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Fast Forward Marco Rubio Says No To 2-State Solution
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, said he would not pursue a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestinian conflict. “I don’t think the conditions exist for that today,” Rubio said Wednesday during a question-and-answer session hosted by PBS’s Charlie Rose at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York….
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Fast Forward Jewish Valedictorian Delivers Shabbat Commencement Speech on Video
A graduating senior at Binghamton University in New York will deliver the commencement speech via a pre-recorded video since it falls on Shabbat. Don Greenberg, of Teaneck, New Jersey, will stand at the podium on stage during the Binghamton University’s Watson School of Engineering commencement on May 16, but will not speak live. Orthodox Jews…
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Fast Forward Belda Lindenbaum, Pioneer for Orthodox Women, Dies at 76
Belda Lindenbaum, the co-founder of the Midreshet Lindenbaum women’s seminary program in Israel combining religious studies and army service, and other programs to advance Orthodox women, has died. Lindenbaum, who according to the Jewish Women’s Archive “was driven by the birth of her daughters to create new opportunities for Jewish women and girls,” died on…
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Fast Forward Northwestern Student Files Complaint Over Israel ‘Checkpoint’ Protest
A Northwestern University student filed a harassment complaint over a campus demonstration that attempted to simulate Israeli treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank. As part of their “Israeli Apartheid Week,” Northwestern’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter staged an event featuring demonstrators in camouflage mean to represent the Israel Defense Forces scrutinizing students on…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Guide Unleashes Anti-Israel Diatribe
Belgian anti-racism groups condemned a public broadcaster’s airing of a video showing a guide at Auschwitz telling visiting youths that she is pro-Palestinian and anti-Semitic because of Israel. The video was aired by the Flemish VRT network on May 8 as part of the program Terzake. It was about a trip organized by the “Trein…
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Fast Forward Probe Finds No Anti-Semitism in ‘Jewish Whisper’ Suicide
Investigators found no evidence of an anti-Semitic smear campaign against a Missouri gubernatorial candidate who committed suicide. Tom Schweich, the state auditor, shot himself in the head on Feb. 26 shortly after telling journalists that a fellow party member was leading a whisper campaign saying he was Jewish. Schweich, who attended an Episcopal church, reportedly…
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Fast Forward Israeli Officer Fired for Beating Ethiopian
The Israeli police officer who was caught on video beating an Ethiopian-Israeli soldier was fired. Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino made the announcement Wednesday at Netanya Academic College, the Hebrew-language Ynet news website reported. The dismissal comes two days after a dismissal hearing with police officials. “He had a lot of arguments, and we had an…
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Fast Forward Canada Denies Plan To Outlaw Israel Boycotts
The Canadian government has denied a report that it is considering criminalizing boycotts of Israel. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s website earlier this week posted a story saying Ottawa “is signaling its intention to use hate crime laws against Canadian advocacy groups that encourage boycotts of Israel,” saying such a move “could target a range of…
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