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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Gives Government Control Over Natural Gas
The Israeli Cabinet voted to transfer to the government control over the development of natural gas, calling it a matter of national security. On Sunday, the Cabinet voted to allow the government to override the Antitrust Authority, which objects to the current draft agreement between the Israeli government and the gas companies, U.S.-based Noble Energy…
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Fast Forward U.S. Jews Among Biggest Backers of Same-Sex Marriage, Data Show
American Jews are among the most supportive religious groups of same-sex marriage. Some 77 percent of American Jews expressed support for same-sex marriage, according to data gathered in 2014 by the Public Religion Research Institute. Some 47 percent of American Jews polled said they “strongly favor” allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally, and…
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Fast Forward Kiev Holocaust Memorial Defaced for Fifth Time in 1 Year
The monument commemorating Jewish victims of the Babi Yar massacre in Kiev was desecrated for the fifth time in about a year. Swastikas drawn on the monument were discovered last week by a delegation from the Shorashim organization, which helps immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union clarify their Jewish status in dealing with…
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Fast Forward Armed Palestinian Woman Caught Trying To Infiltrate Israel from West Bank
A Palestinian woman concealing a rifle was caught trying to cross through the West Bank security fence into Israel. The woman, who had the rifle strapped to her back, told interrogators on Sunday that she had been sent by Hamas to perpetrate a terror attack on Israelis, Israel’s Channel 2 reported. She tried to enter…
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Fast Forward Suspect Confesses to Beheading Boss in French Factory Attack
The suspect accused of decapitating his boss during an attack on a gas factory in France has confessed, according to French news reports. Yassin Salhi, 35, gave details about the attack and said he had a dispute with his boss at the U.S.-owned Herve Cornara factory near Lyon, the French daily Le Parisien reported Sunday….
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Fast Forward Homeless Man Arrested Over Swastikas at Stanford
A homeless man was arrested in connection with the spray painting of swastikas on several Stanford University buildings. Lucas Joseph Ninow, 19, who has no connection to the university, was arrested last week and charged with one count of felony vandalism, one count of misdemeanor vandalism and one count of a misdemeanor hate crime, the…
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Fast Forward Montreal and France Team Up To Fight Islamic Radicalization
Jewish leaders from Montreal and France met to discuss ways for their cities to fight the rising tide of global anti-Semitism and Islamic radicalization. The meeting on Thursday came a day after an Islamist attack on the premises of the factory near Lyon, in which the decapitated body of a man was found and an…
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Fast Forward Future Berlin Philharmonic Conductor Hit With Anti-Semitism
The newly announced future conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic reportedly has refused to give further interviews after two major German media outlets published anti-Semitic comments about him. Kirill Petrenko, 43, a Russian-born Jew, was elected chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on June 21. Currently director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, he…
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