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Fast Forward Abbas Calls U.S. Ambassador To Israel ‘Son Of A Dog’
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday criticized U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman for his support of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, calling the envoy a “son of a dog.” Friedman is a strong supporter of Israel’s settler movement, and was an early and enthusiastic advocate of President…
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Fast Forward Israeli Mayor Cancels Speech In Poland After Being Censored Under Holocaust Law
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli mayor canceled his participation in a ceremony with the mayor of the Polish town of Radomsko after the speech he was to deliver to Israeli high school students was censored by local authorities. Eli Dukorsky, mayor of the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Bialik, refused to deliver the censored speech…
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Fast Forward Israeli Father Of Four Dies Of Wounds From Jerusalem Stabbing Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The Israeli civilian stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist in the Old City of Jerusalem died of his wounds. He was named as Adiel Kolman, a 32-year-old father of four from the West Bank settlement of Kochav Hashachar. While Kolman was a civilian security guard by profession, he was not armed and not…
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Fast Forward French Consulate Employee Used Diplomatic Car To Smuggle Hamas Weapons
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A driver for the French Consulate in eastern Jerusalem used a car with diplomatic plates to smuggle weapons from Hamas in Gaza to the West Bank. The driver, French national Romain Franck, and his Palestinian security guard were arrested for the smuggling last month, the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, announced…
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Fast Forward Settlements, Pro-Orthodox Policies Threaten Israel’s Existence, Lauder Writes
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Openly breaking with Benjamin Netanyahu, Ronald Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, said current Israeli government policies threaten Israel’s democratic character and even its existence. Lauder, in an Op-Ed on Monday in the New York Times, also pressed hard for a two-state solution, significant because the cosmetics billionaire has the…
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Fast Forward South African Students Create Palestinian Anne Frank For Israel Apartheid Week
Doctored images depicting Holocaust victim Anne Frank dressed in a Palestinian keffiyeh circulated around a South African university on Wednesday. The picture was designed as part of the Palestinian Solidarity Committee at Witwatersrand University’s annual “Israel Apartheid Week.” “This is a flyer that draws attention to the fact that the same racism, hardship and oppression…
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Food Sodastream Attempts A Re-Brand, Focusing On Coexistence
Back in the intemperate days of 2014, swearing your allegiance to or against DIY sparkling water company Sodastream was an excellent litmus test designed to measure where you stood when it came to the challenges of Israel and Palestinian co-existence. 74 Palestinians were fired when the company closed their West Bank plant due to global…
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Fast Forward Israeli Bill Would Punish Foreign Jews Who Refuse To Divorce Their Wives
(JTA) — The Knesset passed in a first reading draft legislation that would expose to legal action in Israel Jewish non-citizens who refuse to grant their wives a divorce. Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, on Wednesday celebrated as “extremely significant” the Knesset’s passing last week in a first reading of an…
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