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Fast Forward Palestinian Attack on Israeli School Bus Thwarted
Two Palestinians brandishing knives who were thwarted in an attempt to board a school bus full of children stabbed a yeshiva student at the bus stop. The two assailants were shot and critically wounded in the Thursday morning attack in Beit Shemesh, a suburban community located outside of Jerusalem. One died on the way to…
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Fast Forward Athens Jewish Cemetery Is Vandalized With Swastikas
The main Jewish cemetery in Athens was vandalized with swastikas and anti-Jewish graffiti. The vandals sprayed “Fuck Jews” and a Nazi swastika on one of the cemetery walls and a swastika and the German word “Raus,” meaning get out, along with the tag C-18 on the cemetery gate pillar. C-18 refers to Combat 18 Hellas,…
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Fast Forward In Germany, Benjamin Netanyahu Backs Away From Blaming Muslims for Holocaust
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped back from his earlier claim that the grand mufti of Jerusalem convinced Hitler to exterminate Jews. At a news conference Wednesday in Germany with Chancellor Angela Merkel, Netanyahu modified comments made a day earlier in Jerusalem concerning Haj Amin al-Husseini, Haaretz reported. Netanyahu emphasized that Hitler bore responsibility for…
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Fast Forward All 19 Jewish House Lawmakers Blast UNESCO on Temple Mount
All 19 Jewish House lawmakers slammed UNESCO for its vote charging Israel with changing the status quo at a Jerusalem holy site. “The continued false allegations against Israel as having violated the status quo at the Temple Mount, which is under the custodianship of Jordan and the Wakf Muslim religious trust, and blaming Israel for…
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Fast Forward African Immigrant Killed by 8 Gunshot Wounds — Not Mob Beating
The Eritrean migrant mistaken for an assailant during a terrorist attack at the Beersheba bus station died from gunshot wounds, not from the beatings he sustained by Israelis. The results of the autopsy on Haftom Zarhum, 29, who died at Beersheba’s Soroka hospital several hours after the Sunday night attack, were released on Wednesday. The…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden Says No to 2016 White House Run
Vice President Joe Biden, perhaps the closest Obama administration official to the pro-Israel community, said he is not running for president. Biden appeared Wednesday with his wife, Jill, and President Barack Obama at the White House to deliver his announcement. Speculation has mounted for weeks that Biden, whose son Beau’s wish before dying in May…
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Fast Forward ‘Mein Kampf’ Will Get Reprint Next Year in French and German
The copyright on Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” will expire at the end of this year, leaving the work open to French and German reprint editions. The French publisher Fayard announced in a statement that it will release an annotated French version. The Institute of Contemporary History in Munich will publish the German reprint. Both reissues…
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Fast Forward UNESCO Backs Off ‘Muslim’ Temple Mount Proposal — Blasts Israel
The United Nations cultural agency in a resolution condemned Israel for what it said are attempts to break the status quo at the Temple Mount, but did not stick to plans to label it a Muslim site. However, the resolution approved on Wednesday morning in Paris by the executive board of the United Nations Educational,…
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