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Fast Forward Jerusalem Old City Ad Campaign Banned by Britain
Britain’s advertising watchdog has banned an Israeli government tourism ad for showing the Old City of Jerusalem. The ad inserted in British newspapers showed a view of the Old City of Jerusalem’s walls with the words “Israel has it all” on it. The Advertising Standards Authority on Wednesday ruled that the ad is misleading since…
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Fast Forward Argentina Warned To Keep Investigating Terror Bombings Aimed at Jews
Israel told Argentina’s president that her country is responsible for investigating a 1992 attack on its embassy in Buenos Aires. The statement from Israel’s embassy in the Argentine capital came in response to an accusation made earlier in the week by Argentina’s President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, who rebuked Israel for not working to bring…
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Fast Forward GOP Icon Slams Anti-Semitic ‘Whisper Campaign’ Against Missouri Candidate Who Committed Suicide
Former U.S. Senator John Danforth chastised Missouri state political leaders for using anti-Semitism as campaign tactic, which he said led to the suicide of a gubernatorial candidate. Danforth, a dean of Missouri’s Republican Party, spoke Tuesday at the memorial service in Clayton, Mo. for Tom Schweich, a Republican candidate for governor of Missouri. Schweich, the…
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Fast Forward Italy Celebrates Reopening of 13th-Century Synagogue
The Italian city of Trani celebrated the reopening of the medieval Scolanova Synagogue. The reopening on Monday following some seven months of restoration efforts took place during the Lech Lecha Jewish culture festival in southern Italy’s Apulia region. Built in the 13th century, the synagogue was confiscated by the Catholic Church a few decades later…
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Fast Forward Israel Opposition Gives Benjamin Netanyahu Low Marks for Speech
Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief political rival in the upcoming Israeli elections said the prime minister’s speech before the U.S. Congress will have no effect on the Iran nuclear deal being negotiated. “There is no doubt that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows how to deliver a speech,” opposition leader Isaac Herzog said at a campaign stop Tuesday…
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Fast Forward Nancy Pelosi Calls Netanyahu Speech ‘Insult to Intelligence’ of U.S.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress nearly brought her to tears because it insulted the intelligence of the United States. In a statement issued soon after Netanyahu’s March 3 speech, Pelosi (D-Calif.) emphasized the “unbreakable bonds” between the United States and Israel but continued, “That is why,…
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Opinion READ: Transcript of Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
Getty Images Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Pro Tem Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, And House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, I also want to acknowledge Senator, Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Harry, it’s good to see you back on your feet. I guess it’s true what…
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Fast Forward Yehuda Glick Gets Green Light To Pray on Temple Mount
Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick was wrongfully prohibited from visiting the Temple Mount for two years, an Israeli court found. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in a decision announced Monday ordered the state to pay Glick about $126,000 in damages, as well as legal costs. Glick was banned from the site between 2011 and 2013 after…
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