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Fast Forward Captured Hamas Fighter Gives Up Information About Gaza Tunnels
A captured Hamas fighter has provided information to Israeli security services about the location of tunnels between Gaza and Israel, planned attacks on Israel and the Hamas-Iran connection. Ibrahim Shaer, 21, from Rafah in Gaza, was captured in a joint operation of the Shin Bet security service and the Israeli army in early July, the…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg Says Obama Defense of Iran Deal ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’
Michael Bloomberg said President Barack Obama’s arguments in defense of the Iran nuclear deal are simplistic. “Overstating the case for the agreement belies the gravity of the issue and does more to breed distrust than win support,” the former New York mayor, now reinstalled at the helm of his media empire, said Tuesday in a…
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Fast Forward Italian Journalist and Former Lawmaker Named Israel Ambassador to Italy
Fiamma Nirenstein, an Italian journalist and former parliamentarian, has been named Israel’s ambassador to Italy. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also serves as Israel’s foreign minister, announced the decision to appoint Nirenstein on Monday. Nirenstein, 70, who moved to Israel in 2013 and received citizenship, would assume the post next summer if approved. Upon her…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Shul Opens Near Brazil’s Iconic Ipanema Beach
An Orthodox synagogue was opened officially a few blocks from the iconic Ipanema Beach in Brazil. Some 1,200 people attended Sunday’s inauguration of the four-story, 440-seat synagogue in Rio de Janeiro named for Edmond Safra, the late Brazilian Jewish billionaire and philanthropist whose foundation funded much of the project. The 20,000-square foot building, which replaces…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Gay Pride Stabber To Be Transferred to Psychiatric Ward
Yishai Schlissel, who stabbed six marchers at the annual Jerusalem gay pride parade, will be admitted to a hospital psychiatric ward. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday ordered Schlissel’s transfer to a psychiatric institution and extended his police custody by 10 days. During his 48-hour stay in the psychiatric ward, doctors will observe Schlissel and…
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Fast Forward Parents of 3-Month-Old Jewish Terror Victim Welcome New Baby
The parents of a baby girl killed in a car-car ramming attack at a Jerusalem light rail station have given birth to a second baby girl. Chaya Zissel Braun, three months old, was returning from a visit to the Western Wall with her parents in October, when the car driven by a former Palestinian prisoner…
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Fast Forward Lithuanian Chief Rabbi Might Leave Jewish Community
The chief rabbi of Lithuania said he is considering splitting the community over a disagreement with its lay leader about plans for construction atop what used to be a Jewish cemetery. Chaim Burshtein said last week that he may leave the Jewish Community of Lithuania as early as this month and set up a new…
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Fast Forward Historic Former French Synagogue Burns Down
A historic building that used to house a synagogue burned down in northeastern France. The circumstances surrounding the fire last week in the town of Maizières-lès-Vic, inside the 19th-century building that was utterly consumed by flames, are not yet known and are the subject of a police investigation, the news website www.republicain-lorrain.fr reported. The building…
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