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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot Dead in Clash With Army
The incident took place in the village of Yatta during arrests carried out by soldiers belonging to the Kfir infantry brigade. A Palestinian man stabbed one of the soldiers in the neck, moderately injuring him. The soldier managed to shot and kill his assailant. Two other Palestinians were wounded in the incident, one seriously and…
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Fast Forward Most Israelis Against Solo Attack on Iran: Poll
Most Israelis believe that if the United States does not attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, Israel must no try to do so alone, according to a Haaretz poll. The Haaretz-Dialog poll, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Camil Fuchs of Tel Aviv University on Sunday and Monday during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, also…
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Fast Forward Kadima Party Fading in Israeli Polls
If elections were held today, the Kadima party under Shaul Mofaz would capture more Knesset seats than under current chief Tzipi Livni, a survey shows. The centrist party would garner only 10 seats under Livni and 12 under Mofaz, according to the Haaretz-Dialog poll conducted under the supervision of Prof. Camil Fuchs of Tel Aviv…
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Fast Forward Israel Slashes Help for Ethiopian Immigrants
Israel’s Immigrant Absorption Ministry will cut NIS 5.5 million from its budget for integrating Ethiopian immigrants this year, while the funds for immigrants from other countries will be cut by only hundreds of thousands of shekels at most. The Knesset Finance Committee approved the proposal Tuesday. The cuts were part of across-the-board cuts the Finance…
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Fast Forward Zuckerberg ‘Likes’ Peres in Silicon Valley
President Shimon Peres was hosted as the guest of honor on Tuesday at the Facebook headquarters in Silicon Valley, for the celebratory launch of his international Facebook page, together with the founder of the social network, Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg was expected to be the first Facebook user to press ‘like’ on Peres’ page, from his…
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Fast Forward Tzipi Named to Newsweek List of Powerful Women
Opposition leader Tzipi Livni was named one of “150 women who shake the world,” by Newsweek magazine on Monday. Livni, the only Israeli woman in the list, was honored along with another “150 fearless women” from all over the world, ranging from U.S. singer Lady Gaga and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to the…
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Fast Forward No Decision Yet on Attacking Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear to President Barak Obama during their meeting at the White House on Monday that Israel has not made any decision on attacking Iran to stop its nuclear program. Sources who were briefed on the meeting afterward said Obama and Netanyahu agreed to increase their coordination on Iran….
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Welcomes Obama’s Speech to AIPAC
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is scheduled to meet Monday with President Barack Obama at the White House, welcomed the American president’s speech Sunday at the AIPAC conference in Washington, saying that he appreciated more than anyone Obama’s statement on Israel’s right to defend itself by itself against any threat. Speaking before a meeting with…
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