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Fast Forward Argentine Far-Left Leader Gets Prison Term for Threatening Jewish Rally
The leader of the Argentine far-left group Quebracho was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for threatening a Jewish community demonstration. Fernando Esteche was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty that day to charges of intimidation and violence against the 2006 protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in Buenos Aires. Local Jewish groups said…
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Fast Forward Spain’s Anti-Semitic Graffiti Due to Gaza War Coverage, Watchdog Group Says
A Spanish pro-Israel group said the recent spraying of anti-Semitic graffiti in Toledo was the result of media coverage of the latest Gaza war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Madrid-based Action and Communication on the Middle East lobby group, or ACOM, made the assertion over the weekend in connection with the Oct. 4 spray-painting of…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Girl Dies After Being Hit by Settler Driver
A Palestinian girl died after being hit by a car driven by a Jewish West Bank settler who fled the scene. Einas Khalil, 5, died hours after being struck near the central West Bank town of Sinjil, located northeast of Ramallah. Another 5-year-old Palestinian girl also was injured. Residents of the Palestinian town accused the…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Graffiti Sprayed On Temple Mount
Graffiti equating the Star of David with a swastika was found painted on the Temple Mount. The graffiti in blue paint was found in at least three places on the Temple Mount on Sunday, according to reports. Israel Police have opened an investigation into the incident. The graffiti was painted less than two days after…
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Fast Forward Pope Paul VI, First Pontiff To Visit Israel, Moves Closer to Sainthood
Pope Paul VI, the first pontiff to visit Israel and the pope who opened the Roman Catholic Church to formal dialogue with the Jewish world, has moved a step closer to sainthood. Pope Francis beatified Paul at a Vatican ceremony Sunday at the close of a synod of bishops. Paul VI reigned from 1963-1978. He…
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Fast Forward Israeli-Arab Doctor Killed Fighting for ISIS
A doctor who worked as a resident at a hospital in southern Israel joined ISIS and has been reported killed. Othman Abdal-Kian, 26, from the Bedouin village of Hura, located near Beersheba, had been doing his residency at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon since February, after studying medicine in Jordan. The hospital confirmed to Israeli…
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Fast Forward Ex-Mayor Giuliani To Lead Protest Against ‘Death of Klinghoffer’
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani reportedly will lead a protest against the controversial opera “The Death of Klinghoffer.” The opera, which tells the story of the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinian terrorists and the murder of Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old Jewish-American passenger in a wheelchair, will premiere…
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Fast Forward Israel Holds Ebola Identification Training Exercise at Ben Gurion Airport
Israel is holding an Ebola identification training exercise at Ben Gurion Airport. The exercise Friday will simulate the arrival of a passenger with Ebola, including initial questioning as well as evacuation and hospital treatment. On Thursday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held additional consultations to evaluate the readiness of state agencies to fight Ebola….
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