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Fast Forward Italy President Calls For Unity Against Terror During Visit at Nazi Massacre Site
Sergio Mattarella, the new president of Italy, at a visit to the site of a Nazi massacre called for international unity in the fight against terrorism. On Sunday, a day after he was elected by the Italian Parliament, Mattarella made his remarks at the Ardeatine Caves, where German occupation troops killed 335 people in March…
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Fast Forward GOP Lawmakers Ask State Department to Explain Funding for Group Working on Israeli Election
Two GOP lawmakers asked the Obama administration to explain the involvement of a State Department-funded dialogue group with an Israeli get out the vote effort. “There appears to be a danger that U.S. taxpayer funds are being used to directly shape the outcome of the upcoming Israeli election–and specifically to campaign against Prime Minister [Benjamin]…
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Fast Forward Only Nisman DNA Found at Scene of His Unexplained Death
Only the DNA of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found at the site of his unexplained death. The death of Nisman, the special prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center in 1994, remains unexplained two weeks after his body was found in his Buenos Aires apartment. Nisman, 51,…
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Fast Forward Polish Strength Athletes Partner With Group Moving Jewish Tombstones
A Polish federation of strength athletes announced its partnership with an organization whose work includes moving and preserving Jewish headstones. The cooperation between the From the Depths commemoration group and the Polish Strongman Federation began last year, when two of the sport club’s athletes helped move two headstones from the garden of a resident of…
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Fast Forward Did CIA and Mossad Collaborate in 2008 Assassination of Top Hezbollah Officer?
The CIA and the Mossad collaborated in the 2008 assassination of Imad Mughniyeh, the top Hezbollah operations officer blamed for an array of terrorist attacks. Two in-depth reports published this weekend, in the Washington Post and Newsweek, for the first time revealed the extent of the cooperation ahead of the Feb. 12 2008 killing. It…
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Fast Forward UC Davis Jewish Frat Targeted With Swastika Graffitii After Divestment Resolution Passes
Members of a Jewish fraternity at UC Davis awoke to find swastikas painted on their building two days after the student senate passed a divestment resolution targeting Israel. The non-binding advisory resolution, which was passed Jan. 29 by the Associated Students of UC Davis by a vote of 8 to 2 with two abstentions, calls…
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Fast Forward Brandeis University President To Step Down At The End of Academic Year
Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence will step down from his position effective at the end of the current academic year. Lawrence, who made the announcement on Friday, is one of the country’s leading experts in civil rights and the eighth president of Brandeis University. He currently is serving his fifth academic year as president. Brandeis,…
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Fast Forward Anti-Defamation League Slams Lawmaker Who Asked For Pledge From Muslim Visitors
The Anti-Defamation League condemned a Texas lawmaker who instructed her staff to greet Muslim visitors with an Israeli flag and a request to pledge allegiance to the United States. Molly White, a Republican state representative, was absent on Thursday, Muslim Capitol Day, organized by the local Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter. But she said in…
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