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Fast Forward Croatia Pushes Back Against $3.5B Holocaust Lawsuit Blaming Pro-Nazi Quisling Regime
Croatia rejected on Monday the allegations made in a lawsuit that demands billions in compensation to people held in concentration camps on Croatian territory during World War Two. The Ustasha regime ruled Croatia as allies of Nazi Germany from 1941 until the end of the war in 1945. Several concentration camps operated on its territory,…
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Fast Forward Kushner Company Wins $400M Windfall From Chinese Insurance Giant For FIfth Avenue Building
A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, stands to receive over $400 million from China’s Anbang Insurance Group, that is investing in a Manhattan building owned by the Kushners, Bloomberg reported. Details of the agreement are being circulated to attract additional investors, Bloomberg reported on Monday. (http://bloom.bg/2nm6PwG) The building, a…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Vandals Decry ‘Fake’ Holocaust In Seattle Synagogue Graffiti
Vandals scrawled graffiti claiming the Holocaust was “fake history” on an exterior wall of a Seattle synagogue, leading the rabbi to urge President Donald Trump to more forcefully denounce a wave of anti-Semitic incidents in recent months. Seattle police said they were investigating the vandalism at Temple De Hirsch Sinai as a hate crime after…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg And Wife Expecting Another Daughter
Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are expecting a second child, a daughter, the billionaire internet mogul said on Thursday. The couple was not sure they would be able to have another child after a difficult pregnancy with their first daughter, born in 2015, Zuckerberg, 32, said in a post on…
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Fast Forward Richard Gere Walks Jerusalem Red Carpet At Premier Of ‘Norman’
Hollywood actor Richard Gere delighted fans after walking the red carpet in Jerusalem for the Israeli premiere of his new film “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer.” The “Pretty Woman” star plays Norman Oppenheimer, a veteran “fixer” in New York’s Jewish community who runs into trouble when he tries…
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Breaking News David Friedman Wins 12-9 Senate Committee Vote — Democrats Vote No
Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 on Thursday to approve President Donald Trump’s nominee as ambassador to Israel, outspoken bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman, a staunch supporter of expanded settlements. The vote was largely along party lines, a contrast with strong bipartisan support for past ambassadors to Israel. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez joined every committee Republican…
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Breaking News Did Carl Icahn Improperly Push Trump On Biofuels?
A government watchdog group, Public Citizen, said on Wednesday it will ask lawmakers to investigate whether billionaire investor Carl Icahn should have been subject to lobbying disclosure laws when he advised President Donald Trump to overhaul the U.S. biofuels program. Icahn, an unpaid adviser to Trump on regulation, submitted a proposal to Trump last month…
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Fast Forward Eric Garcetti, First Jewish Mayor Of Los Angeles, Wins Reelection In 81% Landslide
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti clinched re-election on Tuesday in a landslide victory that handed him a second four-year term in charge of America’s second-largest city. Garcetti won 81 percent of the vote, according to a tally of all ballots early on Wednesday. The nearest of his 10 challengers Mitchell Schwartz, who was California state…
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