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Fast Forward Israel’s Supreme Court Upholds Deportation Of Human Rights Watch Director
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the local director of Human Rights Watch, who was ordered deported over his involvement in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Omar Shakir on Tuesday was ordered to leave the country within 20 days. Shakir was ordered expelled from the country a year ago. The…
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Fast Forward Biden: Putting Conditions On Aid To Israel Is ‘Absolutely Outrageous’
(JTA) — Presidential candidate Joe Biden says it would be a “gigantic mistake” to condition aid to Israel on stopping settlement expansion. The former vice president told a Wall Street Journal reporter it would be “absolutely outrageous” for the United States to take that approach — a position that puts him at odds with his…
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News Afghanistan’s Last Jews Were Freed From Prison Because They Were So Annoying
(JTA) — As the old saying sort of goes, two Jews, three opinions. Add one headache for the Taliban. Meet Zabulon Simentov, 66, who is believed to be the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan. Emran Feroz recently profiled Simentov for Foreign Policy and uncovered some incredible stories about the feisty Afghan — including that the…
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Fast Forward 70-Year-Old German Man Beaten In Anti-Semitic Attack
BERLIN (JTA) – A 70-year-old man was beaten in Berlin in what news reports have described as an anti-Semitic incident. The victim suffered wounds to his head and chin in the Monday afternoon attack, which started with a verbal assault featuring anti-Semitic insults. He lost his balance and fell while trying to defend himself. The…
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Fast Forward U. Of Illinois Student Government Resolution: Anti-Zionism Isn’t Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — The University of Illinois student government passed a resolution that distinguishes anti-Semitism from anti-Zionism. The resolution, which passed in a 29-4 vote, criticizes Chancellor Robert Jones for having said a presentation to dorm advisers on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was anti-Semitic. Many pro-Israel and Jewish students who were critical of the…
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Fast Forward Belgium’s First Female Prime Minister Is Jewish
(JTA) — Sophie Wilmes is the first woman and the first Jewish person to become the prime minister of Belgium. Wilmes, a mother of four from the Brussels region, replaced Charles Michel on Sunday in the top post. The centrist politician will head a caretaker government during negotiations on the formation of a coalition, which…
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Fast Forward Seattle Holocaust Center Vandalized With White Supremacist Graffiti
(JTA) — The Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle was vandalized with what it said was white supremacist graffiti. The graffiti was discovered on Wednesday, the center said in a letter released the following day. The spray-painted graffiti, described as “obscure white supremacist symbols,” was discovered as a teachers seminar was taking place, the center…
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Fast Forward Belgian Parade’s Antisemitic Float Was Only Accidentally Racist, Government Says
(JTA) — The Belgian state’s watchdog on racism has come out with its verdict on a parade float from earlier this year that was slammed as anti-Semitic: It was anti-Semitic, but its creators were not intentionally racist. The report released Thursday by the Inter-Federal Equal Opportunities Center, or UNIA, recommends clearing the Aalst float creators of…
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