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Fast Forward Why Is AIPAC Suddenly So Silent on Iran?
(Reuters) — As the United States and other powers negotiate down to the wire on a nuclear deal with Iran, one voice has been unusually quiet – the main pro-Israel lobby in Washington. Israel deeply distrusts the attempt to reach a deal at talks in Vienna that would lift harsh international sanctions on Iran in…
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Fast Forward Israel Rejects Europe Appeal To Spare Terrorists Homes
Israel has rejected an appeal by the five biggest members of the European Union not to raze the homes of Palestinians who carried out lethal attacks in Jerusalem, saying on Friday that the tactic was designed to deter further violence. Israel’s Haaretz newspaper said the Foreign Ministry heard arguments from the German, French, British, Italian…
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Fast Forward 11 Families of American Terrorist Victims Can Sue P.A. for $1 Billion, Court Ruled
A civil lawsuit filed by 11 families of American terrorist victims against the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Liberation Organization can go to trial, a federal court ruled. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Thursday that there was sufficient evidence to present to a jury concerning the involvement of the…
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Opinion VIDEO: What’s More Offensive — ISIS Or Israel?
What do American students hate more: ISIS or Israel? Media personality Ami Horowitz took to the University of California, Berkeley campus to find out — by way of a strange experiment. Hint: It involves flags. The students’ vitriolic reaction to the Israeli flag, as compared to the ISIS flag, is striking. A few caveats, though: First,…
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Fast Forward Shipment of Tasers and Swords Headed for E. Jerusalem Marked ‘Christmas Decorations’
A shipment of knives, swords, fireworks and Tasers bound for eastern Jerusalem was intercepted by Israel Police. Police seized the two containers of weapons last week addressed to residents of the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, which has a large population of Christian Arabs. They were labeled as Christmas decorations; the weapons were hidden…
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News Pro-Israel Presbyterians Push Back on Divestment
A Presbyterian group took out a full-page ad in The New York Times calling on fellow church members to oppose divestment from Israel. “Presbyterians: We can do better than divestment,” read the headline on the ad signed by scores of Presbyterian clergy and laypeople under the rubric of the group Presbyterians for a Just and…
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News Princeton Jewish Community Split Over Hillel Stand on Divestment
When 60 tenured professors called on Princeton University’s trustees to divest the school from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, campus Hillel leaders did what might seem natural: They promoted a student counter-petition strongly defending Israel. But now, Princeton Hillel is facing public criticism from a surprising source: some students from…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker Ties Synagogue Terror Attack to Temple Mount
A British baroness and former lawmaker is under fire for a Twitter post that tied the terror attack in a Jerusalem synagogue to Israel’s policies on the Temple Mount. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi tweeted Tuesday in the hours after the attack: “Israeli extremists storm Al Aksa & intimidate worshipers, Palestinian extremists storm synagogue & kill 4…
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