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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Predicts Republicans Won’t Repeal Obamacare
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate predicted on Monday that Republicans would fall short of their stated goal of repealing former Democratic President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. “The odds are very high we will keep ACA,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters at a news conference, referring to the Affordable Care Act,…
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Fast Forward Trump ‘Concerned’ Over Philadelphia Cemetery Vandalism
President Donald Trump is concerned about vandalism at Jewish cemeteries and condemns anti-Semitic and other hateful acts, the White House said on Monday. “The president continues to be deeply disappointed and concerned by the reports of further vandalism at … Jewish cemeteries,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer told a daily news briefing. “The president continues…
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Fast Forward 16 JCC’s and Schools Hit In Fresh Wave Of Bomb Threats
At least 16 Jewish community centers and schools around the United States reported receiving bomb threats on Monday, NBC News reported, the fifth wave of such threats this year that have stoked fears of a resurgence of anti-Semitism. The threats, all of which appeared to be hoaxes, were received at centers in North Carolina, Delaware,…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Hamas Targets In Gaza After Rocket Attack
Israeli aircraft carried out a series of strikes in Gaza on Monday, wounding at least four people, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory hit an empty area in southern Israel. The Israeli military said its planes attacked five positions belonging to Hamas, the Islamist group that runs the Gaza Strip, in…
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Fast Forward New Israeli Supreme Court Justices Named In Possible Shift To The Right
Three conservative new members have been named to Israel’s Supreme Court as part of what the ultranationalist justice minister said on Thursday was her push for a bench more representative of right-wing Israelis. The 15-member court, widely seen as a liberal bastion, has drawn criticism from the minister, Ayelet Shaked, and other politicians on the…
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Fast Forward Turkey To Israel: Stop ‘Illegal Settlements’
Turkey on Wednesday called on the Israeli government to halt what it called “illegal settlement policies” on Palestinian land. Ibrahim Kalin, the spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan, made the comment at a news conference in Ankara. Erdogan has previously condemned Israel’s decision to ramp up settlements in the West Bank as an “absolute provocation.” Israel…
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Fast Forward Egypt And Jordan Say Two-State Solution Not Up For Compromise
The leaders of Egypt and Jordan reaffirmed their continued support on Tuesday for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested abandoning it. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah discussed the issue and coordination of their positions on the Middle East peace process at a meeting in…
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Fast Forward 27 Concentration Camp Letters Written In Urine Expose Gruesome Nazi Medical Experiments
Some 27 letters written in urine by Polish women inmates to report on gruesome medical experiments performed on them by Nazi concentration camp doctors have been given to a small museum in Poland to be preserved. The letters, which informed the world about the deadly experiments made on 74 women at the Ravensbrueck camp in…
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