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Fast Forward Intel Will Invest $6B in Israel Factory
The Intel Corp. will invest $5 billion to $6 billion in its southern Israel factory. The company is filing an investment plan for the Kiryat Gat work with Israel’s Ministry of the Economy, the Israeli business daily Globes reported, citing company sources. Intel could receive a grant for about 5 percent of the job —…
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Fast Forward Tea Lights Swastika Shocks Saint Louis University Students
A swastika made of tea lights was found outside a Saint Louis University dormitory. The candles were spotted in the wee hours of April 23, according to police. Some students had reported seeing the candles before they were arranged into the shape of a swastika, according to a report in the Riverfront Times. Police have…
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Fast Forward Orlando Apartment Complex Defaced With Swastikas
An apartment complex near the University of Central Florida in Orlando that is home to several Jewish students was vandalized with swastikas. The nearly one dozen swastikas were carved into the walls of the hallway where the Jewish students live at the University House Apartments, located several blocks from campus, according to the Orlando Sentinel….
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Fast Forward Europe Human Rights Official Defends Circumcision
The human rights officer of the Council of Europe criticized members of his own organization who called ritual circumcision of boys a violation of children’s rights. Philippe Boillat, director general of human rights and legal affairs of the Council of Europe — an intergovernmental organization with no executive powers, leveled the criticism Monday during a…
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Fast Forward Dutch Activists Plan To Mark ‘Shadow’ Holocaust of Palestinians
A Dutch Muslim group is planning to commemorate “the ethnic cleansing of Palestine” on Holland’s memorial day for victims of Nazism. The Platform Bewust Moslim group, whose name means “Platform Aware Muslim,” is planning to hold the ceremony on May 4 in Hilversum near Amsterdam under the banner ”Palestine, the Shadow Holocaust,” the Jewish television…
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Fast Forward Stanley Fischer Is One Step Closer to Vice Chairman of Federal Reserve
Stanley Fischer, the former governor of the Bank of Israel, is a step closer to becoming vice chairman of the Federal Reserve. The Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve President Obama’s nomination of Fischer. His confirmation by the full Senate is expected late next month, according to reports. Fischer stepped down in…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Council Seeks Move Against French ‘Holocaust’ Rail Firm
A New York City Council resolution calls on the State Legislature to bar companies that profited from the Holocaust and never compensated their victims from working in the state. City Councilmen Mark Levine and Benjamin Kallos introduced the resolution Tuesday aimed at securing reparations from SNCF, the French rail company that was paid to transport…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Man Gets Probation for Throwing Bleach at Sex Abuse Victims Advocate
A Hasidic man from Brooklyn was sentenced to five years probation for throwing bleach in the face of a rabbi who had accused the man’s father of being a sexual predator. Meilech Schnitzler, 38, pleaded guilty on Monday in Brooklyn state Supreme Court to felony assault for throwing bleach at Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg, an advocate…
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