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Fast Forward Trump Adviser Reportedly Meets Senior Israeli Officials in Jerusalem
David Friedman, an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, visited Jerusalem and met with senior officials from the Prime Minister’s Office. According to a report in Haaretz, a senior government official told the newspaper that Friedman had sought the meeting and that to maintain balance, an adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had traveled…
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Fast Forward Jewish Lawmaker in Britain Threatens to Quit Labour Over Anti-Semitism Issue
Parry Mitchell, a Jewish member of Britain’s House of Lords, said he will resign if Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected as Labour Party leader. Writing Tuesday in The Times of London, Mitchell said a report which found that anti-Semitism is not endemic in Britain’s Labour Party was an “insipid whitewash” and vowed to leave the party…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Cousin Aims To Beat a Trump To Become NYC’s Next Mayor
Jon Kushner, cousin to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, has serious plans to run for mayor of New York in 2017 — along with Donald Trump, Jr., he is now the second member of Trump’s extended family to express interest in the position. “He wants to be mayor. It’s his dream. It’s a fantasy of his,”…
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Life Eric Trump: Ivanka Is Too ‘Strong’ to Experience Sexual Harassment
To hear Donald Trump’s son Eric tell it, his sister Ivanka is too “strong” and “powerful” to ever be affected by sexual harassment. The declaration comes at the heels of Donald Trump telling Kirsten Powers, a columnist at USA Today, that his Jewish daughter Ivanka would be able to find another job or career if…
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Fast Forward ‘Jewarchy!’ The Rallying Cry of Man Running for Governor of Washington
David Blomstrom, one of eleven candidates for governor of Washington, has made educating the world about “Jewarchy” a central goal of his campaign. The former wildlife biologist wrote in a campaign primer distributed by the State of Washington that “Merely adding [Jewarchy] to your vocabulary makes my campaign a success.” “If you’re bothered by the…
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Fast Forward Republican Jewish Coalition Ad Brands Democrats ‘Anti-Israel’
NEW YORK — An ad from the Republican Jewish Coalition accuses the Democratic Party of being “stridently anti-Israel,” featuring a string of attendees at last week’s Democratic convention criticizing Israel. Released Friday and titled “This Isn’t the Old Democrat Party Anymore,” the ad claims that “anti-Israel Democrats are on full display at the Democratic Convention in…
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Fast Forward Shimon Peres Claims Trump’s Foreign Policy Proposals Would Be ‘A Very Great Mistake’
Israel’s former president Shimon Peres said carrying out Donald Trump’s isolationist foreign policy vision would be “a very great mistake.” In an interview with Bloomberg.com , Peres — who is 93 and served in numerous roles in Israel’s government since its founding in 1948 — did not refer to the Republican presidential nominee by name….
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Fast Forward Defiant Debbie Wasserman Schultz Accuses Donald Trump of Treason
Addressing her resignation as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee for the first time, Debbie Wasserman Schultz accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of treason. Referring to Trump’s request Tuesday that Russia uncover emails deleted by Hillary Clinton, Wasserman Schultz said Thursday the statement was “treasonous, it’s seditious, it’s unacceptable.” Trump made the comment after…
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