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Israel News Rising Chorus Backs Israeli Annexation of West Bank
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been conspicuously silent during the election campaign regarding his plans for the Israeli-occupied West Bank. But some of his close associates have been very open about theirs. Despite their reputation as two of Netanyahu’s favorites in the Likud party, Yuli Edelstein, a Cabinet minister, and Ze’ev Elkin, chairman of…
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Fast Forward Ed Koch Hospitalized With Fluid in Lungs
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch was reportedly hospitalized late Saturday night, and tests showed that he had fluid in his lungs, according to a spokesman. Koch, 88, has now been hospitalized three times with various ailments. Koch, who served three terms, was suffering from swollen ankles and did not feel well Saturday afternoon, the…
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Fast Forward Latin Jews Meet in ‘Troubled’ Venezuela
The Latin American Jewish Congress is holding its plenary meeting in Venezuela “to strengthen the link with a community that has difficulties,” according to the organization’s executive director. World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder is scheduled to attend the regional meeting in the Venezuelan capital, which begins Sunday, Latin American Jewish Congress Executive Director Claudio…
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Fast Forward Barbara Walters Injured in Fall
Veteran journalist Barbara Walters was admitted to a Washington. D.C., hospital over the weekend after she fell and cut her head at the British ambassador’s residence, a spokesman for the ABC television network said on Sunday. Jeffrey Schneider, a senior vice president with ABC News, said Walters fell on the stairs on Saturday evening while…
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Fast Forward Right Winger Faces Israel Vote Ban Over Mosque Jibe
An Israeli panel weighed a request on Sunday to disqualify a candidate of a powerful far-right party from running in a Jan. 22 election for alluding in a speech to the possibility of seeing one of Islam’s holiest shrines in Jerusalem “blown up.” The controversy is over a United States-born parliamentary nominee with the pro-settler…
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Fast Forward Snowball Attack on Jews Lands Palestinians in Jail
Nine Palestinians from eastern Jerusalem have been arrested in connection with a violent snowball attack against two haredi Orthodox men. Six Palestinian youths were arrested Sunday, following the arrest last week of three others. The suspects are being held under house arrest, under orders of the Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court, Haaretz reported. The two haredi Orthodox…
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Fast Forward Hungary ‘Jewish List’ Pol Speaks on ‘Zionist Threat’
A lawmaker from Hungary’s Jobbik Party who recently called for listing Jews as a “security risk” reportedly is planning a lecture tour about the “Zionist threat.” The lecture tour by Marton Gyongyosi is set to begin this year, Jobbik said in a statement. Gyongyosi drew passionate condemnations in Hungary and abroad when he said during…
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News Pope Tweets in Latin
Pope Benedict tweeted in Latin for the first time on Sunday, taking his mission to revive the Catholic Church’s official language to a very 21st-century medium. “Unitati christifidelium integre studentes quid iubet Dominus? Orare semper, iustitiam factitare, amare probitatem, humiles Secum ambulare,” the pontiff wrote. Baffled? So were many Twitter users. “Benny, nobody understands a…
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