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Fast Forward Spanish Diplomat Honored as ‘Righteous’
Sebastian de Romero Radigales, a Spanish diplomat whose efforts saved hundreds of Jews in the Holocaust, was named Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. His granddaughter Elena Colitto Castelli accepted the posthumous honor at a ceremony Tuesday at the Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem. Among those on hand were Spain’s ambassador to Israel,…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Peace Negotiator Compares Benjamin Netanyahu to ISIS Leader
Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator in peace talks with Israel, compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the leader of ISIS. Erekat’s comparison in an interview with the French news agency AFP came a day after Netanyahu in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly said the Palestinian terror organization Hamas was akin…
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Fast Forward Dutch Student Videos ‘Decapitate Jews’ Threat
A Dutch high school student was suspended after posting a video in which he said he belonged to ISIS and wanted to decapitate Jews. The De Spindel high school in Hengelo, a city in eastern Netherlands, suspended the 14-year-old in recent days, according to a report Saturday by the De Telegraaf daily. The student, who…
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Fast Forward Controversial Lancet Editor Visits Israel
The editor of the British medical journal The Lancet, which ran an open letter accusing Israel of a “massacre” in Gaza, is visiting Israel. On Tuesday, Dr. Richard Horton visited the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, where he was scheduled to meet with senior researchers and physicians there as well as the Technion’s Ruth and…
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The Schmooze Bibi Has the Veal — With Sheldon on the Side
Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had lunch in a Midtown Manhattan restaurant hosted by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson following his address at the United Nations General Assembly. The lunch for five people required ever customer of the restaurant to enter through a metal detector, Page Six reported. Netanyahu arrived at the restaurant, Fresco…
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Fast Forward Blocked Israeli Cargo Ship Heads to Los Angeles
An Israeli-owned cargo ship prevented by pro-Palestinian demonstrators from unloading in the Oakland Port will try to unload in Los Angeles. The Zim Shanghai was unable to unload its cargo Saturday after some 200 activists gathered at the Oakland port and prevented workers from getting near the ship, which is owned by Zim Integrated Shipping…
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Fast Forward Hungary Bans Far Right Conference
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary ordered the banning of a right-wing extremist conference in Budapest. Orban on Sunday “instructed Minister of Interior Sandor Pinter to use every legal means at his disposal to prevent an extremist and racist conference from taking place” between Oct. 3 and 5, according to a statement posted Monday on…
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Fast Forward Fasting While Pregnant Doubles Premature Birth Chance
Fasting on Yom Kippur in the later stages of pregnancy doubles a woman’s risk for premature delivery, according to a new Israeli study. Researchers at Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba reached the conclusion after studying the records of thousands of pregnant Jewish women over a period of 23…
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