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Fast Forward Catholics Warn of ‘Poison’ Atmosphere of Hate as Visit of Pope Francis Nears
Two weeks ahead of Pope Francis’s trip to the Holy Land, the Roman Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem said vandal attacks by suspected Jewish extremists “poison the atmosphere” of the papal visit. Patriarch Fouad Twal, the Church’s senior cleric in the Holy Land, described the so-called “price tag” attacks as acts of “terror” and called on…
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Fast Forward Anti-Christian Wave in Israel Worries Church as Pope Francis VIsit Nears
(Reuters) — The Roman Catholic Church in Jerusalem, preparing for a papal visit later this month, has expressed alarm over threats to Christians scrawled by suspected Jewish extremists on church property in the Holy Land. In an incident on Monday, “Death to Arabs and Christians and all those who hate Israel” was daubed in Hebrew…
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Fast Forward Teaneck Students Busted for ‘Craziest’ School Vandalism
Students in Teaneck, N.J., might have taken senior prank season a bit too far this year. At least, that’s what the police are saying. More than 60 Teaneck High School seniors were arrested overnight for breaking into their school, flipping desks, greasing doorknobs and peeing on floors. The students could potentially face criminal mischief and…
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Fast Forward Ukraine Vandals Deface Grave of Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Brother
A Holocaust memorial and the grave of the brother of the late Lubavitcher rebbe were vandalized in Ukraine, amid a string of anti-Semitic attacks in the country. The Holocaust Memorial in Sevastopol in the Crimean Peninsula was spray painted in red with a hammer and sickle and the letters USSR, and with what appeared to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Extremist Vandals Attack Christian Village
The tires of 40 cars and trucks were slashed and a hateful message was sprayed on a wall in a Christian village near Safed. The vandalism was discovered Thursday morning. It is the second attack apparently aimed at Christians in one week. The message sprayed on a wall of the Jish village read “Only goyim…
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Fast Forward Tokyo Police Make Arrest in Anne Frank Vandalism
Tokyo Metropolitan Police reportedly have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of hundreds of copies of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in city libraries. The Tokyo resident, identified in the March 12 announcement of his arrest as an “unemployed man in his 30s,” made a statement admitting to some involvement in the vandalism…
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Fast Forward Polish Cops Nab Suspected Vandal at Jewish Cemetery
Police officers in Poland arrested a man whom they said they had caught desecrating Jewish tombstones. The suspect, who was not named, was arrested last week at the Jewish cemetery of Andrychow, 30 miles southwest of Krakow, the news site Wadowice24.pl reported Tuesday. At the 18th-century burial site, he had knocked down 13 tombstones before…
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Fast Forward Israel Donates 300 Anne Frank Books to Tokyo Libraries After Vandalism
Israel’s embassy in Japan is donating 300 copies of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” to Tokyo libraries following a vandalism spree. More than 300 copies of the diary and other books about Anne Frank have been found damaged in libraries throughout the country’s capital. Police have established a task force to investigate the…
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