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Fast Forward Palestinian Diplomats Tweet Call For Destruction Of Israel
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The Palestinian mission to Colombia tweeted a quote from late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. “The PLO mission in Colombia tweeted a Yasser Arafat quote: ‘Our goal is the end of Israel…We don’t want peace. We want war and victory’,” reported Israel’s Prime Minister…
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Fast Forward Israeli Defense Minister Asks Mattis To Build ‘Moderate’ Middle East Alliance
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, meeting with his counterpart, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, said it was in the best interest of both countries to forge alliances with “moderates” in the Middle East. “We are facing a lot of challenges in the Middle East, and the real division today, it’s not between…
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Fast Forward ‘Death To Jews’ Written On Door In Muslim Quarter Of Jerusalem’s Old City
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A swastika and the phrase “Death to Jews” was written on a door in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The graffiti, written in both Arabic and Hebrew, also said “Get out of Aksa,” referring to the Temple Mount, and “Hamas,” according to Israel Police. It was discovered on…
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Fast Forward Hebrew University Organizes Argentina Cannabis Conference
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Hebrew University is organizing Argentina’s first international conference on medicinal cannabis. The first International Conference on Cannabis’ Endocannabinoid and Medicinal System in Argentina´s history, will take place October 24-25 at NH Tango Porteño Hotel in Buenos Aires. In August, the Argentine government passed a law on the Medicinal Use of Cannabis and its Derivatives after…
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Fast Forward IDF Strikes Syrian Rocket Launchers After Missiles Land In Israeli Territory
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel struck three rocket launchers in Syria, damaging them, in response to five rockets from Syria landing in Israeli territory on the Golan Heights. While the rockets from Syria that struck early on Saturday morning initially were identified by the Israeli military as spillover from Syria’s long-running civil war, Israeli news reports…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Apologizes For Sermon Claiming ‘Alt-Left’ Are Jews’ Greatest Enemies
(JTA) — A rabbi at a suburban Atlanta synagogue apologized for a Rosh Hashanah sermon after congregants complained that he appeared to cast the American left as inimical to the Jews. “The great threat that we face as Americans and as Jews comes not from the ‘alt-right’ but from the alt-left,” Rabbi Shalom Lewis said…
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Fast Forward Israel Targets Syrian Army Post In Retaliatory Strike
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli airstrike hit a Syrian army post near the border in retaliation for a rocket that struck Israeli territory in the Golan Heights. The rocket that fell in Israel on Thursday afternoon is believed to be spillover from Syria’s long running civil war and did not cause any injuries or damage….
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Fast Forward Dutch Soccer Fans Mock Child Holocaust Victims
AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Soccer fans in the Netherlands used a picture of child victims of the Holocaust to taunt a rival team, in what Dutch activists against racism called a new low for anti-Semitic rhetoric in sports. The photo featuring two toddlers wearing a yellow star was widely circulated on Twitter under the hashtag #anti020week….
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