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Fast Forward Prince William Leaves Note At Western Wall
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Britain’s Prince William placed a note between the stones of the Western Wall and spent several moments there in prayer as part of a visit to the Old City of Jerusalem. The Duke of Cambridge visits the Western Wall. pic.twitter.com/sNQrAusPzh — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) June 28, 2018 The prince wore a blue…
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Fast Forward Prince William Calls Palestine A ‘Country’ In Meeting With Mahmoud Abbas
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Britain’s Prince William described the Palestinian Authority as a country while making the first visit by a member of the royal family there. “I’m very glad our two countries work so closely together and have had success stories with education and relief work in the past, so long may that continue,” the prince…
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Fast Forward Democrat Who Upset NY Incumbent Called Violence At Gaza Border A ‘Massacre’
(JTA) — A progressive Democrat in New York who called Israel’s killing of violent Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border a “massacre” scored a major upset over incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in a contentious party primary. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, defeated Crowley, 56, by a margin of 58-42 percent in Tuesday’s election, toppling a lawmaker who…
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Fast Forward Polish PM To Amend Rhetoric Law Criminalizing Blame On Poland For Holocaust
(JTA) — In a move that observers said could defuse tensions between Israel and Poland, that country’s prime minister said he’d kick back to parliament a bill about rhetoric on the Holocaust for amendments. Mateusz Morawiecki made the statement Wednesday about a law passed in January, which criminalizes blaming the Polish nation or people for…
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Fast Forward El Al Vows To Boot Ultra-Orthodox Men Who Refuse To Sit Next To Women
JERUSALEM (JTA) — El Al will “immediately” remove any passenger who refuses to sit next to another passenger for any reason, its CEO announced, but not before a major Israeli tech company announced it would no longer fly its employees on the airline. NICE System’s CEO Barak Eilam on Monday announced via posts on social…
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Fast Forward Israel Bars Muslim Reporter From Covering Prince William Event
(JTA) — A reporter for The Associated Press was prevented from covering Prince William’s visit to the Israeli prime minister’s residence because security guards detained him over questions regarding his ethnic origin. Nebi Qena, a television producer, was held at the entrance to the residence for 45 minutes by security guards who asked about his ethnic…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Accuses Israeli Broadcaster Of Spreading ‘Fake News’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused an Israeli broadcaster of “Bolshevik propaganda” for its coverage of its family. Netanyahu took to social media on Monday evening to criticize reports on Hadashot News, after it broadcast for the second night in a row transcripts of recordings between a Netanyahu family friend and a…
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Fast Forward Muslim-British Man Blames Anti-Semitic Rant On Smoking Weed During Ramadan
(JTA) — A Muslim-British businessman was sentenced to 100 hours of community service for an anti-Semitic rant on an airplane last year. Shamraize Bashir, 34, a businessman from Bradford, in northern England, blamed his anti-Semitic comments made in June last year on smoking cannabis during Ramadan, the British newspaper the Daily Mail reported on Monday….
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