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Fast Forward American Historical Association Rejects Push for Anti-Israel Votes
Anti-Israel resolutions presented at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association were not voted on after members rejected a vote to suspend the group’s bylaws. The resolutions were submitted to the American Historical Association, or AHA, by the independent group Historians Against the War. However, business meeting agenda items were supposed to be submitted…
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Fast Forward Snowstorm Bears Down on Israel
The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv warned Americans in Israel to prepare for snow and stormy conditions. Along with the snow, rain, heavy winds and freezing temperatures are predicted for throughout Israel this week. As much as a foot of snow is expected in some areas. “We advise you to monitor the weather conditions, plan…
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Fast Forward French Anti-Semitism Fighter Will Immigrate to Israel
Sammy Ghozlan, founder of France’s National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, announced he would immigrate to Israel, calling it “a message.” Ghozlan, a former police commissioner whose organization is one of France’s leading watchdog groups on anti-Semitism, announced his departure on Monday – shortly after the annual roundup of the Jewish Agency showed that 2014…
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Fast Forward Ruth Popkin, Ex-President of Hadassah and Jewish National Fund, Dies at 101
Ruth Popkin, who served as national president of Hadassah and the Jewish National Fund, has died. Popkin died Friday at the age of 101. She served as the 18th national president of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization, and was later named an honorary vice president of the organization. She also served as the national president…
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Fast Forward Arabs and Jews Share Israeli Pride — and Shaky Faith in Government
Both Jews and Arabs are proud to be Israeli, but neither has great faith in the government, an annual poll showed. Some 86 percent of Jewish citizens and 65 percent of Arab citizens are “proud” or “quite proud” to be Israelis, according to the survey released Sunday by the Israel Democracy Institute. In 2013, some…
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Fast Forward 1.5 Million Visitors to Auschwitz Set New Record in 2014
More than 1.5 million people visited the former Auschwitz concentration camp in 2014, setting a record. It was the highest attendance ever at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial in Poland, according to its museum. “The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial has become the world’s symbol of the Holocaust and the crimes of World War II,” said Dr. Piotr Cywinski, director…
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Fast Forward Arab-Israeli Lawmaker Ahmed Tibi Raises Palestinian Flag On Temple Mount
Ahmed Tibi, an Arab-Israeli Knesset member, raised the Palestinian flag on the Temple Mount. Tibi on Saturday led a procession of hundreds of eastern Jerusalem Palestinians to the site in honor of the birthday of the prophet Muhammad. The United Arab List-Taal party lawmaker called for “an end to the occupation” and said that “the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Vows To Save Israeli Soldiers from International Criminal Court
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “will not sit idly by” in the wake of Palestinian efforts to join the International Criminal Court. “The Palestinian Authority has chosen confrontation with Israel,” Netanyahu said Sunday morning at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting. “We will not allow IDF soldiers and commanders to be hauled…
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