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Fast Forward BBC Accused Of Covering Up Palestinian Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — The BBC is being accused of covering up Palestinian anti-Semitism after it mistranslated in subtitles the word for “Jew” to “Israeli” several times in one documentary. The film “One Day in Gaza,” about last year’s Gaza border protests against the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, aired Monday night on the BBC…
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Fast Forward Spending On West Bank Settlements Has Risen Sharply Since Trump Took Office
JERUSALEM (JTA) — There has been a marked increase in spending on West Bank settlements since President Donald Trump took office. New Israeli figures obtained in a freedom of information request by The Associated Press show a 39 percent increase in 2017 spending on roads, schools and public buildings across the West Bank, according to…
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Fast Forward Israeli Spyware Infected Cellphones Via WhatsApp: Reports
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Spyware reported to have been developed by an Israeli cyber company was used to infect targeted mobile phones through a vulnerability in the popular WhatsApp messaging program. Among those reportedly targeted were journalists, lawyers and human rights activists. It also reportedly was found on the phone of a close friend of murdered…
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Fast Forward Anthony Weiner Released From Halfway House: ‘It’s Good To Be Out’
(JTA) — Anthony Weiner, the former New York congressman sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for sexting with a 15-year-old girl, was released from a New York City halfway house. Weiner completed his sentence and left the halfway house where he had spent the past three months in a federal reentry program, on Tuesday morning,…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Official Hanan Ashrawi Says U.S. Turned Down Her Visa Request
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Hanan Ashrawi, the longtime Palestinian spokeswoman and commentator, said the Trump administration turned down her request for a visa to visit her family. “No reason given,” Ashrawi said Monday on Twitter. “Choose any of the following: I’m over 70 and a grandmother; I’ve been an activist for Palestine since the late 1960s;…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic, Racist Graffiti Painted On Virginia High School
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic and racist graffiti including swastikas were painted on a high school in eastern Virginia. The graffiti were discovered at Godwin High School in Henrico County on Sunday morning, according to local media. The graffiti included an image which “depicted a violent threat” along with the date May 15, which is marked in…
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Fast Forward Bar Refaeli Owes Israel $2.25 Million In Back Taxes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli court ordered supermodel Bar Refaeli to pay about $2.25 million in back taxes. The verdict in the Central District Court in Lod was handed down last month but the full ruling was published on Sunday, the Kan national broadcaster reported. Refaeli also was ordered to pay about $33,700 in court costs….
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Fast Forward Israel Approves $840 Million Plan For Expansion At Ben Gurion Airport
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Travelers will have dozens of additional check-in counters and more parking under an $840 million expansion plan for Ben Gurion Airport. Israel’s Transportation Ministry approved the plan for the international arrivals and departures terminal to feature an additional 90 check-in counters, four more luggage conveyor belts, an expanded duty-free area, a larger border control…
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