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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Protestors Prevent Israeli Ship From Unloading in California
Pro-Palestinian protesters prevented an Israeli cargo ship from unloading at a California port for two straight days. The protesters gathered Sunday at the Port of Oakland to stop a ship from Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Israel’s international maritime cargo company, from docking and unloading. The protest is under the auspices of the Block the Boat…
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Fast Forward Train Service in Southern Israel Suspended Over Security Fears
Train services between Ashkelon and Sderot in southern Israel have been halted due to security reasons. The cessation of services on the train line which runs near the border with Gaza came Sunday night, a day before the end of a five-day ceasefire with terrorists in Gaza. The halt to service on the line, “until…
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Fast Forward British Supermarket Branch Removes Kosher Items Over Fear of Anti-Israel Protests
A branch of a popular British supermarket chain removed kosher items from its shelves over fears of attacks by anti-Israel protesters. The Sainsbury’s branch in Holborn in central London emptied its kosher section on Saturday as anti-Israel protesters demonstrated outside of the store, the Guardian reported on Sunday. The protest occurred at the same time…
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Fast Forward Israel Defense Forces Destroys Homes Of Palestinians Suspected of Killing Teens
Israeli troops on Monday demolished the homes of two Palestinians it suspects of the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank in June, the army said. The homes of Hussam Kawasme and Amar Abu Aysha were destroyed before dawn and the house of a third suspect, Marwan Kawasme, was sealed…
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Fast Forward Former Haredi Girls’ School Principal Arrested For Sex Abuse in Israel
The former principal of a haredi-Orthodox girls’ school in Melbourne is facing extradition from Israel to Australia on claims she sexually abused some of her students. Malka Leifer, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel, was arrested Sunday, officials said. The mother of eight ran the Adass Israel girls’ school from 2001 to…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Protest Jailing of Yeshiva Student for Evading Draft
At least six protesters were arrested and a police officer was wounded in demonstrations protesting the arrest of a yeshiva student for ignoring a draft notice. The demonstrations took place Sunday in Jerusalem and other cities with large haredi Orthodox populations, including Bnei Brak, Modiin Illit and Beit Shemesh. The hundreds of protesters blocked busy…
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Opinion Board Member Quits LGBT Synagogue Over Gaza
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah’s Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum / WN Claiming “Hamas propaganda” has infected the pulpit, a director of the nation’s largest LGBT synagogue resigned in an angry e-mail this week, igniting a firestorm on social media. But the rabbi of New York’s Congregation Beth Simchat Torah is calling the resignation letter “a twisted perversion…
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Opinion Where Is Bibi’s ‘Mazel Tov’ for Mahmoud and Morel?
Mahmoud Mansour and Morel Malka on their wedding day, August 17, 2014 / Haaretz (Haaretz) — To disrupt a wedding celebration and spoil the joy of two young people joining their lives together, one needs a very good reason. Racism clearly does not qualify. There’s an easy way for even the most tribal and anti-assimilationist Jew…
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