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Fast Forward Trump Administration Sanctions Five Iranian Companies Over Missile Work
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration sanctioned five Iranian entities for facilitating the country’s ballistic missile program. All five are “owned or controlled by Iran’s Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group,” said a statement Thursday by the Treasury Department, which, the statement said, is already sanctioned because it “is responsible for the development and production of Iran’s…
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Fast Forward Uganda Denies It Agreed To Take Israel’s Deported African Migrants
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Uganda has denied that it agreed to a deal to accept what could amount to thousands of African migrants that will be deported from Israel. On Thursday, the African nation’s foreign minister told the French news agency AFP that there is no agreement with Israel, despite reports the previous day that Uganda…
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Fast Forward No, Chelsea Clinton Did Not Just Compare Her Jewish Husband To A Satanist
(JTA) — Chelsea Clinton on Wednesday afternoon reproached a Twitter commenter who accused her of being a Satanist by proudly proclaiming that she is married to … a Jew. We’ll spare you the details, but the former First Daughter had been bantering with various celebs when someone brought up the Church of Satan, which does…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teen Believed To Be Armed Shot And Killed During West Bank Rioting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian teen believed to be carrying a gun was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers at a violent protest in the West Bank. The Israeli military said the teen was among some 30 Palestinian throwing rocks at Israeli troops on Wednesday afternoon in the village of Deir Nidham. Soldiers opened fire…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Boss Of Daily Stormer Has Jewish Relatives — On Both Sides Of Family
(JTA) — The mother of a neo-Nazi who co-runs the white supremacist website Daily Stormer and said Jewish children “deserve to die” has Jewish relatives on both sides of his family. Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer’s mother, Alyse, confirmed to Newsweek magazine in an article published Wednesday that her son comes from a “large, mixed race family”…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Lego Tower Breaks World Record To Honor Child Who Died Of Cancer
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Lego tower built in Tel Aviv is poised to set a new world record. The 118-foot tower was built from more than half a million Lego bricks donated by residents of Tel Aviv, in memory of a young cancer victim. Construction of the tower next to the Tel Aviv City Hall…
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Fast Forward Gal Gadot, Harvey Weinstein Among Top 10 Most Mispronounced Words For 2017
(JTA) — The names Gal Gadot and Harvey Weinstein were among the top 10 mispronounced words of 2017, according to Babbel Magazine. Gadot, who played Wonder Woman in the film by the same name and in “Justice League,” was fifth on the list put out by the magazine associated with the online language learning company….
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Fast Forward Knesset Passes Bill Making It Harder To Cede Parts Of Jerusalem In Peace Deal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli lawmakers approved a bill that would make it harder to cede parts of Jerusalem in a future peace deal. The legislation, an amendment to Israel’s Basic Law on Jerusalem, requires a vote by an absolute majority in the Knesset — 80 members of the 120 in the body — to give…
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