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Fast Forward Reykjavik Mayor Says Boycott of Israeli Goods Meant Only for ‘Occupied Areas’
The mayor of Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, has walked back a city council decision to boycott all Israeli products. Only goods produced in “occupied areas” will be boycotted by the city council, Mayor Dagur Eggertsson told the Icelandic national broadcaster RUV, the English-language Iceland Monitor reported Saturday. The mayor said he would recommend…
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Fast Forward Body of Missing Israeli Found in River Near Ukraine Pilgrimage Site
The body of an Israeli man who was missing in Uman since Rosh Hashanah was found floating in a river near the grave of the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement. Amir Ohana, 28, was found Saturday by volunteers from the ZAKA rescue and recovery organization. He was wearing his Shabbat clothes but without shoe…
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Fast Forward Nashville JCC Shuns Planned Parenthood Event Amid Pressure
The Gordon Jewish Community Center in Nashville, Tennessee, canceled a rental agreement allowing the local Planned Parenthood chapter to hold a fundraiser on its property. The JCC decision to revoke the agreement with the family-planning group and abortion provider, which has come under attack from Republicans, came in response to “apparent pressures from some of…
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Fast Forward Second 93-Year-Old Auschwitz Guard Faces Trial
A German court is waiting for medical clearance before trying a 93-year-old former Auschwitz guard on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder. If Reinhold Hanning is determined mentally competent to stand trial, it will be the second trial this year of an ex-Nazi over the age of 90. Anke Grudda, spokeswoman for the Detmold state…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn Claims ‘Element’ of Jewish Roots
The new leader of Britain’s Labor party who has been accused of tolerating anti-Semitism said he has some Jewish ancestry. Jeremy Corbyn told The Church Times that while his immediate family is Christian, he has a “Jewish element” in his background, the United Kingdom’s Jewish News reported. In the interview with the Christian publication, he…
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Fast Forward Pharrell Williams Faces BDS Boycott in South Africa Over Woolworths Ties
Organizers of a concert by the American pop star Pharrell Williams have abandoned their legal action against pro-Palestinian demonstrators protesting against his presence there. The Sun International hotel group launched an urgent court interdict on Monday to limit the number of protesters outside Williams’ Sept. 21 concert in Cape Town, according to ewn.co.za. But the…
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Fast Forward Ron Perelman Abruptly Quits as Carnegie Hall Chairman
Ronald O. Perelman, an American Jewish billionaire who in February became chairman of Carnegie Hall, announced he will leave the post. Perelman told a group of his fellow trustees on Thursday that he would step down next month, rather than run for re-election as the head of the eminent concert venue in New York City,…
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Fast Forward Ayatollah Agrees With Ann Coulter on Republicans’ Israel Obsession
In a reference to the Republican Party debate, Iran’s Supreme Leader’s decried on Twitter that “presidential candidates try to satisfy Zionists.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei referred to Wednesday night’s CNN-sponsored debate in a tweet on Thursday, part of a series of anti-Israel tweets. In a follow-up tweet, Khamenei reiterated a claim he made earlier this month…
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