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Fast Forward Michael Oren Slams New York Times For ‘Journalistic Terrorism’ Over Palestinian Op-Ed
Michael Oren, an Israeli parliamentarian and former ambassador to the United States, said that the New York Times had committed a “journalistic terrorist attack” in publishing an op-ed by imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti. In an interview on Monday on Israel’s Army Radio, Oren said that the New York Times should be “held accountable” if…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Netanyahu Makes Fun Of His Changing Hair Color
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made fun of his changing hair color in a Passover greeting from the Galilee this week. Appearing in front of a valley in northern Israel with his wife, Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister commented on his verdant surroundings. “Everything is green, a bit brown,” he said, “and I’m not talking…
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Fast Forward How A Wedding Ring Led To Capture Of Infamous Auschwitz Commander
Seventy years ago yesterday, Auschwitz commander Rudolf Franz Höss was hanged near the crematorium where he oversaw the murder of millions of Jews. A few days earlier, he had sent his wedding ring back to his wife, telling her that she should go by her maiden name from then on, in order to disassociate herself…
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Israel News Why Are Israelis Suing To Go To Egypt On Passover?
On the Passover holiday, Jews commemorate the exodus from Egypt. But this Passover, two Israeli Jews are suing their government to go there. Two Israeli Jews petitioned the High Court to go to Egypt over the Passover holiday after Israeli authorities closed the Sinai crossing in an unusual step over security concerns. On Sunday the…
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Fast Forward Slain British Woman Gave Her Seat To A Woman With A Baby
The British student killed by a Palestinian assailant on the Jerusalem light rail had just given up her seat so that a woman holding a baby could sit down, according to a report on Israel’s Channel 2 news. Hannah Bladon, 20, had just moved to the exit door of the train so that the woman…
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Opinion Could Temple Mount Feud Unleash Netanyahu’s Worst Crisis Ever?
Passover came early to Jerusalem this year when a group of Jewish religious nationalists gathered in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 6 for a live re-enactment of the original, biblical holiday ritual: sacrificing a lamb. Hundreds gathered in the Jewish Quarter to watch barefoot, white-robed priests slaughter, skin and roast a lamb on…
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Fast Forward Activists Use Passover To Criticize Israel At Canadian University
Palestinian activists at Canada’s Concordia University are facing charges of cultural appropriation after organizing a “Passover Against Apartheid” event that included a discussion about an anti-Zionist revision to the holiday’s traditional “next year in Jerusalem” blessing. “This is more than Israel bashing. It’s an antisemitic slap in the face to every Jew and I think…
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Fast Forward Trump Rabbi Marvin Hier Receiving Government Honor On Israel’s Independence Day
(JTA) — Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is slated to become the first non-Israeli to light a torch during Israel’s main Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem. Hier, who in January delivered a prayer during the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Washington D.C., is one of three individuals selected for the honor…
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