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Fast Forward Malaysia’s anti-Semitic Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigns
(JTA) — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who has described Jews as “hook-nosed” and blamed Israel for the unrest in the Middle East, has resigned. Mohamad, the world’s oldest leader at 94, submitted his resignation to the country’s king Monday, AFP reported. He had agreed to step down and hand power to his former rival,…
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Fast Forward Belgian prime minister says Jewish caricatures at carnival ‘damage’ the country
AALST, Belgium (JTA) — Belgium’s prime minister said that some caricatures of Jews at the annual Aalst parade “damage” the country’s values and reputation. In a statement Sunday, Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes, who is Jewish, did not say which caricatures she took issue with at the Aalst Carnival, which is held each year in this…
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Fast Forward TruNews, the website that touted ‘Jew Coup,’ permanently banned from YouTube
(JTA) — A website whose founder called the effort to impeach President Donald Trump a “Jew coup” has been banned permanently from YouTube. TruNews had been the target of temporary bans from the online video platform where it has a channel. The announcement of a permanent ban came last week in a tweet. TruNews has…
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Fast Forward Nebraska man arrested for vandalizing local synagogue
(JTA) — A Nebraska man was arrested for vandalizing a local synagogue. Noah Miller, 21, was arrested Friday night on suspicion of having painted swastikas on the door of South Street Temple in Lincoln last month, KETV reported. Racial epithets were also discovered on the steps and sidewalk in front of the building. Miller allegedly…
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Fast Forward Belgian parade features costumes of haredi Jews with insect bodies
AALST, Belgium (JTA) — Caricatures of Jews, including ones depicting them as ants, were prominently displayed at this city’s annual parade. The displays came a year after the Jewish Telegraphic Agency exposed anti-Semitic displays in last year’s parade in Aalst, located about 10 miles west of Brussels. Participants said the new displays were designed to…
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Fast Forward Cleveland area park vandalized with swastikas, graffiti saying ‘F*** the Jews’
(JTA) — A park in suburban Cleveland was vandalized with swastikas and anti-Jewish statements. The graffiti on Veterans Memorial Park in Parma also included obscene images, racist epithets, the Confederate flag and the words “I love Hitler,” “F**k the Jews” and “Jewish Nazi Anne Frank.” A Jewish woman from Cleveland first noticed the vandalism in…
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Fast Forward Germany gets tougher on Internet hate, including anti-Semitic speech
BERLIN (JTA) – Germany is cracking down on internet hate, including anti-Semitic hate speech. The Cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel approved a bill Wednesday that would force social media networks to report to police investigators any cases of hate speech and posts that glorify or threaten violence. They already are required to remove such posts….
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Fast Forward Large swastika painted on Jewish-owned business in New Jersey
(JTA) — A large blue swastika and the words “white power” were spray-painted on a Jewish-owned business in Jackson, New Jersey. The business, which police declined to name, is owned by a Jewish family who lives in nearby Lakewood, the Lakewood Scoop reported. Lakewood, in the southern part of the state, has a large haredi…
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