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Breaking News Prince Charles Blamed ‘Foreign Jews’ For Mideast Conflict In 1986 Letter
A newly unearthed letter revealed that Prince Charles of the United Kingdom once blamed the Middle East’s problems on the “influx of foreign Jews” to Israel during the 20th century. The letter, written to a South African friend in 1986 and unearthed from a public archive by the Mail on Sunday newspaper, also urged the…
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Fast Forward Elderly Jewish Woman Attacked In London; Assailant Yelled ‘Jew’ In Polish
(JTA) — A 70-year-old Jewish woman was hospitalized with a concussion after being attacked by an assailant who called her “Zyd,” Polish for “Jew.” The male attacker smashed her head into a brick wall while shouting “Zyd” during the attack on Saturday afternoon in London’s Stamford Hill neighborhood, which has a large Orthodox Jewish population,…
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Fast Forward British Secretary Of State Resigns Over Secret Meetings With Israeli Officials
(JTA) — A government minister in the United Kingdom resigned over secret meetings she had in Israel with government officials while on a family vacation there. Priti Patel, a lawmaker with the ruling Conservative Party, stepped down Wednesday after being called back earlier in the day from an official trip to Africa. In August, she…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Student Almost Misses His Wedding Over British Immigration Snafu
(JTA) — British immigration officers detained for three days a haredi Orthodox citizen of Israel and the United States who arrived in the United Kingdom to marry a citizen of that country. Yosef Goldenberg of Los Angeles, who is studying in Israel, arrived Thursday at London’s Heathrow Airport carrying his American passport en route to his wedding Monday in…
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Fast Forward UK’s Holocaust Memorial Will Be Designed By Firm Behind Smithsonian Black History Museum
London’s Holocaust memorial will be designed by David Adjaye, who designed the recently inaugurated National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., the Guardian reported. Adjaye’s firm was picked from a shortlist of ten renowned international firms, including Zaha Hadid Architects and Norman Foster. “[W]e wanted to create a living place, not…
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Fast Forward Cocaine Kingpin Wins Damages Over Kosher Prison Food — Then Loses It In Clawback
A jailed drug dealer won nearly $6,000 from the British government after being denied kosher food in prison — only to see the government take back the money as it tries to claw back his ill-gotten profits. Frederick Colverson was convicted of conspiring to supply class A drugs and sentenced to 25 years in prison…
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Fast Forward 5 Things About The Neo-Nazi Who Came Out As A Gay Jew
A prominent British white supremacist, Kevin Wilshaw, made waves Tuesday when he renounced his past affiliations and admitted that he was a gay man of Jewish ancestry. Here are five things you need to know about Wilshaw: 1. He was an active white supremacist for 40 years. Wilshaw, 58, told Channel 4 that he had…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Quits Movement After Revealing He’s Gay — And Part Jewish
A prominent British white supremacist has announced that he is renouncing his extremism and is coming out of the closet as a gay man with Jewish ancestry. Kevin Wilshaw was a leader of the National Front group in the 1980s, frequently spoke at nationalist rallies and was arrested for making racist online statements as recently…
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