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Fast Forward Israel Sues Terrorist’s Widow, Children To Compensate Victims’ Families
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has filed a civil lawsuit against the wife and children of a Palestinian terrorist to recover the cost of his attack in Jerusalem. The District Prosecutor’s Office in Jerusalem filed the lawsuit last month over the attack from last January, the first in a number of lawsuits expected to be filed…
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Fast Forward ADL: Trump CNN Wrestling Video Uploader Has Anti-Semitic Background
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The anonymous Reddit user who is claiming responsibility for the altered video depicting President Trump bodyslamming someone with CNN superimposed over his head has a history of racism, anti-Semitism and incitement to violence, according to the Anti-Defamation League. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in a one-sentence email to a JTA request for a response to…
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Fast Forward Qatar Bans ‘Wonder Woman’ Because Lead Actress Is Israeli
(JTA) — Qatar has become the third country to ban the screening of the movie “Wonder Woman” because lead actress Gal Gadot is Israeli. The film had been scheduled to premiere in Qatar on Thursday, and was being promoted by local theater chains VOX Cinemas Qatar and Novo Cinemas. But in the days before its…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Banner Found In N.J. Town, Site Of Orthodox Welfare Fraud Arrests
(JTA) — A banner with an anti-Semitic slur and fliers left on cars in a New Jersey township are related to the arrest of several area Haredi Orthodox couples for welfare fraud. The incidents occurred over the weekend in Lakewood, N.J., where at least seven Haredi couples in recent days were arrested for underreporting their…
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Fast Forward Court Bans Teen From Israeli National Cricket Team Because She’s A Girl
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli teen cannot play with the national cricket team in the Maccabiah Games, an Israeli court ruled. Naomi Eytan, 14, has been playing all season on the Israeli national under-19 cricket team. She is the only girl on the team, which the Tel Aviv District Court ruled Sunday is male-only. The…
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Fast Forward Belgium Region Approves Ban On Ritual Slaughter
(JTA) — The parliament in the Belgian region of Flanders unanimously passed a resolution last week banning ritual slaughter without stunning. The decision will go into effect beginning in 2019. The resolution follows a similar decision approved in May by the Walloon Parliament in southern Belgium, Belgium’s largest region, which is home to just a…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Graffiti Spray-Painted On Mass. Harbor Wall
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic and other offensive graffiti were spray-painted on a wall near the harbor in Marblehead, Mass. A kayaker called local police on Friday evening after seeing the graffiti from the water. The graffiti included a Star of David and the letters IDF in circles with lines drawn through them, and the phrases “Bernie…
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Fast Forward United Church Of Christ Condemns Israel For Treatment Of Palestinian Children
(JTA) — The United Church of Christ overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning Israel for its treatment of Palestinian children. The vote Sunday night by delegates at the 31st General Synod of the United Church of Christ in Baltimore was 79 percent in favor, 13 percent against and 9 percent abstaining, according to a statement issued…
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