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Fast Forward British Neo-Nazis Deface Birmingham Menorah
Members of a British neo-Nazi group filmed themselves defacing a Jewish monument in Birmingham in west central England and then posted the clip on YouTube. The vandals from the National Action hate group hung a swastika flag and a poster of their organization over the large menorah located in Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham, England,…
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Fast Forward Spain Passes Jewish ‘Right of Return’ Law
Spain’s lower house gave final approval to a law offering citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews. Under the law approved Thursday, the Spanish daily El Pais reported, applicants are able to apply without traveling to Spain, as proposed in previous amendments which did not pass, but are required to hire a Spanish notary and pass…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Demand NPR Apology Over Bernie Sanders ‘Israeli’ Question
Jewish groups demanded an apology from radio host Diane Rehm for saying Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has dual Israeli-American citizenship. “Such a statement is not only factually incorrect, but has no place in such an interview,” the Anti-Defamation League’s national director, Abraham Foxman, said in a letter Wednesday to National Public Radio. “It is deeply…
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Israel News Orange CEO Set to Arrive in Israel
Orange telecom CEO Stephane Richard was set to arrive in Israel to “clarify the misunderstanding” over his recent remarks about Israel. Richard was scheduled to begin a two-day visit on Thursday, according to the French news agency AFP, citing the company. The visit comes in the wake of statements last week by Richard in Cairo…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Chief Rabbi: No Plans to Remove Riskin
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Chief Rabbinate has no intention of removing Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin from his position, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau said. “There has never been any intention to push out Rabbi Riskin,” Lau said Wednesday in remarks at the Meir Harel Yeshiva in Modi’in, where he led a class for retirees….
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Fast Forward 52% of Israelis Support Separate Buses on West Bank
More than half of Jewish-Israelis support having separate Jewish and Palestinian buses in the West Bank, a new poll found. The latest monthly Peace Index poll conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University’s Evens Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution focused on attitudes toward Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the diplomatic…
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Fast Forward Belarus Bar Creates ‘Holocaust’ Cocktail
Human rights activists in Belarus complained about a pub owner’s decision to create a signature tequillaa-and-Kahlua cocktail named ‘Holocaust.’ The controversy about the Holocaust cocktail was reported last week by Radio Racyja, which displayed on its website a picture of the menu at the Red Pub in Gomel, Belarus’ second-largest city, located 190 miles southeast…
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Fast Forward Did Israel Launch Cyberattack on Iran Nuclear Talks Hotels
Three European hotels that hosted the Iran nuclear talks reportedly were targeted by a computer virus widely believed to be used as spyware by Israel. Each of the unnamed hotels was targeted by a version of the Duqu virus about two weeks before hosting the negotiations between Iran and world powers, The Wall Street Journal…
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