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Fast Forward No Proof Insurer Dumped Belgium Preschool Over Risk of Attacks
There is no proof that a Belgian insurance company refused to insure a Jewish kindergarten because it was deemed t0o risky, a Brussels-based watchdog on anti-Semitism said. The statement by the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism, or LBCA, follows reports last week that an unnamed insurance company declined to insure a Jewish kindergarten in Brussels, citing…
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Fast Forward Arrest Made in Brazen Attack on Bosnian Jewish Leader
A man has been arrested in connection with an attack on Bosnian Jewish leader Eli Tauber. Tauber was attacked by a man wielding a weighted chain at a cafe in central Sarajevo, in front of many witnesses. The attack, widely reported in the Bosnian media, occurred on March 21. It took place while journalists from…
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Fast Forward President Obama Vows To Stand by Israel Despite Feud With Benjamin Netanyahu
President Obama promised to defend Israel in making his most comprehensive case yet for a diplomatic resolution of the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program. In a lengthy interview Saturday with Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, Obama made his pitch for the framework accord reached Thursday in Switzerland to limit Iran’s nuclear activities in…
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Fast Forward 75,000 Gather at Western Wall for Priestly Blessing
More than 75,000 people gathered at the Western Wall for the Priestly Blessing ceremony. The worshippers converged on Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday for the blessing, called Birkat Kohanim in Hebrew, during the second intermediate day of Passover. The blessing also is held on Succot and Shavuot, the other of the Shalosh Regalim, or pilgrimage…
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Fast Forward Israeli Says He Faked His Own Kidnapping Due to Gambling Debts
The Israeli man who faked his own kidnapping said he did so because criminals were looking for him due to his massive gambling debts. Niv Asraf, 22, was found alive on Friday in Kiryat Arba. Asraf told interrogators, according to reports: “I got mixed up in gambling and owed tens of thousands of shekels. The…
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Fast Forward Iran Helping Hamas Rebuild Terror Tunnels: Report
Iran has sent tens of millions of dollars to Hamas to help rebuild the Gaza tunnels destroyed by Israel during last summer’s conflict, the Telegraph reported. Iran also is funding new missiles to replenish the supply used to attack Israel before and during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, the London-based newspaper reported citing unnamed intelligence sources….
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Fast Forward WATCH: Bosnian Soccer Fans Chant ‘Kill the Jews’
Fans of a Bosnian soccer team chanted anti-Semitic epithets in Vienna prior to a match with the Bosnia-Herzegovina team. The some 50 fans wearing team colors were seen in a video on YouTube among several dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a central city plaza during a Tuesday protest, the Austrian newspaper Der Standard reported on Friday….
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Fast Forward Young Man Trampled to Death at His Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi’s Funeral
One man was killed and at least three critically injured during a funeral for a senior haredi rabbi. Nearly 100,000 people came to B’nei Brak early Sunday morning for the funeral procession for Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner. Wosner died on Friday night at a B’nei Brak hospital, where he had been hospitalized since March, shortly…
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