Aiden Pink is the Deputy News Editor for the Forward. Contact him at pink@forward.com or on Twitter, @aidenpink.
Aiden Pink
By Aiden Pink
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Fast Forward Norwegian Newspaper Cartoon Compares Circumcision To Child Sex Abuse
A cartoon in one of Norway’s largest newspapers compared circumcision to pedophilia amid a debate in that country over whether to ban the religious practice. The cartoon, published Tuesday in Dagbladet, depicts a disheveled man talking to Jewish and Muslim protesters holding signs reading “Yes to circumcision” and “Freedom of religion.” The man responds, “I…
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Fast Forward Report: Trump’s Russia Intel Disclosure Risks Life Of Israeli Spy Within ISIS
President Trump’s decision to share highly classified intelligence about an ISIS plot with Russian officials last week endangered the life of an Israeli spy embedded within the terror organization, ABC News reported Tuesday. The information, which was provided by Israel to U.S. intelligence, was about an ISIS plan to blow up an airplane with a…
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Israel News EXPLAINED: Why The Trump White House Won’t Say The Western Wall Is In Israel
Both White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster refused to clearly answer questions on Tuesday about whether they thought the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites, is in Israel. This seems like a simple question, especially for employees of a president who has promised to improve ties with the…
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Fast Forward Israel Was Source Of Intelligence That Trump Gave To Russians: Report
The highly classified information about an ISIS terror plot that President Trump shared with Russian officials in the White House last week was originally provided by Israel, The New York Times reported Tuesday. A current and a former American official, who both requested to remain anonymous, told the Times that Israel had previously urged the…
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Fast Forward Trump’s National Security Advisor Refuses To Say Western Wall Is In Israel
President Trump’s National Security Advisor twice refused to say whether the Western Wall is part of Israel when questioned at a press conference on Tuesday. Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who was mostly being questioned about reports that President Trump had shared classified information with Russian officials in the Oval Office, also outlined the president’s itinerary…
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Fast Forward WOW Air Announces $149 Flights To Israel
The Icelandic low-cost airline WOW Air announced Monday that it will soon be offering flights from the United States to Israel for as low as $149. The budget carrier will fly between Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv and multiple locations in North America beginning September 12, WOW CEO Skuli Mogensen said in Israel. One-way…
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Fast Forward Synagogue Fire Video Shows Three People Running Near It
Surveillance video shows three young people running away from the area near Beth Hamedrash Hagodol synagogue around the time that the historic Manhattan building caught fire on Sunday night. In the footage, “We see kids running from the area — we don’t know if they were inside, we don’t know if they were responsible for…
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Israel News Shouting Match Erupts After Trump Official Says Western Wall Is ‘Not Your Territory’
Planning for President Trump’s upcoming trip to Israel descended into chaos Monday when a U.S. official reportedly told Israeli counterparts that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could not accompany the president on his visit to the Western Wall. The American official suggested that the holy site is “not your territory. It’s part of the West Bank,”…
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