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Fast Forward Iran Launches New Satellite Into Space, Claims Peaceful Intentions
Iran launched a new satellite into space, the country’s official television station said. A report Monday by the Fars news agency said the domestically produced satellite is the fourth in recent years to orbit the earth, according to The Associated Press. Some international observers worry that Iran’s space program could help it design rockets for…
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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Visits Hebron and Kiryat Arba Despite Protests
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin delivered a speech at the inauguration ceremony for a new Jewish museum in Hebron amid protests. Speaking Monday at the Hebron Heritage Museum, which commemorates the 1929 riots in which Palestinians in the West Bank city killed dozens of Jews, Rivlin said “we can and should try” to encourage “dialogue” there….
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Fast Forward Far-Right Wing Group Protests "Jewification of Great Britain"
A far-right nationalist group is planning a rally in a haredi Orthodox neighborhood of London to protest against what it calls the “Jewification of Great Britain.” The rally, set for March 22, is being organized by a group called Liberate Stamford Hill, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. The Stamford Hill neighborhood is said to have…
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Fast Forward Swastikas, ‘Hitler,’ Graffitied on Former Mauthausen Concentration Camp
Four swastikas and “Hitler” were found on the former Mauthausen concentration camp. The graffiti was written with a felt pen and carved onto walls at the former camp, the Upper Austria State Police said Monday in a statement, according to Austrian news reports. An investigation was launched into the incident at Mauthausen, which is now…
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Fast Forward Obama-Netanyahu Relationship ‘Worst Ever,’ John McCain Says
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. John McCain called President Barack Obama’s relations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “the worst that I’ve ever seen in my lifetime.” “And that in itself is a tragedy because it’s the only functioning democracy in the entire Middle East,” McCain (R-Ariz.) told CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview broadcast Sunday….
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Fast Forward 93-Year-Old Woman Under Investigation For Role as SS Guard
A 93-year-old woman in Hamburg is under investigation for her role as an SS guard during a Nazi death march. The investigation of Hilde Michnia was announced Monday by the Hamburg prosecutors’ office. Also Monday, prosecutors in the city of Luneburg said they will try former Waffen-SS member Oskar Groening, 93, in April for his…
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Fast Forward Cleveland Jewish News Columnist Retires at 98
Cleveland Jewish News columnist Violet Spevack is retiring after nearly 50 years with the weekly newspaper. Spevack, 98, is believed to have written the longest continuously published weekly column in the country, according to the Cleveland Jewish News. She announced her retirement on Jan. 30 in her final column. Spevack began her popular “Cavalcade” column…
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Fast Forward Jordan Will Return Ambassador to Israel As Tensions Ease on Temple Mount
Jordan will return its ambassador to Israel, three months after withdrawing him over tensions on the Temple Mount. Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad al–Momani told Reuters his country would return Amb. Walid Obeidat to Tel Aviv after noting that Israel had worked since November to ease tensions and to lift restrictions on Muslim worshippers. “We noticed…
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