Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Son of Terror Victim Cries Foul Over Palestinian Scouting Group’s Honor for Killer
JERUSALEM — The son of Richard Lakin, an American man killed in a Jerusalem terror attack has called on the world Scout’s organization to drop the membership of the Palestinian Scouts, which has glorified his father’s killer. The Palestinian Scout Association, which was accepted six months ago as full member of the World Organization of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Who Shot Unarmed Palestinian Faces Manslaughter Probe
JERUSALEM — The Israel Defense Forces soldier who shot and killed a Palestinian man who charged a West Bank guard post and ignored warnings to stop is being investigated for negligent manslaughter. The soldier, a member of the haredi Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion, was questioned under caution as a suspect in a crime on Sunday,…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Tells Donald Trump To Show Some ‘Humility’
— Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson told Donald Trump in a private meeting that the Republican presidential candidate must demonstrate a measure of humility, The New York Times [reported](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/us/politics/sheldon-adelson-donald-trump.html?_r=0 es “”). Adelson, a billionaire casino magnate, also told Trump in the meeting last week in Adelson’s suite at the St. Regis Hotel in New York that…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Onetime Israeli Defense Minister, Dies at 80
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, a former Labor Party leader and defense minister who served in the Knesset for 30 years, has died. Ben Eliezer, who withdrew from the country’s presidential election in 2014 over corruption charges, died Sunday in a Tel Aviv hospital. He was 80. Known by the nickname “Fouad,” Ben-Eliezer served in the Knesset…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Threaten Israeli Government Crisis Over Shabbat Rail Construction
JERUSALEM — Haredi Orthodox parties in Israel are threatening to leave the ruling coalition and bring down the government over the construction of a Tel Aviv train station on the Jewish Sabbath. Late Saturday night, the heads of the religious parties demanded a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and issued calls for him to…
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Fast Forward Ehud Olmert Wants Early Prison Release on Corruption Conviction
JERUSALEM — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert officially submitted a request for early release from prison, where he is serving a 19-month sentence on a corruption conviction. Attorney for Olmert, the first Israeli prime minister to serve jail time, submitted the request on Wednesday. A hearing on the request to shorten his sentence by…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Campaign Opens Third Israeli Office
JERUSALEM — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump opened a campaign office near Tel Aviv, his third in Israel. The Ramat Gan office opened Wednesday near the city’s diamond district will serve central Israel, in the Gush Dan and Sharon regions, Israel National News reported Thursday. It joins offices in Jerusalem and Modiin. A fourth office…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Protest Targets $5M Haim Saban Fundraiser for Hillary Clinton
— Black Lives Matters reportedly was among several groups protesting on behalf of Palestinian rights outside a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton hosted by the Israeli-American billionaire Haim Saban and his wife, Cheryl. Monday’s event in Southern California at the Beverly Park home of the entertainment mogul brought in $5 million, the Jewish Insider…
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