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Israel News Was Ancient Stone Toilet Placed in Biblical Shrine To Destroy It?
A stone toilet discovered at an archaeological site in Israel was probably used to defile a shrine, archaeologists said. The shrine and the toilet were discovered by archaeologists at the Israel Antiquities Authority in an ongoing excavation of Tel Lachish National Park. Tel Lachish is believed to be the site of an ancient biblical city,…
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Fast Forward Italy Soccer Team Gets $30K Fine for Fascist Salutes at Israel Match
– The international soccer governing body FIFA slapped a more than $30,000 fine on Italy’s national soccer team for the anti-Semitic behavior of some of its fans at a match in Haifa. FIFA fined the Italian team 30,000 Swiss Francs, or about $31,000, for the “improper and discriminatory” behavior of team Italy fans who gave the fascist…
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Fast Forward Ronald Lauder Quizzed by Police in Benjamin Netanyahu Corruption Probe
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder was questioned by Israeli police last week in connection to the fraud probe into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The police’s anti-fraud unit summoned Lauder while he was in Israel for Shimon Peres’ funeral and questioned him about various aspects of the fraud case. The development was first reported by…
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Fast Forward Jewish Man Arrested for Questioning Israeli ‘State-Sponsored Terrorism’ at Kansas City Library
A Jewish questioner was arrested after asking Middle East expert Dennis Ross a pointed question about what he called Israeli and U.S. “state-sponsored terrorism” at a lecture at a Kansas City library. Jeremy Rothe-Kushel was charged with trespassing and resisting arrest after he challenged Ross to explain why the U.S. continues to support Israel at…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Comes Under Fire for Mourning ‘Hated’ Shimon Peres
The presence of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the funeral of Shimon Peres on Friday — the only Arab head of state to attend — has highlighted internal divisions within the Palestinian camp, evoking ambivalence from supporters and indignation from political foes. Abbas was subjected to harsh criticism across much of the Arab world…
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Fast Forward Under Jerusalem Sun, Allies and Bitter Rivals Mourn Peacemaker Shimon Peres
Israeli and Palestinian leaders shook hands during a brief chat and U.S. President Barack Obama gently reminded them of the “unfinished business of peace” at the funeral Friday of Shimon Peres, the last of a generation of Israel’s founding fathers. But there was no indication that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s rare visit to Jerusalem and…
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Fast Forward Rights Groups Demand Probe of Palestinian-American Teen’s Killing
— Fifteen human rights and religious organizations called on President Barack Obama to investigate the killing of a Palestinian-American teenager by Israeli soldiers earlier this year. In the letter sent Wednesday to Obama, the groups also asked the president to demand that Israel release evidence related to its investigation of the death of 16-year-old Mahmoud Shaalan. Shaalan was shot in…
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Community Why Anti-Zionists Who Say They Aren’t Anti-Semitic Usually Are
Many responses to my recent articles have boiled down to variations of the classic claim: “I’m not anti-Semitic, just anti-Zionist.” Here’s why most people who say that are kidding themselves. To some extent, I am cautious about conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Zionism is the revolutionary movement that asserts a Jewish right to statehood, self-determination, self-defense,…
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