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Fast Forward Facebook Launches Israeli-Made Satellite To Bring Internet to More of Africa
Facebook will launch an Israeli-made satellite to bring Internet access to sub-Saharan Africa. The AMOS-6 satellite is being built by Israel Aerospace Industries and will be operated by the Israeli company Spacecom, in partnership with Eutelsat Communications of France. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the partnership with Eutelsat to launch the satellite on his Facebook…
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Fast Forward Austrian Jewish Historian Begins Jail Term for Restitution Fraud
Stephan Templ, an Austrian Jewish historian who wrote a book critical of Vienna’s post-Holocaust handling of Jewish property, began serving a one-year prison term for restitution fraud. Templ, 55, reported on Monday to Vienna’s Simmering jail accompanied by a handful of friends and supporters, including his lawyer, the human rights attorney Robert Amsterdam, who is…
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Fast Forward Italian Synagogue Damaged in Severe Storm
Fierce weather damaged the synagogue in Livorno, on the Tuscan coast. Livorno and other parts of Tuscany were hit Sunday by heavy rain and windstorms, including at least one reported small tornado in the city. The Italian media reported that the storm shattered some of the synagogue’s windows, and pictures showed shards of glass littering…
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Fast Forward Funerals Held for 2 Jerusalem Stabbing Victims
Thousands attended the funerals of two Jewish-Israelis who were stabbed to death in Jerusalem’s Old City. The funerals for Rabbi Nehemia Lavi, 41, and Aharon Benita, a 22-year-old soldier, were held in Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon. They were stabbed to death on Saturday night by a Palestinian assailant who was shot to death by Israel…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority Condemns Israel for Killing 2 Palestinian Attackers
The Palestinian Authority condemned Israel for the killing of two Palestinian attackers in Jerusalem and called on the United Nations to intervene to protect its citizens. In a statement published Sunday on the website of the Wafa Palestinian news and information agency, the P.A. called on the international community to intervene following “the killing of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Officer Removed After Soldiers Destroy Journalists’ Cameras
An Israeli military officer was removed from his position after soldiers under his command were seen on video destroying cameras belonging to journalists. The disciplinary action was announced Friday, a day after the Israel Defense Forces held a hearing on the Sept. 25 incident in the West Bank involving the filming of a Palestinian demonstration…
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Fast Forward IDF Finds Palestinian Boy Shot Himself in Stomach, Not Victim of ‘Settler Attack’
A report by Palestinian parents that their 6-year-old son was wounded by a gunshot to his stomach in a settler attack in the West Bank was fabricated. The Israel Defense Forces said that an investigation found that the boy shot in the Palestinian city of Qalqilya, located next to the central Israeli city of Kfar…
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Fast Forward Spain Grants Citizenship to 4,302 Sephardic Jews
Spain granted citizenship to some 4,302 people who identified themselves as descendants of Sephardic Jews. The citizenships were approved on Friday, the Associated Press reported, following the Spanish parliament’s adoption earlier this year of a law granting citizenship to the descendants of Jews who fled or were expelled from Spain ahead of and during the…
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