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Fast Forward Toxic Spill Spreads 12-Mile Trail Of Destruction In Israeli Desert
Toxic wastewater that surged through a dry riverbed in southern Israel at the weekend left a wake of ecological destruction more than 12 miles long. The flood began last Friday when the 60 meter (yard) high wall of a reservoir at a phosphate factory partially collapsed, letting loose 100,000 cubic meters (26.4 million gallons) of…
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Fast Forward Israel Sues Terrorist’s Widow, Children To Compensate Victims’ Families
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has filed a civil lawsuit against the wife and children of a Palestinian terrorist to recover the cost of his attack in Jerusalem. The District Prosecutor’s Office in Jerusalem filed the lawsuit last month over the attack from last January, the first in a number of lawsuits expected to be filed…
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Fast Forward Reform Jews Would Convert Illegal Migrants, Israeli Interior Minister Suggests
Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri suggested on Monday that opponents of a controversial recent conversion bill, which would prohibit all private conversions, are motivated by a desire to convert illegal African immigrants and promote intermarriage. The Times of Israel reported that at the weekly meeting of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, Deri attacked Israeli Reform leader…
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Fast Forward Court Bans Teen From Israeli National Cricket Team Because She’s A Girl
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli teen cannot play with the national cricket team in the Maccabiah Games, an Israeli court ruled. Naomi Eytan, 14, has been playing all season on the Israeli national under-19 cricket team. She is the only girl on the team, which the Tel Aviv District Court ruled Sunday is male-only. The…
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Fast Forward U.S. Amb. Friedman Meets With J Street, Which He Once Called ‘Worse Than Kapos’
United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman met with a delegation organized by the left-wing organization J Street on Monday, despite having previously called the dovish group “worse than kapos” — the Jews who assisted the Nazis during the Holocaust. The delegation included seven Democratic congressmen and J Street’s senior leadership. Friedman had vowed at…
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Fast Forward Britney Spears Mobbed At Western Wall Ahead Of Tel Aviv Concert
JERUSALEM (JTA) – American pop icon Britney Spears was mobbed by fans during a visit to the Western Wall. Spears arrived in Israel Sunday, ahead of her concert scheduled for Monday evening at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv. It is her first visit to Israel. Excited fans mobbed Spears, including jumping on her, during her…
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Fast Forward Jewish Philanthropist May ‘Suspend’ Aid To Israel Over Diaspora Controversies
A leading philanthropist for Israeli and American Jewish causes announced early Sunday that he will no longer fund Israeli projects in protest of the country’s recent decisions regarding the Western Wall and the status of non-Orthodox conversions. He then clarified later that day that he was only considering “suspending” his philanthropy. Florida real estate magnate…
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Fast Forward Former Israeli PM Olmert Leaves Prison, Requests Lifting Of Parole Restrictions
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert left prison on early release and then submitted a request to have his parole restrictions completely removed. Olmert left prison early Sunday morning after serving 16 months of a 27-month sentence. The prison parole board on Thursday granted him early release for good behavior. Later Sunday…
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