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Fast Forward Citing Shabbat, CUNY Graduate Students Delay Boycott Israel Vote
A student group at the City University of New York postponed a vote on a boycott resolution of Israel because it would have taken place on the Jewish Sabbath. About 100 people attended the meeting of the Doctoral Students’ Council on Friday evening and debated the “Resolution for the Endorsement of Boycott of Israeli Academic…
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Fast Forward IDF, Fellow Reservists Condemn Refusal Letter
A letter in which dozens of Israeli intelligence corps reservists vowed to stop collecting information on Palestinians was condemned by the Israel Defense Forces. IDF Spokesperson’s Unit head Brig. Gen. Moti Almoz in a statement issued Sunday called the letter an “exploitation of military service in order to express a political position. We see the…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Caught Trying To Infiltrate Israel From Gaza
A Palestinian man was caught trying to infiltrate Israel from Gaza. The man was caught by an Israel Defense Forces patrol after being seen from above, according to Israeli media reports. He attempted to enter Israel near Kibbutz Kissufim, which is near central Gaza. He was carrying a knife. The man was detained and taken…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Calls ISIS, Hamas ‘Branches of Same Poisonous Tree’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called ISIS and Hamas “branches of the same poisonous tree” after the former group released a video showing the beheading of a British aid worker. The terror group on Saturday released a video showing the apparent murder of David Haines, who was kidnapped in Syria in March of last year…
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Israel News De-hired Professor Steven Salaita Is a University’s Worst Nightmare
As both sides dig in their heels, an end to the crisis that has been rattling the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign over the hiring and subsequent de-hiring of a Palestinian American professor seems further away than ever. Steven G. Salaita, whose job offer was rescinded after he posted vitriolic anti-Israel tweets during the recent…
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Israel News Living in Exile, Sayed Kashua Hits Telluride
The Telluride Film Festival occupies a privileged space in the landscape of contemporary international cinema. Nestled in a picturesque ski town, tastefully programmed, free of stalkers and paparazzi, it’s a filmmaker’s heaven, a place where A-listers walk unmolested down the town’s one main street, and where at any given moment one might find oneself in…
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Fast Forward City University of New York Graduate Students To Vote on BDS
A student group at the City University of New York is set to discuss and vote on a proposed resolution calling for a boycott of Israel. The university’s Doctoral Students’ Council advertised the proposed resolution earlier this month ahead of a meeting scheduled for the evening of Sept. 12. “The DSC hereby endorses the boycott…
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Fast Forward Belfast Mayor Urged to Restore Chaim Herzog Plaque Taken Down This Summer
Several hundred residents of Belfast signed a petition asking their mayor to display a plaque honoring former Israeli president Chaim Herzog that was taken down this summer due to vandalism. The monument on Cliftonpark Avenue, unveiled in the Northern Ireland city in 1998, was removed in August after repeated attempts to damage it. Expressing shock…
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