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Fast Forward 2 Jewish Extremists Charged in Bedouin Arson Attack
Two Jewish extremist teens were indicted for an arson attack last month on a Bedouin tent in the West Bank. Avi Gafni, 19, and a minor were indicted on charges of incitement, threats, conspiring to commit a felony, and obstructing justice in the mid-August attack , the Shin Bet security service said in a statement…
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Fast Forward South Africa May Ban Dual Citizenship To Target IDF Service
South African Jewish leaders condemned an African National Congress review of their country’ s dual citizenship policy in what they say is a bid to prevent its citizens from serving in the Israeli military. Banning dual citizenship is scheduled to be discussed anew at the ruling party’s national general council meeting next month, the Sunday…
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Fast Forward Jewish Teenager Beaten Unconscious in Manchester
A Jewish teenager was knocked unconscious in what Manchester, England, police are treating as a hate crime. The boy, 17, was one of four young people assaulted Saturday night by three men at a Metrolink train station near Heaton Park, located in the heart of north Manchester’s Jewish community, the London Jewish Chronicle reported. He…
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Fast Forward Oklahoma Plane Banner Calls for Return of Nazi-Looted Art
A banner towed by a plane over the tailgate party of the University of Oklahoma’s opening football game called for University President David Boren to “#return the stolen art.” The banner flown for about two hours on Saturday refers to a piece of artwork donated to the university that is believed to have been stolen…
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Fast Forward Dutch Holocaust Survivors Suffer Anti-Semitic Abuse in Robbery
An elderly Dutch Jewish couple said they were subjected to anti-Semitic abuse by robbers who broke into their Amsterdam home. Two men in their 40s or 50s, who the couple said had a Middle Eastern appearance but spoke fluent Dutch, presented themselves as police officers on Aug. 4 to Samuel and Diana Blog, Holocaust survivors…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Who Rescued Jews From Mob Faces Death Threats
The Palestinian resident of Hebron who sheltered five American yeshiva students from fire bomb attacks in Hebron said he has been receiving death threats since the incident. Faiz Abu Hamdiah, who on Thursday took five American yeshiva students into his home to prevent their lynching after they drove into a Palestinian neighborhood of Hebron, told…
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Fast Forward Debbie Wasserman Schultz Backs Iran Deal, With Tears
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, endorsed the Iran nuclear deal, becoming emotional as she described the pressures she felt in arriving at her decision. The congresswoman, one of the Democratic party’s most prominent and senior Jewish members, first announced her decision on Sunday in a five-page statement released to the…
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Fast Forward Israel Police Officers Disciplined After Gay Pride Parade Stabbing Attack
Eleven Israel Police officers were disciplined in the wake of the stabbing attack at the Jerusalem Gay Pride parade. Among the seven officers being reassigned are the head of police intelligence for the Jerusalem District, as well as the head of Jerusalem special investigations. Their promotions also will be frozen for up to seven years….
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