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Fast Forward Israeli Beaten on Berlin Street in Broad Daylight
A Jewish leader in Germany has called for public condemnation of an anti-Semitic attack that occurred in Berlin. Deidre Berger, head of the American Jewish Committee office in Berlin, said in a statement Monday that it is unacceptable that no politicians have publicly responded to the incident which occurred on April 25, in which a…
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Fast Forward Rand Paul: ‘Cut Aid To Palestinians Unless They Recognize Israel as Jewish State’
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said he will introduce legislation that would cut U.S. funding to the Palestinian Authority unless its government recognized Israel as a Jewish state. Paul (R-Ky.), a likely contender for the Republican presidential nod in 2016, said the law was needed because of the interim governance agreement last week between Hamas and…
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Fast Forward John Kerry’s Israel ‘Apartheid’ Remark Irks Jewish Groups
Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement to a roomful of world leaders that Israel could become “an apartheid state” if peace talks fail is “deeply troubling,” the American Israel Public Affairs Committee said. Kerry made the remarks Friday during a meeting of the Trilateral Commission, which includes senior officials from the United States, Europe, Russia…
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Fast Forward New Mexico Students Vote for West Bank Divestment
The Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico passed a resolution calling for the university to divest from companies that operate in the West Bank. The resolution, which passed on Saturday, calls on the university to divest from companies that “directly profit from the ongoing violations of international law and human…
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Opinion The Moral Quandary That Is Hamas
Before we can formulate a coherent opinion about Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to renege on commitments to both the Quartet and Israel and join forces with the still-unrepentant, bus-bombing, Kassam-lobbing, Holocaust-denying, expressly genocidal terror organization known as Hamas, or about the Israeli government’s decision to suspend peace negotiations as a result, or about the…
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Opinion Ugly Truth Behind Donald Sterling’s Racist Rant
L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling watches team play in NBA game / Haaretz (Haaretz) — I am doubly embarrassed by Donald Sterling’s contemptible, racist comments that surfaced this week. Once as an Angeleno and a second time as a Jew. Indeed, the world’s most racist basketball franchise owner is one of our own. Worse, in…
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Culture Actor Omar Sharif Won’t Compete in World Bridge Olympics with Israelis
1913 •100 years ago Jews of Kiev Evicted Reports from Russia reveal that the Jews of Kiev are under renewed attack. An official administrative order announced that 580 Jewish families must leave the city immediately. The order was issued in the wake of revelations that a large of number of Jewish families had obtained residence…
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Fast Forward Back to Future as Two Sides Resume Mideast Feud
(JTA) — Nine months of negotiations were supposed to propel Israelis and Palestinians into a future of peace. Instead, the collapse of talks is threatening to make the future look much like the past. Israel’s decision last week to suspend negotiations – a day after the signing of a reconciliation between the Fatah faction of…
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