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Fast Forward Yehuda Glick Says Palestinian Gunman Apologized Before Shooting Him
Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick said the Palestinian gunman who shot him apologized before firing. “He told me, ‘I’m very sorry, you are the enemy of Al-Aksa,’ ” Glick told Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, who was visiting Glick in his hospital room on Monday, Israeli media reported. The gunman was referring to the mosque…
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Fast Forward Far Right Party Wants Statistics on Jews in German City
A far-right party in Germany asked to receive information on the number of Jews living in the city of Dortmund. Councilman Dennis Giemsch of The Right party also asked for a breakdown of where the Jews live according to the city districts, according to reports. Dortmund is located in western Germany in the state of…
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Fast Forward Swastikas Painted at Babi Yar Memorial in Kiev
Swastikas were painted on the Holocaust memorial monument at Babi Yar in Kiev. It is the second time that the monument has been vandalized in two months. The graffiti was found Monday during a tour at the site for schoolchildren, The Jerusalem Post reported. A swastika was painted on the monument, located at the site…
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Fast Forward Charley Levine, Top Israel PR Man, Dies at 62
Charley Levine, a top public relations professional in Israel and well known in Ango-Israeli circles, has died. Levine, of Maale Adumim in the West Bank, died Sunday after a short illness. He was 62. Levine, the founder and CEO of the Israeli public affairs and media relations consultant company Lone Star Communications, worked with dozens…
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Fast Forward British Jewry Umbrella Votes To Include ‘Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace’ Yachad
The umbrella organization for British Jewry accepted for membership a group that backed the recent nonbinding parliamentary vote recognizing a Palestinian state. On Sunday, the Board of Deputies of British Jewry voted 135 to 61 to accept Yachad UK, which calls itself “pro-Israel, pro-peace.” The group supports a two-state solution and takes British Jews on…
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Fast Forward Israel Orders Razing of Palestinian Car Attacker’s Family Home
The family home of the Palestinian man who killed two people when he drove into a crowd of commuters at a Jerusalem Light Rail stop was ordered to be demolished. Israel sent the family of Abdelrahman al-Shaludi the demolition order on Friday; the family had 48 hours to appeal. The home is on the fourth…
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Fast Forward Mervyn Smith, South African Jewish Leader, Dies at 77
Mervyn Smith, president of the South African Jewish Congress and a major anti-apartheid activist in the Jewish community, has died. Smith died Saturday after a long illness. He was 77. “If there was a Jewish organization, I belonged to it – with my heart and soul,” Smith said frequently, according to the South African Jewish…
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Fast Forward Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Alan Gross Lawsuit Against U.S.
A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government by Alan Gross, the American-Jewish contractor imprisoned in Cuba since 2009. In a 3-0 decision Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the government cannot be sued for injuries that occurred in another country….
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