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Jerry Seinfeld Says 'Free Palestine' Advocates Worse Than KKK: Report Jerry Seinfeld Says 'Free Palestine' Advocates Worse Than KKK: Report
Jerry Seinfeld Says 'Free Palestine' Advocates Worse Than KKK: Report Comedian Jerry Seinfeld compared the "Free Palestine" movement to the Ku Klux Klan, claiming that the slogan is a form of antisemitism. Seinfeld made the comments at Duke University on Tuesday, Sept. 9, the Duke Chronicle student newspaper reported. The unpublicized event was for Omer Shem Tov, a former Israeli hostage abducted during the Hamas-led attack at the Nova music festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The 71-year-old implied that pro-Palestinian advocates are antisemitic. “Free Palestine is, to me, just — you're free to say you don't like Jews. Just say you don't…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Caterpillar Dumped By World's Largest Sovereign Fund Over Israeli Military Ties Caterpillar Dumped By World's Largest Sovereign Fund Over Israeli Military Ties
Caterpillar Dumped By World's Largest Sovereign Fund Over Israeli Military Ties The world's largest sovereign wealth fund has dropped construction equipment company Caterpillar over Israel's military campaign in Gaza, which many groups are calling a "genocide." Norway's Government Pension Fund Global announced it was divesting from Caterpillar and five Israeli banks on Monday, Aug. 25. The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has more than $1.7 trillion in assets, according to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute. The fund's Council on Ethics said that Caterpillar bulldozers have aided Israel in "the widespread unlawful destruction of Palestinian property." "There is n…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Men Disguised As Workers Stole $40K In Equipment From Philly Construction Site: Cops Men Disguised As Workers Stole $40K In Equipment From Philly Construction Site: Cops
Men Disguised As Workers Stole $40K In Equipment From Philly Construction Site: Cops Two men dressed in high-visibility vests when they showed up at a Philadelphia construction site after hours and stole more than $40,000 worth of equipment, authorities say.  The pair pulled up to the site at 3838 Pechin Street in Wissahickon just before 5 a.m. last Friday, Feb. 9, Philly police said.  In surveillance footage released by the department, investigators say the two are seen wearing orange vests as they steal two Caterpillar skid-steering loaders and drive them onto the back of their flatbed truck.  The men also grabbed two spools of copper before getting back i…

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by Mac Bullock