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Fast Forward 2,500 Rally At Copacabana Beach in Rio For Peace in Israel
Some 2,500 people rallied at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro for peace in Israel and the Middle East. Participants of varying ages and types — Jews and non-Jews — marched along the promenade and in the street. They sang Hebrew songs, as well as the Brazilian and Israeli national anthems. Huge signs in…
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Fast Forward Escape Tunnel Discovered in Palestinian Prisoners’ Bathroom
An escape tunnel was discovered in the bathroom of Palestinian prisoners in an Israeli prison. Guards from the Israel Prisons Service uncovered the tunnel Sunday at the Gilboa Prison, in northern Israel, in a bathroom shared by eight members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group. Two of the prisoners are serving life sentences, according…
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Fast Forward Thousands Attend Funeral of Fallen IDF Soldier Hadar Goldin
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Lt. Hadar Goldin, the soldier who was declared dead after first being feared kidnapped. Friends and family of Goldin, along with ordinary Israelis, converged on the military cemetery in Kfar Saba, in central Israel, for the rite on Sunday afternoon. “I didn’t expect you to leave me so…
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Fast Forward Australian Newspaper Apologizes For Cartoon Slammed as Anti-Semitic
The Sydney Morning Herald apologized “unreservedly” for publishing a cartoon that Jewish leaders called “crudely anti-Semitic.” Jewish leaders had threatened legal action if the daily did not publish an apology for the July 26 cartoon by Glen Le Lievre. The cartoon depicted a hook-nosed Jewish man wearing a kippah and sitting on an armchair emblazoned…
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Fast Forward Israel Withdraws Most of Its Troops To Areas Around Gaza Border
The Israel Defense Forces has withdrawn most of its troops from Gaza to areas around the border, Israeli media reported. Despite the withdrawals on Sunday, there has been no order to end the Gaza operation, in its 26th day. The IDF spokesperson said in a tweet that “As operation Protective Edge moves to the next…
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Fast Forward Israeli Intelligence Eavesdropped on John Kerry During Peace Negotiations
Israeli intelligence eavesdropped on telephone conversations made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, Der Spiegel reported. In addition to Israel, at least one other intelligence agency also listened in on the phone calls, the German weekly reported in an article to appear in its Monday print edition. A summary was…
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Fast Forward Northern Ireland Pol Rebuked for ‘Bomb Israel’ Remark
Sinn Fein distanced itself from a councilor in an Irish city who called on the United Nations to bomb Israel. John Hearne, a councilor representing the Sinn Fein party in the southeastern city of Waterford, said in a July 18 radio interview that he believed the United Nations should start shelling Israel in a bid…
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Fast Forward Pro-Genocide Opinion Piece Pulled From Jewish Papers
The Times of Israel and the 5 Towns Jewish Times removed a blog post calling for genocide to be considered as an option in the Gaza conflict and the Times of Israel dropped the blogger. “If political leaders and military experts determine that the only way to achieve its goal of sustaining quiet is through…
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