Haaretz Staff
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Fast Forward Raging bull runs through Israeli bank
The bull spent over an hour inside the compound before being captured
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Fast Forward Oz Loses Out on Nobel Prize; Honor Goes to German Novelist
Israeli writer Amos Oz may have been the hot favorite to win this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, but he lost out Thursday to German novelist Herta Muller. As winner of the award, Mueller receives a prize of 10 million Swedish kronor (about NIS 5.3 million). A win by Oz would have made him the…
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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 Israel Votes for Unilateral Cease-Fire
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Saturday night announced that Israel’s security cabinet has voted in favor of a unilateral cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, which will come into effect at 2 a.m. on Sunday. The announcement comes after three weeks of fighting in the coastal strip, as Israel launched a massive military offensive aimed at…
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Fast Forward Israel Steps Up Attacks in Gaza as Rocket Fire Escalates
Israeli security forces struck a range of targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a total of 15 Palestinians, including five children. Meanwhile, militants in Gaza continued to fire rockets at southern Israel, striking as far north as Ashkelon. The deaths come a day after IDF troops killed 12 Palestinians and…
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