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Fast Forward Ousted Palestinians Mourn Loss Of Razed Neighborhood In Shadow Of Western Wall
Days after capturing Jerusalem’s Old City in a 1967 war, Israel razed the Moroccan Quarter, a ramshackle neighborhood of Palestinian homes in front of the Western Wall, aiming to create an open space for Jews to pray at one of their holiest sites. The 50th anniversary of that conflict has rekindled memories of the event,…
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The Schmooze Rachel Weisz Talks New Movie ‘My Cousin Rachel’
LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) – British actress Rachel Weisz spoke with Reuters this week, discussing the politics of her new film, and recounting a dangerous, on-set incident involving a horse. The 47-year-old, who found fame with her role in action, comedy “The Mummy” in 1999, stars in “My Cousin Rachel,” in which she plays a…
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Fast Forward Congressman-Elect Donates $50K To Settle Beef With Jewish Reporter He Attacked
Montana Republican Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte pledged to donate $50,000 to a journalism advocacy group as part of an out-of-court settlement he reached with the reporter he physically assaulted on the eve of his election. Gianforte, a wealthy technology executive who won Montana’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election May…
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Fast Forward Sandy Hook ‘Hoaxer’ Faces Jail For Telling Noah Pozner’s Father ‘You Gonna Die’
A Florida woman who believed the 2012 massacre at a Connecticut elementary school was a hoax was sentenced to five months in federal prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to threatening a parent of one of the children killed. Prosecutors accused ‘hoaxer’ Lucy Richards, 57, of saying she would kill a parent of a Sandy…
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Fast Forward UN Calls 50-Year Occupation A Bane For Palestinians — And Israel
The top U.N. human rights official called on Tuesday for Israel to pull out of territories captured in the 1967 war that Palestinians now seek for a state, saying it would benefit both sides after 50 years of enmity. In six days of war in June 1967, Israel seized the West Bank and East Jerusalem…
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Fast Forward U.S. Warns Human Rights Council To End ‘Chronic’ Bias Against Israel
The Trump administration gave formal notice on Tuesday that it is reviewing its participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council and called for reforming the body to eliminate its “chronic anti-Israel bias.” “The United States is looking carefully at this Council and our participation in it. We see some areas for significant strengthening,” Nikki Haley,…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg Leads 1,000-Strong Push To Uphold Paris Climate Accord
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg submitted a statement to the United Nations on Monday that over 1,000 U.S. governors, mayors, businesses, universities and others will continue to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement abandoned by President Donald Trump last week. Bloomberg, who is the U.N. Secretary-General’s special envoy for Cities and…
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Fast Forward Harvard Rescinds Acceptance Of Students Who Posted Holocaust And Racist Memes
Harvard University has revoked its acceptance of at least 10 applicants to its incoming freshman class after learning the group traded sexually explicit and racist images, some of which mocked the Holocaust, the student newspaper reported. A university spokeswoman declined on Monday to comment on Sunday’s Harvard Crimson report, which cites multiple members of the…
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