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By Haaretz Correspondent
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Fast Forward Voter Turnout Proves Heavier Than Expected
Some 65 percent of eligible Israeli voters cast their ballots in the state’s general elections on Tuesday. This was approximately 2.5 percent higher than the number of votes gathered by the same time during the last elections in 2006. Early voter turnout was heavier than expected, standing at 41.9 percent of the electorate by 4…
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Fast Forward Mubarak: Hamas To Blame for Arab Casualties
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak voiced harsh criticism against Hamas on Wednesday, accusing the Islamist Palestinian movement of being responsible for the shedding of Arab blood. “How long will Arab blood continue to be spilled, only to hear those who admit to miscalculating the scope and scale of Israel’s response?” Mubarak asked in a speech marking…
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Fast Forward Following Rocket Attack, Israel Bombs Gaza Tunnels
An Israel Air Force aircraft bombed smuggling tunnels connecting Gaza with Egypt on Tuesday after a rocket launched from the Islamist Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip struck the southern port city of Ashkelon, Gaza residents and Hamas officials said. One Israeli plane also fired a missile into a training position of the armed wing of Hamas in…
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Fast Forward President Obama Prioritizes Middle East Peace
President Barack Obama pledged on Monday that his new Middle East envoy George Mitchell would engage “vigorously and consistently” in the quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace and would seek concrete results. “The cause of peace in the Middle East is important to the United States and our national interests. It’s important to me personally,” Obama, who…
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Fast Forward Israel Begins Gaza Withdrawal
The Israel Defense Forces began a partial withdrawal of ground troops from the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, hours after ending a three-week offensive on the Hamas-ruled coastal territory. The move also came shortly after Gaza’s Hamas rulers announced a one-week cease-fire, despite continuing rocket fire on southern Israel. The IDF would not say how…
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Fast Forward Human Rights Groups Warn of Gaza Health System Collapse
Nine human rights organizations joined forces on Wednesday to call for emergency humanitarian relief for the population of the Gaza Strip. Using the umbrella name “Clear and Present Danger,” the group claims that the number of Palestinians killed during Operation Cast Lead has reached 1,000 and the number of wounded has reached 5,000. The group…
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Fast Forward Months of Planning and Public Deception Preceded Gaza Strikes
Long-term preparation, careful gathering of information, secret discussions, operational deception and the misleading of the public — all these stood behind the Israel Defense Forces “Cast Lead” operation against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, which began Saturday morning. The disinformation effort, according to defense officials, took Hamas by surprise and served to significantly increase…
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Fast Forward Calling It Quits, Olmert Opts Out of Kadima Primary
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that he has decided not to contend in the Kadima primary election and would resign as soon as the new party leader was chosen, due to the criminal investigations that have embroiled him in recent months. “I have decided I won’t run in the Kadima movement primaries, nor do…
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