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Fast Forward Sydney Jewish Leader Resigns Government Post Over Gaza War
A senior Jewish leader in Sydney resigned from a high-profile government post amid a furor over the Gaza conflict. Vic Alhadeff, the chief executive of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, stood down on Sunday as the part-time chair of the NSW Community Relations Commission just two weeks after an email he sent…
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Fast Forward Israel Thwarts Terror Attack at West Bank Checkpoint
Israeli border police thwarted a terror attack at a West Bank checkpoint. The police stopped a suspicious-looking vehicle at the Beitar Illit checkpoint in the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem. The car was stopped after the driver approached the checkpoint in a slow and suspicious manner. A search of the car turned up a…
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Fast Forward French Jewish Activist Ambushed at Home
A French Jewish activist whose address was published in anti-Israel forums online was ambushed outside his home by several men who caused him minor injuries. The incident Friday in Bobigny near Paris was part of several violent incidents and expressions of hate speech that occurred over the weekend across Europe in continuation of a surge…
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Fast Forward Alan Greenberg, Bear Stearns Executive, Dies at 86
Alan C. “Ace” Greenberg, the former head of Bear Stearns investment bank and a major donor to Jewish causes, has died at 86. Greenberg, famous on Wall Street for his hard-charging manner, appetite for risk, and financial acumen, died on Friday in Manhattan of complications from cancer. He had been chief executive officer and then…
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Fast Forward Dutch Jews Demand Crackdown on ‘Kill Jews’ Rallies
Following repeated calls to kill Jews in protest rallies in The Hague, representatives of the Dutch Jewish community urged local authorities to crack down on anti-Semitic incitement. The appeal by the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI, came Friday following two demonstrations in The Hague this month in which protesters made menacing…
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Fast Forward Gallup Poll Shows Americans Evenly Split on Gaza War
A Gallup poll shows support among Americans for Israel during the war in Gaza is divided, and is low among younger Americans. The poll posted on the pollster’s website Thursday showed a statistical dead heat between those who believe Israel’s actions against Hamas are justified, 42 percent, and those who believe they are unjustified, 39…
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Fast Forward Brazil Jews Blast Recall of Envoy to Israel
Representatives of Brazil’s Jewish community said the government’s recall of its ambassador from Israel amounted to a defense of Hamas. The statement by CONIB, an umbrella body, came Thursday, a day after Brasilia announced that it was recalling for consultation its ambassador to Israel, Henrique Sardinha, to protest Israel’s attacks on Hamas in Gaza. CONIB…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Defends Israel Flight Ban as ‘Safety’ Measure
President Obama said the Federal Aviation Administration ban on Israeli flights was based purely on safety considerations. “The initial ban that was imposed by the FAA was based on Israel needing to show us that in fact it was safe for commercial airlines to fly in,” Obama said Thursday in an interview with CNBC. “They…
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