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Fast Forward Ohio Lawmakers Plan Push Against BDS
Ohio lawmakers plan to push for legislation that opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement against Israel. Ohio Speaker of the House Cliff Rosenberger announced the decision following a visit Oct. 8 from Israeli lawmaker Hilik Bar, of the Zionist Union, the Jerusalem Post reported. “Ohio will fight BDS and boycotts against Israel,”…
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Fast Forward Democrats Mostly Get Along in First Debate — But Mideast Differences Loom
The first Democratic presidential debate focused mostly on economic issues, although foreign policy differences emerged on how to handle the crisis in the Middle East. The debate Tuesday night in Las Vegas brought together the five candidates running for the Democratic nod for the presidency. Making his first appearance on a national debate stage was…
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Fast Forward With Swipe at Settlements, John Kerry Plans Trip To Calm Violence
Secretary of State John Kerry said he will travel to the Middle East “soon” to move Palestinians and Israelis from violence to peace. Kerry also linked the surge of Palestinian violence on Israelis to the “increase in settlements,” during a speech Tuesday night at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs….
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Fast Forward Did Paris Kosher Market Killer Have Accomplice in U.S.?
French judges asked American officials to identify a person whom they believe helped the Islamist radical Amedy Coulibaly plan and carry out the murder of four Jews in Paris in January. A day before Coulibaly took more than 20 hostages and killed four of them at the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket on Paris’ eastern edge,…
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Fast Forward South African Ruling Party Discourages Travel to Israel
South Africa’s ruling party urged the country’s citizens not to visit Israel unless they are in solidarity with the “Palestinian struggle.” While similar calls have been made by African National Congress party ministers in the past, there was reportedly a “strong consensus” on the matter at the party’s mid-term conference held in Johannesburg over the…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva Students Weren’t Targets of New York Firebomb Attack
A firebomb believed to have been thrown at two Israeli yeshiva students in New York City was actually aimed at a Muslim food truck vendor, police said. The students, both 19, were walking in Midtown Manhattan on Friday when a still-unidentified assailant threw a bottle filled with combustible liquid that landed in front of them….
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Fast Forward Federal Prisons Scratch Pork Off Menu for Inmates
Pork is officially off the menu at U.S. federal prisons. With the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1, the 206,000 inmates housed in 122 federal penitentiaries are no longer being served pork products. Edmond Ross, a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons, told The Washington Post on Friday that “pork has been…
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Fast Forward 13-Year-Old Israeli Boy Stabbed While Riding Bicycle — Palestinian Teen Killed
A 13-year-old Israeli boy riding his bike was critically injured in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem allegedly by 13- and 15-year-old Palestinian assailants. The teen and a second victim, in his early to mid-20s, are in serious condition following the Monday afternoon attack in the northern Jerusalem community of Pisgat Zeev, Israel Police reported. The…
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