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News British Woman, 20, Killed In Stabbing Attack In Jerusalem
A 20-year-old British woman was killed during a knife attack allegedly perpetrated by a Palestinian in Jerusalem. The woman was taken to hospital in critical condition following the incident Friday aboard the city’s light rail, Israel Radio reported. She was stabbed by a 57-year-old man from the Ras al Amud neighborhood in the city’s east,…
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Fast Forward The Lawyer Who Beat Rupert Murdoch Is Now Taking On Nazis
Mark Lewis pulls no punches when fighting back against Nazis on social media. The 52-year-old partner at Seddons’ law firm in London has built a reputation of a harsh combatant against anti-Semitism and a strong defender of Israel. In a Times of Israel profile, Lewis is described as “UK’s foremost libel” specialist. A celebrity lawyer…
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Fast Forward Shia LaBeouf Movie Sells Only 3 Tickets In Britain
Add to Shia LaBeouf’s woes a box office flop. After a dismal performance in the United States, his new thriller “Man Down” managed to sell only one ticket during its first weekend screening in the United Kingdom. Reuters reported two more moviegoers scooped tickets, raising the grand total to 3. Shown at prestigious film festivals…
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Fast Forward British Jews Slam Labour Party For Not Booting Ken Livingstone
(JTA) — Jewish groups decried a decision by the Labour Party to temporarily suspend Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London, rather than expel him over comments deemed anti-Semitic. Livingstone, 71, was suspended for a year from his party on Tuesday for an April 2016 interview with BBC radio in which he said, “Let’s remember when Hitler won his election…
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Opinion Labour Pain: Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn Sides With Ken Livingstone Over Jewish Voters
There have been few occasions over the past three decades when a battle between Britain’s Labour party and the country’s Jewish community has not featured the name of Ken Livingstone. If the former London mayor was not at the center of the argument, he soon made sure to insert himself into it. Today, Labour decided…
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Fast Forward Most Jewish British Students Say They Have Been Targeted
(JTA) — Two-thirds of Jewish British university students believe they have been targeted due to their religion and more than a quarter worry about being the victim of an anti-Semitic attack, a new study found. Twenty-six percent of Jewish university students told a survey conducted by the National Union of Students that they were either…
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Fast Forward Ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone Pushes Back On Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — Ahead of a British Labour Party disciplinary hearing, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has defended himself against accusations of anti-Semitism. He also denied saying that Hitler was a Zionist, but said that he just claimed that Nazi policy “had the effect of supporting” Zionism. Livingstone on Tuesday posted a 17-page summary of the…
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Fast Forward Israel, British Jewry Offer Condolences In Wake Of Deadly London Attacks
(JTA) — At least two civilians and a police officer were killed in a car-ramming and knife attack outside the houses of Parliament in London. British authorities are calling the attack a “terrorist incident” as they continue to investigate the motive in the Wednesday afternoon attack. More than 20 are reported injured, some seriously. The…
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