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Fast Forward ADL Blames Trump Election And Campaign For 86% Spike In Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitic incidents, from bomb threats and cemetery desecration to assaults and bullying, have surged in the United States since the election of President Donald Trump, and a “heightened political atmosphere” played a role in the rise, the Anti-Defamation League said on Monday. A sharp increase in the harassment of American Jews, including double the incidents…
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Fast Forward Marine Le Pen Makes French Run-Off — Mainstream Leaders Rally Around Macron
The elimination of the two mainstream French parties from the first round of presidential elections on Sunday showed the deep malaise of French society, a member of centrist Emmanuel Macron’s campaign said on Sunday. Macron, a pro-European Union ex-banker and economy minister who founded his own party only a year ago, was projected to get…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Says Budget Deal Doable — If Trump Stays Out Of It
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday he believes lawmakers could reach a short-term U.S. budget deal by Friday if President Donald Trump did not meddle in their talks with “poison pill” demands like funding for a border wall. “I am hopeful that we can get a budget done,” Schumer said at a news…
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Fast Forward Trumpeting ‘Unbreakable’ Ties, Germany Still Presses Israel On Palestinian Statehood
Deep and “unbreakable” ties between Germany and Israel are part of Germany’s national identity and pillars of its foreign policy, but Berlin will continue to press for a two-state solution, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday. “With respect to the Middle East conflict, our solidarity with Israel also means working to ensure that Israel…
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Fast Forward Israeli Attack Kills 3 Syrian Pro-Government Soldiers
An Israeli attack against a military base for the Syrian pro-government National Defence Forces in southern Syria killed three NDF members on Sunday, the NDF militia and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitoring group, said it remained unclear if the source of the bombardment in Quneitra province…
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Fast Forward Jews Criticize Pope Francis For ‘Concentration Camp’ Remark
Pope Francis urged governments to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had become “concentration camps” — a reference that Jewish groups criticized. During a visit to a Rome basilica, where he met migrants, Francis told of his trip to a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos last year. He met…
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Fast Forward EU Executive To Meet Soros Amid Spat With Hungary Over University
The head of the European Union’s executive arm will meet U.S. financier George Soros next Thursday, a spokeswoman said, as part of consultations on a new Hungarian law that has threatened to force the closure of a university that Soros funds. The Central European University is at the heart of the latest dispute between Hungary…
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Breaking News Police Officer Killed, Two Wounded In Paris Shooting
A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in a shooting in central Paris on Thursday night before the gunman himself was killed by officers, police and the Interior Ministry said. The Islamic State group claimed the shooting via its Amaq news agency, naming the attacker as Abu Yousif the Belgian. President…
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