Haaretz/Barak Ravid
By Haaretz/Barak Ravid
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Fast Forward Peace Talks Could Calm Security Issues on the Ground
The renewal of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians may help improve the security situation in the West Bank, said Shin Bet security service chief Yoram Cohen on Sunday. According to two ministers present at the government meeting Sunday where the cabinet discussed the possibility of releasing 104 Palestinian prisoners ahead of negotiations, Cohen…
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Fast Forward Peace Agreement To Be Voted on by National Referendum
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet convened Sunday to vote on his decision to release of 104 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails since before the 1993 Oslo Accords. Netanyahu late Saturday began calling up Likud ministers who are leaning toward voting against the move, in an effort to convince them otherwise. “There is no alternative….
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Fast Forward Israel Set To Release 104 Palestinian Prisoners Before Peace Talks
Israeli ministers on Sunday are expected to approve the release of 104 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails since before the Oslo Accords were signed, and not 82 prisoners as was previously stated. A government official said that the number of prisoners to be released within the framework of renewed negotiations with the Palestinians…
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Fast Forward EU Likely To Call Hezbollah Military Wing Terrorist Organization
The foreign ministers of the European Union are most likely to add Hezbollah’s military wing to the body’s list of designated terror organizations when they meet on July 22, according to high-ranking Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem. The officials said Britain and the United States are pressing several EU countries that are reluctant to back…
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Fast Forward Israeli Consulate Workers Halt Almost All Services in Strike
Foreign Ministry employees heightened their 3-month old labor dispute Sunday by halting virtually all consular services abroad. The only exceptions will be emergencies, the repatriation of bodies to Israel and procedures relating to adoption and surrogacy. The employees are demanding a collective agreement and are concerned about issues such as salary erosion. They also want…
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Fast Forward Israel Threatened To Attack Assad Troops Along Syria-Israel Border
UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said at a closed emergency session of the UN Security Council on Friday night that Israel threatened to attack President Bashar Assad’s troops near the border with Syria, during clashes Thursday between rebels and the Assad regime. A senior IDF official confirmed Saturday that Israel did indeed pass that warning…
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