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Fast Forward 3 Gazan Palestinians, Including 12-Year-Old Boy, Killed In Border Clashes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three Gazan Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed during clashes at the Israel-Gaza border. Some 7,000 Palestinians gathered in several spots along the border and participated in riots including throwing rocks and burning tires and throwing pipe bombs and other incendiary devices. The boy, 12, was identified by Palestinian officials as…
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Fast Forward Ex-New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Gets 7 Years For Corruption
(JTA) — A judge sentenced Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to seven years in prison for federal corruption charges. The sentence Friday came after a verdict in May in a second trial in two years for Silver. An appellate court overturned his 2016 verdict because of faulty jury instructions. Silver, 74, who…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Israeli Soldiers Released From Prison
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Palestinian teen arrested in part for slapping and harassing Israeli soldiers standing guard in a West Bank Palestinian village, was released from prison. Ahed Tamimi, 17, and her mother, who also was jailed for incitement, were released early Sunday morning and taken by Israeli officials to the West Bank checkpoint of Jabbara,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Condemn Stanford Student Who Threatened To ‘Fight Zionists’
(JTA) — Three Jewish organizations called on Stanford University to take action against a student who threatened to “physically fight Zionists” on campus in response to a recent law passed in Israel. A statement by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the World Jewish Congress and the Lawfare Project called on the…
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Fast Forward Staten Island Man Arrested After Painting Swastika On Neighbor’s Home
(JTA) — A man who painted a swastika on a Staten Island, New York family’s home was sentenced to six months in jail and five years’ probation. James Rizzo Jr. told police at the time of his arrest in October 2017 that he knew the family was Jewish “because of the way they spoke.” He…
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Fast Forward Coast Guard Names Ship After Jewish-American Guardsman Killed In Iraq War
(JTA) — The Coast Guard named a new ship after Nathan Bruckenthal, a Jewish-American Coast Guardsman killed in the Iraq War. The fast-response cutter boat was commissioned Wednesday in Alexandria, Virginia. Bruckenthal was killed in 2004 at the age of 24. He was the first Coast Guardsman to be killed in action since the Vietnam…
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Fast Forward 3 Jewish Israelis Wounded In West Bank Terrorist Attack
(JTA) — A teenage terrorist stabbed and wounded three Israelis in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem. The assailant mounted the security fence surrounding Adam Thursday evening and stabbed two men before being shot to death by a third, who also suffered stab wounds. One of the residents, in his 50s, was in serious condition, the…
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Fast Forward ISIS Rocket Launcher Aimed At Syria Strikes Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel struck the rocket launcher in Syria used to shoot two rockets at Israel that landed in the Sea of Galilee. The area near the launcher also was targeted with artillery equipment on Wednesday night. according to the IDF. The destroyed rocket launcher and several soldiers killed in the attack were members…
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