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Fast Forward Who Are the Female Prisoners Released for Shalit Tape?
Israel on Wednesday released the list of 20 female prisoners released in exchange for a current sign of life from abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit.The list does not include any prisoners with blood on their hands and all those on the list were set for release within less than two years. 1) Ayat…
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Fast Forward Report: Mel Gibson Wants Antisemitic Rant Off His Record
Actor-director Mel Gibson, who enraged Jews around the world in 2006 when he launched into an anti-Semitic tirade after stopped by police for driving under the influence, reportedly plans to ask the court to expunge the DUI from his record. According to the celebrity Web site TMZ.com, the actor’s lawyer will appeal to the court…
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Fast Forward Report: Shmuley Boteach, Uri Geller on Michael Jackson’s ‘Enemy List’
Michael Jackson kept an “enemy list” which included famed Israeli illusionist Uri Geller and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the renowned U.S. broadcaster, as revealed this week by the star’s former manager Dieter Wiesner. The alleged list contained names of people who Jackson believed were out to destroy his life, as Wiesner told British tabloid ‘The Sun’…
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Fast Forward Israel Challenges Findings of U.N. Report on Gaza War
Israel has opened an international campaign to protest a United Nations report, which ruled it committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity during its offensive on the Gaza Strip earlier this year. The report, compiled by a commission headed by former war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone, accuses both Israel and the Palestinians of actions…
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Fast Forward Israel Declares Defacto ‘Hold’ on Settlements
Israel has quietly stopped approving new building projects in the West Bank while publicly still refusing U.S. demands for an official settlement freeze, government officials said last Tuesday. President Barack Obama responded this week by characterizing the decision as “movement in the right direction.” The decision to temporarily shelve new construction was made jointly by…
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Fast Forward Hamas Leader Ready To Accept Palestinian State Based on ’67 Borders
Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshal says the Islamic militant group is ready to accept a Palestinian state based on the 1967 lines, according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Friday. “We along with other Palestinian factions in consensus agreed upon accepting a Palestinian state on the 1967 lines,” Meshal told the Wall…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Group Threatens ‘Brüno’ Star Over Tricky Tactics
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of the ruling Fatah movement in the West Bank, is threatening a “suitable” response to its inclusion in Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy, “Bruno.” According to World Net Daily, the controversy erupted after a member of the group, Ayman Abu Aita, was interviewed in the film by Cohen’s…
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Fast Forward Formula One Chief Implicates Jews in the Banking Crisis
When Formula One mogul Bernie Eccleston was forced to apologize for making remarks about Hitler’s ability to “get things done,” the 78-year-old billionaire proceeded to accuse the Jews of contributing to the world’s banking crisis, British daily the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. Last weekend, in an interview with London’s The Times, Ecclestone made several remarks…
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