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Fast Forward Argentina Delivers Thousands Of Documents To U.S. Holocaust Museum
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — The Argentine Foreign Ministry delivered to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington a series of documents about World War II, some of them related to Nazi war criminals. The digital copies of the documents delivered are mainly letters, telegrams, newspaper articles, notes and reports, totaling almost 40,000 documents. An…
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Fast Forward Abbas Hospitalized For Exhaustion And Stress
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was hospitalized in Ramallah on Saturday for what his spokesman called a routine medical checkup. But doctors and Palestinian officials speaking anonymously on Sunday told media outlets that Abbas, 82, was hospitalized due to exhaustion and stress. Abbas is overweight and a heavy smoker, though he reportedly…
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Fast Forward North Carolina Becomes 22nd State To Enact Anti-BDS Law
(JTA) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law legislation that would bar the state from doing business with companies that boycott Israel. The bill signed by the governor on Thursday requires divestment from, and prohibits state agencies from contracting with, companies that boycott Israel. Earlier this month, the bill passed the state House of…
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Fast Forward Israel To Investigate Shooting By Embassy Guard In Jordan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Shin Bet will investigate the shooting of two Jordanian civilians by an embassy guard in what an initial investigation determined was a self defense shooting during a terror attack. During the incident, which occurred on July 23, the Israel embassy security guard, identified as Ziv, shot and killed an assailant, 17,…
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Fast Forward Blogger Jailed In Azerbaijan Asks To Be Extradited To Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli blogger who was sentenced to three years in prison in Azerbaijan for illegally entering Nagorno-Karabakh has asked to be extradited to Israel. Alexander Lapshin, who also holds Russian and Ukrainian citizenship, appealed to Israel to extradite him from Azerbaijan, Haaretz reported, citing Lapshin’s attorney. He said he did not want…
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Fast Forward Israeli Court Upholds Conviction Of Soldier Who Shot Disarmed Terrorist
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A military appeals court upheld the manslaughter conviction and 18-month prison sentence for Elor Azaria, the Israeli soldier convicted of shooting a downed Palestinian terrorist. The panel of five judges on Sunday handed down the ruling, which took more than two hours to read out. The judges rejected the defense’s arguments and…
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Fast Forward Trump Says He Will Sign New Iran/Russia Sanctions Into Law
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump said he would sign into law a new sanctions package that includes sanctions targeting Iran. Trump’s statement came late Friday evening, a day after the Senate had passed the sanctions bill targeting Russia, North Korea and Iran in a 98-2 vote. “President Donald J. Trump read early drafts of the…
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Fast Forward California Imam Apologizes For Sermon Attacking ‘Filth Of The Jews’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A California imam who accused Jews of “desecrating” the mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and seemingly called for their annihilation has apologized. “I said things that were hurtful to Jews. This was unacceptable,” Ammar Shahin of Davis, Calif., said at a press conference Friday. “I am deeply sorry for the pain I…
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