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Fast Forward 57 South Africans Busted at Woolworths Boycott Israel Protest
Some 57 protesters calling for a boycott of Woolworths in South Africa because it carries Israeli products were arrested in Johannesburg. The protesters were arrested on Saturday and charged with public disturbance, the South Africa Press Association reported. They reportedly walked into the store and lay on the ground with signs. Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment,…
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Fast Forward Conversion Reform Bill Moves Ahead in Israel
A Knesset committee has for the second time approved a bill allowing local rabbis to oversee conversions to Judaism in Israel. The bill is now slated to be returned to the full Knesset for its second and third readings. The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday approved the conversion bill by a vote…
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Fast Forward Campus Anti-Israel Protests Surge by 114%
More than 75 anti-Israel events have been reported on U.S. college and university campuses this fall, more than twice as many as last year, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League. The anti-Israel events have more than doubled in the wake of Israel’s 50-day operation in Gaza over the summer, according to an ADL…
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Fast Forward Man Charged in Vandalism of Suburban Chicago Synagogue
An Illinois man has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly vandalizing a synagogue. John White, of Westmont, Ill., was charged Friday with a hate crime for allegedly vandalizing Congregation Etz Chaim, in Lombard, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. White, 40, was arrested Oct. 21 and accused of smashing the synagogue’s windows and writing…
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Fast Forward Spain Opposition Pushes for ‘Palestine’ State Vote
Spain’s Socialist party announced a new motion to recognize Palestinian statehood. The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, the second largest party in Spanish congress with 110 seats out of 350, earlier this month had announced its intention to submit a draft motion calling for the recognition on Oct. 30, the 23rd anniversary of the Madrid talks…
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Fast Forward Daniel Pearl Murder Suspect Freed in Pakistan
A suspect in the execution-style murder of Jewish-American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan was released by a Pakistani court due to lack of evidence. Qari Hashim was arrested in 2005, three years after Pearl’s murder. He was accused of introducing Pearl to British-born terrorist Omar Sheikh, who was sentenced to death in 2002 by a…
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Fast Forward Israel Bars Palestinians From Riding ‘Jewish’ Buses in West Bank
New guidelines issued by Israel Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon will prevent Palestinian workers from riding on Israeli public transportation in the West Bank. Under the new guidelines announced Sunday, all Palestinian workers must return to the West Bank through one crossing, the Eyal crossing located near Kalkilya in central Israel, and continue to their homes…
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Fast Forward Second Victim Dies of Injuries From Jerusalem Light Rail Attack
A woman critically injured in a terror attack in Jerusalem has died of her injuries. The 22-year-old tourist from Ecuador died Sunday at Hadassah Medical Center, four days after a Palestinian man drove his car into a light rail station near Ammunition Hill, in northern Jerusalem, as passengers were disembarking. Her death Sunday brings the…
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