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Fast Forward Sharansky: Paris Supermarket Attack May Boost Immigration to Israel
The slaying of four Jews at a Paris kosher market may cause a substantial increase in the number of Jews who will immigrate to Israel this year, Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said. Sharansky arrived in Paris Sunday along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The three are in France…
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News Jewish Leaders Join Massive Paris March To Honor Attack Victims
Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen joined hundreds of thousands of French citizens marching in Paris amid high security in an unprecedented tribute to victims of this week’s Islamist militant attacks. President Francois Hollande and leaders from Germany, Italy, Israel, Turkey, Britain and the Palestinian territories among others, moved off from the…
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Fast Forward Paris Kosher Supermarket Victims Will Be Buried in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acceded on Sunday to the request of the families of the victims of the terrorist attack at the Jewish supermarket in Paris and instructed all relevant government officials to assist in bringing them for burial in Israel. The funerals are tentatively scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 13, according…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Holds Out Israeli Haven for French Jews
(Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coupled a show of solidarity with France on Sunday with a reminder to shaken French Jews that Israel is keen to welcome them as immigrants. Netanyahu and two far-right members of his cabinet flew to Paris on Sunday to join dozens of foreign leaders and hundreds of thousands of…
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Fast Forward Anti-Israel Firebrand Arrested at Code Pink Dick Cheney Torture Demonstration
Two protesters were arrested at the McLean, Virginia, home of former Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday after 20 demonstrators, some in orange prison jumpsuits, walked onto his property to mark the 14th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay prison. The protesters from the anti-war group Code Pink walked up to the house before…
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News Hamas Condemns Charlie Hebdo Terror — Silent on Kosher Grocery Killings
(Reuters) — Hamas on Saturday issued a condemnation of the terrorist attacks carried out by Islamist gunmen in France this week, saying there was no “justification for killing innocents.” The Palestinian Islamist faction, which is designated as a terror organization by most Western countries, apparently did not specifically mention the siege at a kosher grocery store,…
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Fast Forward Amsterdam Pro-Israel Rally Scrapped Over Terror Worries
Citing security concerns, organizers of a pro-Israel rally in Amsterdam postponed the event indefinitely after meeting with police and city officials. The rally, which was announced last month as scheduled to take place on January 11, was “postponed because of the current situation in Paris and in coordination with the police, the municipality and security,”…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Los Angeles Consulate Accused of Mismanagement and Harassment
The Israeli Foreign ministry is investigating sexual harassment charges at its Los Angeles consulate. According to a report by the Israeli news site Ynet, an internal report by the ministry looked into claims that a staffer sexually harassed a colleague. When threated with dismissal, the alleged harasser, an HIV-positive U.S. citizen, threatened to sue the…
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