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Fast Forward Reporter at Center of Anat Kamm Affair Returns To Israel
Haaretz reporter Uri Blau returned to Israel on Sunday for the first time since a former Israel Defense Forces soldier was indicted for passing on to him classified documents allegedly taken from the army. The former soldier, Anat Kamm, stands accused of collecting some 2,000 highly classified and top-secret documents during her military service as…
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Fast Forward Carter: Hamas Eager To Renew Talks for Shalit’s Release
Former American President Jimmy Carter said Thursday that Hamas was interested in renewing negotiations for a prisoner swap deal in exchange for captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit. ?They let us know? they are very eager to proceed,? Carter told reporters in East Jerusalem several days after meeting Hamas officials in Syria. Top Hamas…
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Fast Forward Israel Extends Invitation to Chilean Miners
Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov on Monday extended an official invitation to the 33 Chilean miners who were rescued last week to experience a “spiritual journey” this Christmas in the Holy Land. The men, who were trapped underground for 68 days in a mine in Chile, are invited to Israel with their spouses for a week-long,…
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Fast Forward Livni Says Loyalty Oath, Approved Sunday, Is ‘Politics at Its Worst’
Leader of the opposition and Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni condemned on Sunday the cabinet’s approval of a controversial amendment to the Citizenship Law requiring non-Jews seeking citizenship to pledge allegiance to Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. “What we have seen today is politics at its worst. The sensitive issue of Israel’s existence as…
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The Schmooze Jewish CEO Named No. 2 Most Powerful Woman in the World
Crossposted from Haaretz Irene Rosenfeld, CEO and Chairman of Kraft Foods Inc., was named by Forbes magazine the second most powerful woman in the world for 2010, one place after First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and one place ahead of media mogul Oprah Winfrey. Rosenfeld, 57, was born to a Jewish family…
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The Schmooze Rahm Emanuel’s Parting Gift From the White House: A Dead Fish
Crossposted from Haaretz Rahm Emanuel, who resigned as the White House chief of staff on Friday in order to run for mayor of Chicago, received an unusual parting gift. During a staff meeting in the White House’s Roosevelt Room on Friday morning, Council of Economic Advisers chair Austan Goolsbee handed Emanuel a dead Asian carp…
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The Schmooze Jewish Group Lashes Out at Pink Floyd Star’s ‘Anti-Semitic’ Imagery
Crossposted from Haaretz The Anti-Defamation League has lashed out at rock star Roger Waters, claiming imagery used in his latest tour is anti-Semitic. Waters is a vocal critic of Israel’s policies and his 2010-2011 “The Wall Live” Tour takes aim at Israel’s West Bank security fence. During his performances of “Goodbye Blue Sky,” an animated…
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Fast Forward Abbas: If Settlement Freeze Ends, So Too Will Peace Talks
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said Monday that he would not continue “a single day” of direct peace negotiations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Israel refused to extend its construction freeze in West Bank settlements after it expires next week, AFP reported. Abbas told AFP that “the negotiations will continue as long as the settlement…
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