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Fast Forward Police Ends Search for Terrorist Infiltrator in Central Israel
Police set up roadblocks in central Israel following intelligence information that a Palestinian terrorist may have infiltrated Israel near Netanya. At least one man from the Israeli-Arab community of Tayibe, located in central Israel near Kfar Saba, was arrested during the late Tuesday morning search. The search was called off after their arrest, Ynet reported….
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Fast Forward International Criminal Court Prosecutor: ‘Palestine’ Can Join Rome Statute
“Palestine” is now eligible to join the Rome Statute and file war crimes charges against Israel, the International Criminal Court prosecutor said. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Aug. 29 wrote an op-ed in the British newspaper The Guardian to answer charges that the ICC has avoided opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza…
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Fast Forward Belgian Feminists Pour Fake Blood in Airport To Protest Israel Arms Transport
A Belgian feminist group poured about 25 gallons of fake blood on the floor of an airport in Liege, Belgium, to protest their belief that the airport is being used to transport arms to Israel. Six women from the Liliths activist group emptied the red liquid onto the floor of the cargo airport on Aug….
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Fast Forward Muslim Girls Arrested for Plotting To Blow Up Synagogue in France
Two teenage Muslim girls were arrested for planning a suicide bomb attack on a synagogue in Lyon in east-central France. The girls, ages 15 and 17, were arrested last week after the plot to blow up the Great Synagogue of Lyon was discovered, the French language JSS News website reported, citing an unnamed source from…
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Fast Forward More U.S. Sympathy for Israel than Palestinians: Pew Poll
More Americans express sympathy for Israel than for the Palestinians, according to a new survey. A poll released by the Pew Research Center for People & the Press found that 34 percent of Americans sympathize with Israel “a lot,” as well as 32 percent who sympathize “some,” versus 11percent who sympathize “a lot” with the…
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Fast Forward West Bank Bus Shelter Blown Up in Attempted Terror Attack
A bus shelter in the northern West Bank was blown up with explosives in what police believe was an attempted terrorist attack. Sunday morning’s explosion occurred at a bus stop located outside of the settlement of Rechalim, near the Tappuach Junction south of Nablus. An Israeli man was shot and seriously injured by a Palestinian…
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Fast Forward Court Hears Sheldon Adelson Appeal Against Jewish Democratic Leaders
A federal appeals court heard arguments in a bid by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson to reinstate a defamation lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council and two of its formal principals. Arguments in the 2nd Circuit on Thursday focused on whether a hyperlink in an online NJDC news release constituted adequate attribution to a source,…
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Fast Forward Elizabeth Warren Defends Iron Dome Funding
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) vigorously defended her vote for increased funding for Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system. “America has a very special relationship with Israel,” Warren, a leader among liberal Democrats touted as a possible presidential contender, said last week when challenged about her vote at a Cape Cod town hall meeting. “Israel lives in…
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