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Fast Forward Western Wall Rabbi Slams UNESCO for ‘Muslim’ Vote on Holy Sites
The rabbi of the Western Wall criticized UNESCO for recognizing Rachel’s Tomb and the Tomb of the Patriarchs as Muslim sites. In an open letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz said the decision “cannot be explained by any historical, archeological, or cultural measure.” “Centuries of documented history prove…
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Fast Forward Israel Hawks $999 Package Deals as Tourism Slumps
More than 900 discounted vacation packages to Israel have been sold through the marketing website Groupon as the upswing in violence hits the lucrative tourism sector. Some 920 eight-day tour packages had been sold for $999 each on the website as of Thursday afternoon. The trips, marketed jointly with Israel’s Tourism Ministry, include flights, hotels…
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Fast Forward Researchers Make Wine From Indigenous Israeli Grapes
A team of Israeli researchers has created a white wine made from grapes indigenous to Israel. The researchers, based at Ariel University in the West Bank and headed by Dr. Elyashiv Drori, have been trying to find grape varieties indigenous to Israel since 2011. Using research about the biblical era and teams of field researchers,…
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Fast Forward Argentina Evangelicals Join Jews in Israel Support Rally
The organized Evangelical Christian community in Argentina will join the Jewish community in a rally in support of Israel. It is the first time that an Evangelical clergy member will address a rally organized by the Jewish community in the South American country. The rally will take place on Thursday in front of the Israeli…
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Fast Forward ‘Righteous’ Journalist Honored for Saving 200 Czech Jews
A man who helped some 200 Jewish people in wartime Italy survive the Holocaust was posthumously awarded the Czech Republic’s Medal of Merit in Prague. Karel Weirich, who was not Jewish, worked as correspondent in the Vatican during WWII. He organized a network that provided food and medicine as well as counterfeit documents to hundreds…
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Fast Forward Israel Defense Minister Says Iran Dispute With U.S. Is Over
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon acknowledged that disputes between Israel and the U.S. over the Iran nuclear deal are over. “The Iran deal is a given,” Yaalon said at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday with his U.S. counterpart, Ash Carter. “Our disputes are over. And now we have to look to the future.”…
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Fast Forward Israeli Minister Accused of Plagiarism as Graduate Student
Likud deputy minister Ayoub Kara was accused of plagiarism when he was a graduate student, TheMarker newspaper reported. Kara, a Likud lawmaker and the deputy minister of regional cooperation, was required to take additional courses to fulfill the requirements for his master’s degree in public policy, but still managed to graduate on time in 2013,…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker Says ‘Jewish Money’ Sways Israel Debate
Two British groups condemned a Jewish lawmaker who reportedly said that Jewish money dictates government policy on Israel. Gerald Kaufman, a lawmaker for Labour who has called for applying international sanctions against Israel for its treatment of Palestinians, reportedly made the statement at a meeting in London on Tuesday organized by the Palestine Return Council….
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