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Fast Forward Jewish Man Stabbed With Screwdriver in Jerusalem
A Jewish man was stabbed with a screwdriver in central Jerusalem. The victim, 32, was treated on the scene for stab wounds to his upper body before being taken to Shaarey Zedek Medical Center in the city. The assailant reportedly was a Palestinian youth who was seen fleeing toward the Damascus Gate on the northwest…
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Fast Forward French Muslims More Likely To Espouse Anti-Semitic Views: Surveys
New surveys conducted in France suggested that Frenchmen of Muslim origin were far likelier to espouse anti-Semitic views than the general population. In the two surveys, which were conducted in recent months, 74 percent of respondents who self-identified as observant Muslims agreed with the statement that Jews have too much influence on French economics, compared…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Accuses Abbas of Incitement in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of incitement as the P.A.’s official media called for a day of rage in Jerusalem. Netanyahu pointed out the call at the beginning of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday. On Thursday, Netanyahu, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Jordan’s King Abdullah II…
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Fast Forward ISIS Releases Peter Kassig Beheading Video
The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed to have beheaded another American hostage. The group claimed in a video posted Sunday online on jihadist and social networking sites that it beheaded American aid worker Peter Kassig. The video reportedly did not show the actual beheading but showed a black-masked man speaking with a British accent,…
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News Belgian Orthodox Jew Stabbed in Suspected Anti-Semitic Attack
An Orthodox Jewish man who was stabbed in his neck in Antwerp in a suspected anti-Semitic attack was released from the hospital. The victim, identified as Yehosha Malik, 31, sustained injuries classified as moderate on Saturday morning in the capital of Belgium’s Flemish Region, the Gazet van Antwerpen reported. He was discharged that day after…
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Fast Forward Israel Bans Norwegian Doctor From Gaza for Life
A Norwegian doctor who has traveled to Gaza to help treat Palestinians there has been banned by Israel from the coastal strip for life. Dr. Mads Gilbert, 67, has spent over 30 years working in international conflict areas, especially Gaza, the Norwegian daily The Local reported. He spent more than a month this summer working…
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Fast Forward Kansas City JCC Rampage Gunman Says He Targeted Jews
The white supremacist suspect in the shootings of three people at two Jewish institutions in suburban Kansas City said he wanted to “be sure I killed some Jews before I died.” Frazier Glenn Miller, who also goes by the name Frazier Glenn Cross, told the Kansas City Star in an interview published on Sunday that…
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Fast Forward Israel Lawmakers Push Move To Close Sheldon Adelson’s Paper
Israeli lawmakers approved in a preliminary vote a bill that would shut down a free Israeli daily owned by American billionaire Sheldon Adelson. The vote on the bill intended to shut down the Israel Hayom newspaper passed its first reading by a vote of 43 to 23. There are 120 lawmakers in the Knesset. The…
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