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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders slammed for not attending AIPAC
Different American Jewish organizations are turning to Twitter to criticize presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for declining to attend AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual conference. Sanders announced Sunday that he would skip the conference, saying he is “concerned about the platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights.”…
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Fast Forward U.N. releases blacklist of 112 companies with ties to West Bank settlements
The UN human rights office released Wednesday a long-anticipated report which names companies with ties to Israeli West Bank settlements. Full list of companies below. The Office of the HCHR said it has reasonable grounds to believe that 112 business entities have ties to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, 94 based in Israel, and…
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Fast Forward Orthodox mother of 5 from Israel, New Jersey wins Miami half-marathon
(JTA) — A haredi Orthodox mother of five won the half-marathon at the 18th annual Life Time Miami Marathon and Half Marathon event. Beatie Deutsch, 30, finished in a time of 1:16:4 to win in the women’s category on Sunday, the Miami Herald reported. It was Deutsch’s first race in the United States. She is…
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Fast Forward Elite soldier from San Diego was among 12 injured in Jerusalem car-ramming attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — One of the 12 soldiers injured in the car-ramming attack in Jerusalem last week is a “lone soldier” from San Diego. Ori Hamond was in Jerusalem with other soldiers for an early-morning swearing-in ceremony to the elite Golani Brigade when the attack took place early Thursday morning next to the popular First…
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Fast Forward ‘Christian Birthright’ brings thousands of college students to Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — As evening descended on Jerusalem one Friday last month, 1,000 students gathered at the Western Wall for the traditional prayers to welcome the Jewish Sabbath. They joined the throngs who dance and sing at the holiest site in Judaism as Shabbat begins. When it was over, they repaired to the homes of…
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Fast Forward Arab League unanimously rejects Trump peace plan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Arab League, meeting in an emergency session in Cairo, unanimously voted to reject President Donald Trump’s plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, calling it “unfair.” Arab foreign ministers voted on a resolution Saturday saying the plan, which Trump unveiled Tuesday at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “does not satisfy…
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Fast Forward Here’s what Jared Kushner read to prepare for his Israeli-Palestinian peace deal
After President Trump unveiled his Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on Monday, White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, one of the key architects of the plan, went on Sky News Arabia to defend his bona fides. “I’ve been studying this now for three years,” he said. “I’ve read 25 books on it, I’ve spoken to every leader…
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Fast Forward Putin Pardons Israeli-American backpacker who was sentenced to prison
(JTA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned Naama Issachar, an Israeli-American backpacker who was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for drug smuggling. The Russian news agency Interfax News reported Wednesday that Putin had issued the pardon. Issachar, 26, had been returning from India to Israel by way of Moscow in April last year…
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