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Fast Forward U.N. releases blacklist of 112 companies with ties to West Bank settlements
The UN human rights office released Wednesday a long-anticipated report which names companies with ties to Israeli West Bank settlements. Full list of companies below. The Office of the HCHR said it has reasonable grounds to believe that 112 business entities have ties to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, 94 based in Israel, and…
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Fast Forward 80-Year-Old Rabbi: Settlers Attacked Me For Helping Palestinians
Jewish settlers physically assaulted Rabbis for Human Rights activists on Wednesday morning near the Palestinian village of Burin in the northern West Bank, the human rights organization said. The activists said they had arrived at the village to assist Palestinian farmers to harvest their olive trees and that masked assailants attacked them with iron polls,…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Hundreds Of Jewish Teens Riot, Attack Palestinians In Jerusalem
Hundreds of Orthodox Jewish teens rioted on Wednesday overnight in central Jerusalem, attacking Palestinians that drove by them and vandalizing their vehicle. Seven were arrested by police on suspicion of causing property damage. Azmi Dari, who lives in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Isawiyah, told Haaretz that he was attacked at about 5 A.M. by…
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Israel News Netanyahu Promises To Annex West Bank Settlements If Re-Elected
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would extend Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea if reelected. Speaking to the press a week before the election, Netanyahu also said that the Trump administration’s peace plan, which he said would be released days after the election, would provide a “historic…
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Fast Forward White House Mideast Peace Envoy Jason Greenblatt Resigns
Jason Greenblatt, President Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East and a key figure in the administration’s work on an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, has announced his resignation. The White House announced Thursday that Greenblatt will leave his post in the coming weeks, after working on the Middle East issue for over two years. According to…
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Fast Forward AOC: I Was ‘Very Excited’ To Plan Israel Trip Until Omar, Tlaib Were Banned
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “actively very excited” to pursue a trip to Israel and the West Bank before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu barred entry to two of her fellow congresswomen earlier this month, she told Haaretz on Thursday at a Bronx town hall meeting. “I think it’s a critically important experience to be able to…
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Fast Forward Evangelical Church Postpones Pro-Israel Event After Israeli Diplomats Attend Pride
An evangelical church near Miami postponed a pro-Israel event after the Israeli consul general in Miami participated in a rally supporting the LGBT community. The incident, which took place at the beginning of May, highlights the delicate balance that Israeli diplomats need to maintain as they appeal to polarized constituencies in the United States. In…
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Breaking News Tlaib, Under Fire for Holocaust Remarks, Hits Back at ‘Vile Attacks’
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib shot back at critics who slammed her for her description of the Palestinians’ relationship to the Holocaust, tweeting Sunday that “policing my words, twisting [and] turning them to ignite vile attacks on me will not work.” Tlaib had originally said she “loves the fact” that her “Palestinian ancestors” were part of an…
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