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Fast Forward International Criminal Court Will Not Prosecute Israel In Gaza Flotilla Incident
The International Criminal Court said it will not open a war crimes case against Israel in the Mavi Marmara incident. The Hague court on Thursday reportedly closed a preliminary investigation into the May 2010 incident in which nine Turkish passengers, including one U.S. citizen, were killed in clashes with Israeli commandos who had boarded the…
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The Schmooze John Galliano Loses Dior Lawsuit For Unfair Dismissal
The British fashion designer John Galliano lost his lawsuit against Christian Dior for unfair dismissal. The decision by a Paris employment court was announced Tuesday. Galliano, who was fired in March 2011 after being filmed making anti-Semitic statements at a Paris bar, was ordered to pay Dior one symbolic euro. He had sued for lost…
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Fast Forward Jonathan Greenblatt Named New Head of Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League’s new national director will be Jonathan Greenblatt, who currently works as a special assistant to President Obama. The ADL is expected to make the announcement at a meeting in Los Angeles on Thursday. The ADL confirmed the appointment and said Greenblatt was the unanimous choice of a 16-member succession committee. Greenblatt will…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Groups Hit Back at ‘Civility’ Bans
Palestine Solidarity Legal Support issued a public letter to universities protesting that recent calls for “civility” in campus debates were simply a pretext to suppress free speech in protest of Israel. In the letter, dated Monday, PSLS and its partners, including several civil rights organizations, cited several recent incidents to argue that the concept of…
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Fast Forward British Labor Party Chief Slams ‘Rise of Anti-Semitism’
British Labor Party leader Ed Miliband decried the rise of anti-Semitism in Great Britain and called for “a zero-tolerance approach to anti-Semitism in the UK.” Miliband, the son of Holocaust refugees, in a Facebook post cited figures from the Jewish Community Security Trust that indicate a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents. He praised Britain’s tradition…
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Fast Forward Jewish Activist Brianne Nadeau Wins D.C. Council Seat
Brianne Nadeau, prominent in Washington D.C.-area Jewish advocacy, won a seat on the capital’s city council. Nadeau, a Democrat, on Tuesday secured the seat representing Ward 1, a diverse and youthful area in the city’s Northwest known for its alternative culture. She is one of 13 councilors who serve four-year terms. Nadeau, 34, until her…
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Fast Forward Jews Vote 69% for Democrats, Poll Says
Jewish support for Democrats over Republicans in congressional elections broke more than two to one, consistent with recent elections, and Jewish voters remained substantially more supportive of President Obama than the general population, polls showed. A poll commissioned by J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, showed Jewish voters picking Democrats in Tuesday’s…
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Fast Forward Pine Bush Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Will Proceed, Court Says
A lawsuit by several Jewish families in upstate New York claiming their children were victims of anti-Semitic harassment at school can proceed, a federal court ruled. Judge Kenneth Karas of the U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y., on Tuesday denied a motion by the Pine Bush Central School District to dismiss the 2012 lawsuit,…
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