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Fast Forward Watchdog: Britain Saw Record Levels of Anti-Semitism During Gaza War
Britain saw record levels of anti-Semitism during Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, a Jewish watchdog group said. In July 2014, the Community Security Trust, or CST, recorded 302 incidents — the highest ever monthly total documented by the group since it started monitoring anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom in 1984, CST wrote Thursday on…
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The Schmooze DMV Will Revoke Brooklyn ‘HAMMAS’ License Plate
NY1 Someone in Brooklyn is driving around in a car with a “HAMMAS” license plate. The slightly misspelled nod to Hamas was spotted on black Dodge that was parked in Bay Ridge Wednesday and had a Palestinian flag spread across the windshield, NY1 reports. Even more disturbing however, is the message that the owner opted…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority Estimates Rebuilding Gaza Will Cost $7.8 Billion
Rebuilding Gaza will cost $7.8 billion, the Palestinian Authority said on Thursday, in the most comprehensive assessment yet of damage from a seven-week war with Israel during which whole neighborhoods and vital infrastructure were flattened. The cost of rebuilding 17,000 Gazan homes razed by Israeli bombings would be $2.5 billion, the Authority said, and the…
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Fast Forward Parents of Slain 4-Year-Old Israeli Boy Write Letter to Ban Ki-Moon
The parents of a 4-year-old boy killed in a mortar attack at his home on a kibbutz near the Gaza border in a letter called on the head of the United Nations to speak out about Hamas’ war crimes. “Daniel was killed from a mortar shell that was fired by Hamas members from an elementary…
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Fast Forward Leader of Terror Cell That Kidnapped and Killed Israeli Teens Indicted in Military Court
The leader of the terrorist cell that that kidnapped and killed three Israeli teenagers in June was indicted in a military court. Hussam Kawasme of Hebron was arrested on July 11, in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and dual Israeli-American citizen Naftali Fraenkel, while attempting to flee to Jordan…
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Fast Forward Hamas More Popular Among Palestinians Than Before Gaza War: Poll
Hamas’ popularity has surged in the West Bank and Gaza since its latest conflict with Israel, a new poll found. A Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey research poll released Tuesday found that 61 percent of Palestinians would choose the Islamic terror group’s Ismail Haniyeh for president if elections were held today, the Associated Press…
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Fast Forward Police Ends Search for Terrorist Infiltrator in Central Israel
Police set up roadblocks in central Israel following intelligence information that a Palestinian terrorist may have infiltrated Israel near Netanya. At least one man from the Israeli-Arab community of Tayibe, located in central Israel near Kfar Saba, was arrested during the late Tuesday morning search. The search was called off after their arrest, Ynet reported….
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Fast Forward Defiant Hamas Leader Calls Gaza War ‘Milestone’
Hamas will not cease its resistance against Israel until all its demands are met, the group’s overall leader Khaled Meshaal said on Thursday, adding that the latest conflict over Gaza was only “a milestone to reaching our objective”. Speaking at a news conference in Doha, where he lives in exile, Meshaal said the group would…
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