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Fast Forward Deadly Jerusalem Car-Ramming Was Deliberate, Police Say
The Palestinian man from east Jerusalem who drove his car into two Israelis waiting at a bus stop, killing one and critically injuring the other, did so deliberately, police have determined. “Today we can say that it is a horrible attack,” police chief Yohanan Danino said in a statement issued Saturday about the incident which…
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Fast Forward President Obama Says Deal Should Let Iran Save Face on Sanctions
President Barack Obama said a solution on sanctions would have to allow Iran’s leaders to present an “acceptable” version to their public. Obama was asked at a news conference Friday what his position was on phasing out sanctions as part of a nuclear deal with Iran that would exchange sanctions relief for restrictions aimed at…
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Fast Forward New York Jewish Landlords Charged With Wrecking Apartments
Two Jewish landlords in Brooklyn were arrested for intentionally wrecking apartments in order to drive tenants out of rent-stabilized buildings. Brothers Joel Israel, 34, and Aaron Israel, 37, pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud, burglary, grand larceny, submitting false documents and unlawful eviction, among others on Thursday. Rent-stabilized tenants at several buildings the Israels…
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Fast Forward France Pledges $107M to Anti-Semitism Fight
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls pledged to finance a $107 million plan to fight racism and anti-Semitism. The recent increase in prejudice in France is “insufferable,” he said at a press conference Friday in which he announced the plan. “Racism, anti-Semitism, hatred of Muslims, of foreigners and homophobia are growing in an insufferable manner in…
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Fast Forward Israel Mocks Europe Labels for Settlement Products as ‘Yellow Star’
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman suggested stamping settlement goods with yellow stars to condemn demands for special labeling in Europe. Liberman sarcastically suggested the move in an interview Friday with Israel Radio about a letter sent out earlier this week by foreign ministers of 16 of the European Union’s 28 member states, in which they…
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Fast Forward Dieudonne Banned From Performing in Morocco
The French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, who has faced repeated charges of incitement of hatred toward Jews, was banned from performing in Morocco. Dieudonne was slated to perform on April 29 in Casblanca but organizers had to cancel because authorities withheld their permission for the show, Le Figaro reported Thursday, citing Moroccan media. The show…
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Fast Forward Tropical Storm Rips Into Jewish Cemetery in Brazil
A tropical storm in eastern Brazil devastated the Jewish cemetery of the State of Bahia. Jewish graves were destroyed when the torrential rain and winds brought down a massive tree atop the Jewish Cemetery of Bahia in Salvador on April 10, Luciano Fingergut, the Bahia community’s president, wrote in a statement earlier this week. The…
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Fast Forward FBI Chief James Comey Says Holocaust Key Lesson for Agents
FBI director James Comey called the Holocaust the most significant event in history and said that’s why a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum program on its lessons is mandatory for new agents. Speaking Wednesday at the museum’s National Tribute dinner in Washington, Comey made a point of noting that new special agents and intelligence analysts must…
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