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Fast Forward Man Who Refused To Give Wife Jewish Divorce Gets Harsher Prison Time
A man imprisoned for refusing to grant his wife a divorce was transferred to a facility with harsher conditions, after the head of the rabbinical court asked prison officials to do so, in order to induce him to agree to a divorce. In September, 2012, S.A., a young, married father of four, was sent to…
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Fast Forward Naftali Bennett Appeals to Diaspora for Support on Western Wall Prayer Plan
Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett made an attempt to reconcile Diaspora Jews and released a letter to World Jewry ahead of the new Jewish year explaining his plan to resolve the ongoing dispute over the rights of non-Orthodox Jews, including women, to pray at the Western Wall according to their customs. According…
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Fast Forward Israelis Jostle for Gas Masks as Syria Tensions Rise
(JTA) — Daniela Hayoum arrived at a Tel Aviv post office at 7 a.m. and took a number. The line of people waiting for gas masks was long and Hayoum stepped away to run errands. She returned in the afternoon to find hundreds of Israelis crowding under a hot sun on the building’s wide steps,…
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Fast Forward Uganda Agrees To Take African Immigrants Ousted From Israel
The East African nation that will take in tens of thousands African migrants living in Israel is Uganda, a gag order lifted on Thursday revealed. Uganda will either accept the migrants, or serve as a transit station to their own countries. Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that Hagai Hadas, the prime minister’s special envoy, had…
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Fast Forward ‘Absentee’ Palestinian Wins Back Jerusalem Property Just Yards Away
The state has reversed its previous decision to confiscate the Cliff Hotel in East Jerusalem from its owners, the State Prosecutor’s Office informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The state had invoked the Absentee Property Law to seize the property, located some 50 meters from the Palestinian Parliament in Abu Dis. The primary purpose of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers Disciplined After Partying With Palestinians While In Uniform
JERUSALEM – Israel has disciplined a group of soldiers for partying with Palestinians while armed and in uniform at a nightclub in the West Bank city of Hebron, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. Israel’s Channel 2 television broadcast a film in which two helmeted soldiers, at least one armed with a rifle, were shown…
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Fast Forward ‘Disappearing Palestine’ Transit Ads Anger Jewish Federation in Vancouver
The head of the Jewish federation in Vancouver and the Canadian city’s transit agency are at odds over the legality of an anti-Israel ad campaign on buses there. The ads, which went up Tuesday, purport to show the “disappearance of Palestine due to Israeli occupation over the past 65 years.” The ads — 15 bus…
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Fast Forward Israel Readies New Push To Deport African Immigrants
Israel is preparing to start a large-scale campaign to pressure immigrants from Sudan and Eritrea to voluntarily leave the country after the September holidays, Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Wednesday. According to Sa’ar, the measure comes in the wake of a third country’s agreement to take in the immigrants or serve as a transit…
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