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Fast Forward SodaStream Boss Blasts BDS — as Firm Quits West Bank
SodaStream’s chief executive called the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement anti-Semitic and maintained that his company gave West Bank Palestinian workers good pay and benefits. In an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, two weeks before the West Bank factory is set to close, SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum said his company’s critics did not…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Coast Guard Pilot Hurt in Crash — Lauded as Hero
A Hasidic pilot for the Coast Guard crash-landed his Cessna airplane in New Jersey on Thursday after encountering engine trouble, bringing it down in a recreational field and sustaining serious injuries. The pilot, Jack Rosenberg, was one of two pilots on the plane, which was doing routine patrols over the Hudson River when its engine…
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Fast Forward Jewish Mayoral Candidate Slams Opponent for Shunning Evangelicals
A conservative Jewish mayoral candidate from Nashville defended a campaign ad that accused his Catholic-raised liberal rival of fighting with Christian organizations and opposing public prayer. Created by the campaign staff of David Fox, the ad ran last month in local radio stations targeting Megan Barry and her husband, who is a Vanderbilt University professor…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Who Rescued American Tourists Insists He’s No Hero
A Palestinian man who sheltered five American Jews from fire bomb attacks in Hebron said he only did “what needed to be done.” Faiz Abu Hamdiah, who on Thursday took the five yeshiva students into his home to prevent their lynching, recalled the incident the following day in an interview with the news site ynet.co.il….
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Fast Forward Is Israel Border Fence a Model for Europe Amid Migrant Crisis?
Hungary and Bulgaria are looking into Israeli-designed fences to keep out refugees from crossing their borders, Reuters reported. Officials from both countries were exploring the possibility of erecting towering steel security fences along parts of their borders, similar to Israel’s barrier with Egypt, the news agency reported Thursday. The report, which is based on an…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Headed for UN Flag Victory
The Palestinian Authority’s draft resolution for raising its flag at the U.N. headquarters will easily pass a vote by the world body’s general assembly, diplomats said. Israel and the United States oppose the Palestinian Authority’s bid to have its flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York, but diplomats serving there told the Agence…
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Fast Forward Leftist German Politician Backs Off Comparing West Bank and Berlin Walls
A German politician has backpedaled on remarks comparing Israel’s security fence to the Berlin Wall. Uwe Kekeritz of the Green Party in remarks made several months ago had said the Berlin Wall, which communist East Germany built in 1961 to keep its citizens from fleeing to the democratic West Germany, “is just a toy” in…
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Fast Forward Poland Banker Calls Nazi Treasure Train Story a Hoax
The story that a Nazi-seized train containing Jewish gold has been found in a tunnel in Poland is a hoax, according to Poland’s central bank governor. On Wednesday, Marek Belka said nobody at the bank was taking the reports seriously. “I think nobody even thought to devote a second to this issue,” Belka said, according…
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