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Fast Forward Anthropologists Vote Overwhelmingly in Favor of BDS
The academic group representing American anthropologists voted by an overwhelming 1,040-to-138 margin on Friday night to approve a proposed boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The measure, which bans collaborations between the association and Israeli universities, will now go on to the group’s full 10,000-strong membership for an electronic vote in coming months. “By supporting the…
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Fast Forward Murder of Israeli Couple in West Bank Ambush Was Botched Kidnap Try
The four Palestinian terrorists who shot and killed the Israeli couple Eitam and Naama Henkin in a West Bank ambush originally planned to kidnap them. New information revealed in indictments served to the four attackers on Thursday describe the violent Oct. 1 incident on the Jewish settlers in detail, the Times of Israel reported. Yahia…
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Fast Forward Newly Freed Jonathan Pollard Challenges ‘Vindictive’ Parole Rules in Court
Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on Friday after 30 years in a U.S. prison, receiving a muted response from Israel’s prime minister in a case that has strained relations between the two allies. Pollard, a former civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in 1987…
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Fast Forward ADL Study Sees 30% Jump in Anti-Israel Campus Activity
The Anti-Defamation League reported a 30 percent jump in anti-Israel activity on college campuses this year. According to a report released Wednesday, over 150 “explicitly ant-Israel programs” have either taken place or are scheduled to take place on American campuses. Last year, the corresponding figure was 105. The increase follows an identical 30 percent increase…
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Fast Forward Israel Lawmakers Vow To Fight Jonathan Pollard Parole Restrictions
The head of the Israeli parliament caucus dedicated to Jonathan Pollard promised to fight restrictions on the freed spy’s movements. “Jonathan, the caucus will not cease its activity until we remove the limitations imposed on you upon your release,” lawmaker Nahman Shai wrote in a letter to Pollard on Friday, according to the Times of…
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News Ezra Schwartz Recalled for Big Heart and Love of Israel
At Camp Yavneh in the woods of New Hampshire they were known as the “Ezras” – Ezra Schwartz and Ezra Weener, close friends who shared the same height and name and spent summers together playing benign practical jokes and sharing a laugh. By last summer, the pair who had been bunkmates since they were nine-years-old…
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News Jonathan Pollard Freed After 30 Years in Prison for Spying
Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on parole in the United States on Friday after 30 years in prison, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, a case that became a serious strain in relations between the close allies. “The people of Israel welcome the release of Jonathan Pollard,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “After three…
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News American Terror Victim Was Suburban Boston Teen Studying for Year in Israel
The American killed in a West Bank shooting was a Massachusetts teenager who was studying for a year at an Israeli yeshiva. Ezra Schwartz, 18, of the Boston suburb of Sharon, was reportedly returning from visiting a memorial to the three young people kidnapped and killed in 2014 when he was ambushed near the settlement…
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