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Fast Forward Jimmy Carter Calls for Palestinian Elections Following Visit to Ramallah
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter completed a three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank without meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin. Carter and a delegation from the Elders, an international group of elder statesmen who advance peace and reconciliation, also had planned to visit Gaza, but cancelled that visit at…
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Fast Forward Body of Missing Israeli Hiker Or Asraf Found in Nepal
Missing Israeli hiker Or Asraf has been found dead in the remote Langtang area of Nepal. The body was located Sunday morning, the Israeli ZAKA rescue and recovery organization announced. The body likely will not be recovered until Monday, when the “complex extraction” will be attempted on a rocky mountainside, according to ZAKA. Prior to…
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Fast Forward Kerry Warns Against Israeli ‘Hysteria’ Over Iran Deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Israeli criticism of the framework agreement with Iran “hysteria” and said that the deal would be “forever.” “That is not a 10-year deal, that’s forever,” he said. “There have to be inspections. There’s a lot of hysteria about this deal. People really need to look at the facts,…
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Fast Forward Protesters in Tel Aviv Call for Israel To Legalize Marijuana
Some 1,000 protesters gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square calling for Israel to legalize marijuana. The protest Saturday night, which organizers dubbed the “Cannabis March,” began near Tel Aviv’s district courthouse and ended at the central square. There, several politicians and activists addressed the crowd in between musical performances and poetry readings. Left-wing Meretz lawmaker…
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Fast Forward Jewish Men Attacked by Gang in Paris
Two Jewish men were attacked in Paris in the middle of the day. The men, in their early 20s, were attacked on Friday afternoon by a gang of about 40 people, leaving them slightly injured, according to a report by France’s National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. The gang was identified as being…
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Fast Forward 14 Rabbis Join Baltimore March for Freddie Gray
Fourteen rabbis in the Baltimore region will join a rally and march for “police reform and justice for Freddie Gray.” The rally, organized by Baltimore United for Change, a coalition of grassroots organizations that focus on systemic inequality, was scheduled to begin Friday at 3 p.m. and was expected to draw hundreds of activists, including…
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Fast Forward Famed Composer and Wife Die in House Fire
A famed British-Jewish composer and his wife were killed in a fire at their home in Yonkers, New York. Ronald Senator, an 89-year-old composer, and Miriam Brickman, his 81-year-old wife who was an accomplished concert pianist, died Thursday night from injuries sustained in a three-alarm house fire, CBS New York reported. Senator, who studied at…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Opposes GOP ‘Poison Pill’ Amendments to Iran Bill
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee opposes amendments it would “ordinarily support” to a bill mandating congressional review of an Iran nuclear deal. An AIPAC official confirmed Friday that it had earlier in the week sent a letter to all Senate offices urging the to “refrain from supporting provisions that could harm” bipartisan support for…
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