’s information security department, which is part of the intelligence department, calls on Israeli military officers to “be aware and report any unusual incidents,” Israel’s…
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Fast Forward Billionaire Investor Paul Singer Throws Support to GOP’s Rubio
Billionaire New York hedge fund investor Paul Singer has thrown his support behind presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio. Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, is the only candidate who can “navigate this complex primary process, and still be in a position to defeat” Hillary Rodham Clinton in the November general election, Singer said in a…
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