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Fast Forward Israeli Border Police Officer Indicted in Death of 17-Year-Old Palestinian
An Israel Border Police officer was indicted in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Palestinian. The officer, who was not named, was charged Monday in Jerusalem District Court with manslaughter in the May shooting during Nakba Day protests in the West Bank. He has been ordered held in prison until the end of the proceedings….
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Fast Forward Two Jewish Men Stabbed in Jerusalem During Fight With Palestinian Youths
Two Jewish men were stabbed in Jerusalem during a fight with local Palestinian youths. Three Palestinians, two of them minors, were arrested in the Monday evening attack in the Old City, according to reports. The reports did not say what precipitated the fight. One victim, 45, was stabbed in the stomach and was in moderate…
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Fast Forward Yehuda Glick Leaves Hospital Nearly a Month After Failed Assassination Attempt
Yehuda Glick, the Temple Mount activist shot in a failed assassination attempt, left the hospital nearly a month after the attack. At a news conference Monday at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Glick thanked those who helped to save his life and recited the blessing thanking God as “He who brings back life to the…
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Fast Forward Canadian-Israeli Victim of Jerusalem Terror Attack Still in a Coma
A Canadian-Israeli citizen remains in a coma nearly a week after the deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers. Howie Rothman, 53, who moved to Israel some 30 years ago and is the father of 10 children, was hit in the head and arm with a meat cleaver by one of the terrorists….
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Fast Forward Grandson of Rudolf Hoess Attends Budapest Holocaust Commemoration
Hungarian Holocaust survivors had a difficult time handling the presence of Rainer Hoess, the grandson of Auschwitz death camp commander Rudolf Hoess, at an event in Budapest. Rainer Hoess was one of the guest speakers at the commemoration, which was one of the closing events of this year’s 70th anniversary of the start of the…
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Fast Forward Ukraine Jewish Leader Dies in Possible Suicide
Vadim Vishnevsky, a prominent member of the Jewish community of Kharkiv in Ukraine, died of a gunshot wound to the head. Vishnevsky was rushed to hospital on Nov. 20 from his office, the Ukrainian Vesti newspaper reported. Police are investigating the shooting, which according to some accounts may have been self-inflicted, Vesti reported. An unnamed…
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Fast Forward Swiss Museum Decides To Take $1.2B ‘Nazi’ Art Trove
A Swiss museum formally agreed to accept the bequest of hundreds of art works from the late German art collector Cornelius Gurlitt, which may include Nazi-looted art. In its announcement on Monday, Switzerland’s Kunstmuseum Bern, which Gurlitt named his sole heir before his death in May, said it would work with German officials to ensure…
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Fast Forward Ashkelon Mayor Decides Against Ban On Arab Workers
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimon has walked back his decision to lay off city Arab workers in the aftermath of the deadly synagogue attack in Jerusalem. On Sunday, Shimoni agreed to allow the workers to complete construction work on bomb shelters in the city’s preschools and relocate the students to the local community center, Ynet reported….
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