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News France Crackdown on Boycott Israel Activists Sparks Backlash
(JTA) — When Farida Trichine and 11 of her friends burst into a French supermarket in 2009 and began applying stickers with anti-Israel slogans to vegetables imported from the Jewish state, she expected to be escorted from the store by police. What she didn’t expect was to be convicted of inciting racial hatred and slapped…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Slam Israel ‘Jail’ for African Immigrants
An array of U.S. Jewish groups urged Israel’s government to introduce refugee asylum reforms, saying that a major holding facility was indistinguishable from a jail. The letter sent Wednesday to the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted that Israeli authorities have ordered asylum seekers to move to the Holot facility in Israel’s south. “While…
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Fast Forward African Immigrants Wait for Change in ‘Open’ Israeli Desert Prison
A compound of one-storey buildings deep in the southern Israeli desert is now home to some 400 African migrants who face the prospect of being held in custody indefinitely. The detainees in what the authorities call an “open” detention centre are allowed to leave for a few hours each day, but given its remote location…
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Fast Forward 152 Jewish Leaders Back John Kerry in Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
A letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed by 152 Jewish Americans, including top centrist leaders, praised the peace efforts of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. “As American advocates for a strong, Jewish and democratic Israel, we have been heartened by Secretary of State John Kerry’s extraordinary resolve to advance this process consistent…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Pushes ‘Just World’ in American Jewish Committee Meeting
Pope Francis called on Jews and Christians to work together to construct a “more just and fraternal world,” and said he looked forward to his upcoming visit to Israel. Francis made his remarks during an audience at the Vatican on Thursday with a 50-member delegation of American Jewish Committee leaders. He called his visit to…
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Opinion Would Israel Reject Ancient Rabbis as Jews?
Tired from his voyage, Abba Arikha is pleased to finally find the Jewish community at his destination. “I’m from Israel; I’m a Jew,” he tells its members. They reply: “Prove it!” He has a scribbled letter from one of his teachers, but the locals don’t trust it. He turns around, dejected. It’s amusing to impose…
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Fast Forward Rolling Stones Pushed To Boycott Israel
A new Facebook page called on the Rolling Stones to boycott Israel. The “Rolling Stones: Boycott Israel” page established Wednesday had 144 likes by Thursday morning. Earlier this week, reports in the Israeli media said the Rolling Stones were near a deal to play in Israel for the first time, on June 10 at the…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Slave Labor Survivors Get Pension Hike
Israel has successfully negotiated with Germany’s Ministry for Employment and Social Affairs to improve pension payments to Jews who were forced to work in Nazi ghettos. A formal announcement is expected later this month, when German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Cabinet visit Israel for their annual joint meeting and talks, initiated in 2008. The…
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