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Fast Forward Former Marine Who Planned Terror Attack Was Angry About Jerusalem Recognition
(JTA) — A former U.S. Marine arrested for plotting a Christmas Day terror attack in San Francisco said he was angry in part because U.S. President Donald Trump decided to “give away (Jerusalem) to the Jews,” according to the FBI. Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, of Modesto, California, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Find Small Victories In A Tax Bill They Otherwise Hate
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Most Jewish groups decried a massive tax reform package for what they said were cuts in taxes that would savage entitlements, although some groups celebrated discrete victories in portions of the massive bill. The Republican-led Senate and U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill this week, and President Donald Trump, who hungered…
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Fast Forward House Passes Bill Allowing Disaster Funds For Houses Of Worship
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that allows federal disaster relief funds to go to houses of worship. On Thursday, the House voted 251-169 to approve the bill. The vote was not strictly along party lines, although more Republicans than Democrats favored it. The Senate is considering a similar bill….
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Fast Forward Israeli Diamond Billionaire Sanctioned By U.S. Anti-Corruption Law
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Dan Gertler, an Israeli with extensive investments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is among the first people targeted for sanctions under a new U.S. anti-international corruption law. Dan Gertler is among “13 serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors,” the Treasury Department said in a release Thursday, who would be…
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Fast Forward Israel Joins US In Announcing Withdrawal From UNESCO
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the country’s foreign ministry to withdraw from UNESCO. Netanyahu made the announcement that Israel would be joining the United States in withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Sunday during the weekly Cabinet meeting. “I think that this is appropriate, given this organization’s…
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Fast Forward Jake Tapper Blasts Human Rights Violators Who Criticized Israel At U.N.
(JTA) — Jake Tapper is calling out many of the countries who rebuked President Trump and Israel at the United Nations on Thursday. After 128 countries voted to condemn Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and eventually move the U.S. embassy there, the Jewish CNN anchor let loose on “The Lead.” He sharply…
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Fast Forward Nazi Guard Says Jail Sentence Violates His ‘Right To Life’
(JTA) — A 96-year-old former Auschwitz guard who was deemed fit to serve a prison sentence has challenged his jail sentence arguing that it violates his “right to life.” Oskar Groening was convicted and sentenced in July 2015 to four years in jail for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews at the…
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Fast Forward Federal Court To Hear Jewish Groups’ Challenge To Trump Refugee Ban
(JTA) — A federal court in Seattle will hear an argument brought by Jewish groups challenging the latest Trump administration ban on refugees. One of the two challenges being heard, Jewish Family Service v. Trump, has been brought by HIAS, the Jewish immigration advocacy group, on behalf of its partners, Jewish Family Service of Seattle and Jewish…
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