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Fast Forward Hamas Executes 18 People Accused of Collaborating With Israel
Hamas-led gunmen in Gaza executed 18 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel on Friday, a day after Israel tracked down and killed three top Hamas commanders, the highest-ranking militants to be killed in the six-week war. Seven people were shot dead in front of worshippers outside a mosque in one of Gaza’s main squares, witnesses…
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Fast Forward Oregon Teenager Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to 11 Years in Swastika Attack
An Oregon teenager pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Thursday for taking part in an attack on a friend who was beaten, forced to eat cat feces and had a swastika carved into his forehead, prosecutors said. Blue Kalmbach, 16, the last of four teenage defendants to plead guilty in…
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Fast Forward Jewish Student at Temple University Punched At Pro-Palestinian Group’s Booth
The student is a member of the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi and a fellow with CAMERA, a pro-Israel media watchdog
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Fast Forward Gaza Residents Suffering From Severe Water Shortage Due to Conflict
Gaza residents are suffering from a severe water shortage as a result of the ongoing conflict there. Damage to wells and Gaza’s energy infrastructure has disrupted the pumping and distribution of water, cutting the coastal strip’s water supply by half, according to Haaretz. In addition, hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans have been unable to…
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Fast Forward Australian Jewish School Evacuated By Bomb Scare
Students at a Jewish school in Melbourne were evacuated amid a bomb scare. More than 200 students at the King David School were moved off the campus after 8 a.m. Thursday when security personnel found an abandoned van containing a suspicious object near the school. The Australian Jewish community’s Community Security Group alerted local police,…
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The Schmooze Life-Size Amy Winehouse Statue Coming to London
Getty Images A life-size bronze statue of late British Jewish singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse will be erected in the London neighborhood where she lived. Winehouse, known for hits like 2006′s Grammy Award-winning “Back to Black,” died at age 27 of alcohol poisoning in 2011. The statue will stand in a market in London’s Camden neighborhood, close…
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Fast Forward State Dept. Says Israel Appears To Be Targeting Abu Khdeir Family in Arrests
A State Department spokeswoman accused Israel of targeting the family of murdered Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir in recent arrests. Following the teen’s abduction and murder in a Jerusalem forest on July 2 by three Israelis, Israeli police arrested his cousin Tariq Abu Khdeir, an American citizen, at a protest on July 5. Tariq Abu…
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Fast Forward Calls to U.K. Anti-Semitism Hotline Soar Since Start of Gaza War
The number of calls to an anti-Semitism hotline in the United Kingdom have jumped nearly fivefold since the beginning of Israel’s conflict with Gaza, according to a British Jewish organization. In July, the hotline of the Community Security Trust, British Jewry’s watchdog on anti-Semitism, received 240 calls, according to the Independent, a British publication. The…
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