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Fast Forward Germany’s Merkel Opens Holocaust Art Exhibit in Berlin
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the biggest exhibition of Holocaust art outside Israel in Berlin on Monday, after pledging to take concerns about rising anti-Semitism seriously. The “Art from the Holocaust” show features 100 works from Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial center, which were created by Jewish inmates at concentration camps, labor…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Has ‘Luxury’ of Being Longshot — or So Says Obama
Bernie Sanders has had the “luxury of being a complete long shot” so far in the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate, President Barack Obama said in an interview published by Politico on Monday. Obama said both Sanders and Hillary Clinton, his former Secretary of State, share similar views on core issues like income…
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Fast Forward BREAKING: Former Israeli PM Shimon Peres Back In Hospital With Chest Pains
TEL AVIV – Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres was hospitalized on Sunday for a second time in as many weeks after complaining of chest pains, his doctor said. Peres, who was released from hospital last week after suffering a mild heart attack on Jan. 14, was conscious and the hospitalization was a precautionary measure, Peres’s…
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Fast Forward Israel Says No Charges Over Video Attack On NGO Rights Groups
JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities said on Sunday they decided against opening a criminal investigation of an ultranationalist group behind a video that accused the heads of four of Israel’s leading human rights organizations of being “foreign agents.” Activists had demanded the attorney general look into the the 68-second video by Zionist group Im Tirtzu, saying…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Will Let Booted Hebron Settlers Return To West Bank Homes
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would allow Jewish settlers evicted by the Israeli army from two houses in the West Bank city of Hebron to return once proper permits were in place. Israeli settlements in occupied territory, deemed illegal by most countries, are a fundamental issue in the stalled Israeli-Palestinian…
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Fast Forward LeBron James ‘Caught Off Guard’ by Firing of Coach David Blatt
LeBron James says that he was “just as surprised and caught off guard” as his team mates when Cleveland head coach David Blatt was fired on Friday, four days after the Cavaliers had suffered their worst loss of the season. James, a four-time NBA Most Valuable Player, is the face of the franchise and widely…
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Fast Forward David Blatt Fired by First-Place Cleveland Cavaliers in Shock
LeBron James’s Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers have fired head coach David Blatt four days after suffering their worst loss of the NBA season, according to multiple reports on Friday. The surprise decision to fire the second-year coach, who led Cleveland to the NBA Finals last year, comes as the Cavaliers have a 3-1/2 game lead…
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Fast Forward American Envoy Attacked as ‘Little Jew Boy’ After Criticism of Israel
U.S. and European criticism of Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank have drawn a furious response from Israel this week, including a former official dismissing the U.S. ambassador to Tel Aviv as a “little Jew boy.” Although the concerns expressed by Israel’s closest allies were partly cloaked in diplomatic language they struck a nerve…
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