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Fast Forward Prince William Touches Down In Israel For Historic Visit
Prince William began the first official visit by a British royal to Israel and the Palestinian Territories on Monday, facing the challenge of navigating deep political and religious divides in a Holy Land once ruled by Britain. William, a 36-year-old grandson of Queen Elizabeth and second in line to the throne, will see religious sites,…
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Fast Forward British Paper Apologizes For Op-Ed Blaming ‘Israel’s Crimes’ For Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — A far-left British newspaper that regularly features articles by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized for running an op-ed linking rising anti-Semitism to “Israel’s crimes.” On Wednesday, The Morning Star pulled offline an article titled “Rising Anti-Semitism Cannot be Tackled without Addressing Israel’s Crimes.” “This article has been removed from the website as…
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Fast Forward Prince William Irks Israel With ‘Occupied’ East Jerusalem Itinerary
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jerusalem Affairs Minister Zeev Elkin has called on the staff of Britain’s Prince William to correct the itinerary for his upcoming official visit to Israel. Elkin is angry because the Prince’s schedule lists Jerusalem as being in the “Occupied Palestinian Territories.” “United Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years…
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Fast Forward Prince William To Visit Jerusalem, Tel Aviv And Ramallah On Historic Visit
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prince William will meet with Israeli officials and see sites in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during the first-ever official visit by a member of the British royal family to Israel. The prince, who will visit the region later this month, also will visit Ramallah in the West Bank and meet there with Palestinian…
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Fast Forward British Blogger Who Sang About Holocaust Denial Convicted
(JTA) — A British blogger who posted songs on YouTube denying the Holocaust was convicted in London of sending “offensive, indecent or menacing messages.” Alison Chabloz, 54, was convicted by a Westminster Magistrates’ Court judge Friday for writing, performing and disseminating three songs about Nazi persecution, including one about the young diarist Anne Frank. Chabloz,…
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Fast Forward British Muslims Denounce Anti-Semitism In Ad
(JTA) — Muslim leaders took out a full-page ad in a major British newspaper condemning anti-Semitism. “We understand that many in our country empathize with the Palestinians and their right to a sovereign state,” said the ad Thursday in the Telegraph, a national broadsheet. “However, we must be ever vigilant against those who cynically use…
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The Schmooze Is Meghan Markle Now Prince Harry’s Jew-ish Princess?
Jewish and black girls have been mocked for their hair, their bodies and their other-ness. But they might be about to get a heroine at Buckingham Palace. ROYAL WEDDING UPDATE!! They tied the knot! It’s a real-life fairy tale for everyone who has been feeling like a pre-ball Cinderella in the Trump era: Prince Harry,…
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Fast Forward British Labour Party Loses Jewish London District After 40 Years
(JTA) — Following unprecedented protests by British Jews against a major political movement, the country’s Labour party lost in local elections a heavily-Jewish area of London that it had held for decades. Labour, whose leadership many British Jews believe is ignoring or encouraging the proliferation of anti-Semitism in its ranks, failed in Thursday’s elections to…
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