Barak Ravid and Natasha Mozgovaya (Haaretz)
By Barak Ravid and Natasha Mozgovaya (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Bibi Asks U.S. To Free Convicted Spy Pollard
The Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama requesting the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard for humanitarian reasons. Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 on charges of spying on the U.S. for Israel. He is incarcerated at a federal jail in North Carolina. Former U.S….
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Fast Forward Renewed Settlement Freeze Talks Reach Dead End
Negotiations between Israel and the U.S. government regarding Israel’s renewal of a moratorium on West Bank settlement construction in exchange for an American letter of guarantees have failed, according to a senior Israeli official. The official said that the Obama administration and the Israeli government will announce Tuesday that the talks between the two countries…
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Fast Forward Bibi, Responding to Clinton, Says Israel Has Proved Commitment to Peace
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday that Israel had proved its commitment to peace before both in words and actions, after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Jerusalem to do more to prove it was serious about the Middle East process. “The State of Israel appreciates and respects the warm words said by…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Security Cabinet Votes for Partial Settlement Freeze
The security cabinet voted Wednesday to impose a partial 10-month freeze on construction in West Bank settlements, which will not apply to East Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday. He said the partial freeze was a bid to restart stalled peace talks with the Palestinians. The construction of 3,000 new housing units in the…
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