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Fast Forward Jerusalem Dodges Rare Snowstorm
The Golan Heights and Mount Meron were covered in white on Saturday as Israelis flocked to the northern part of the country to witness the heavy snowfall. In the Golan Heights, numerous intersections have been blocked for traffic due to the snow. The director of tourism for Kibbutz Merom Golan, Shefi Mor, said that there…
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Culture No Lines in Sand for Eli Valley
When New York satirist and cartoonist Eli Valley heard about the Israeli anti-Semitic cartoon contest six years ago, he sent in the following cartoon: a grotesque Jew with two penises simultaneously sodomizing a Muslim woman and a Christian woman who are crying out to Allah and Jesus to save them. With one hand the Jew…
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Fast Forward Times Reporter Dies of Asthma in Syria
“I don’t think there’s any story worth dying for,” the New York Time’s Anthony Shadid told Mother Jones magazine in an interview last month, “but I do think there are stories worth taking risks for.” Of a journey he took last summer to Syria, he said “that was probably one of the greatest risks I’ve…
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Fast Forward Iran and Hezbollah Seek More Israeli Targets
Iranian and Hezbollah operatives are still seeking to attack Israeli targets in several countries, Israel’s Counterterrorism Bureau indicated on Friday, warning Israeli citizens to adhere to the directives of local security forces. The remarks, given during a press briefing, came after earlier Friday Thai security forces have upped alertness levels in the country’s international airports…
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Fast Forward Sharansky Makes Far More Than Netanyahu
For decades, the unofficial arrangement was that the head of the Jewish Agency would make as much the prime minister of Israel, but chairman Natan Sharansky’s pay in 2010 totaled $214,000 – 30 percent more than Benjamin Netanyahu, the man who appointed him and made $164,000 pre-tax in 2010. This may not seem to some…
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Fast Forward U.S. Intelligence: Iran Not Looking To Provoke
The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said Thursday that Iran is not close to abandoning its nuclear program, but is also unlikely to intentionally provoke conflict. According to Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess, director of the agency, Iran has the “technical, scientific and industrial capability to eventually produce nuclear weapons.” The ballistic missiles it is currently developing…
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Fast Forward Report: Mossad Chief in New Delhi Days Before Attack
Mossad chief Tamir Pardo visited New Delhi just days before an attack on Israeli officials in the Indian capital this week, Indian media reported on Thursday, highlighting the extent to which Israeli intelligence was in the dark regarding possibility of a terror attack taking place in the country. On Monday, the wife of an Israeli…
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Fast Forward Israeli Leaders Clash Over Syria Response
The country’s leaders are clashing over what constitutes a proper Israeli response to the events in Syria — where around 6,000 civilians have been killed — in the revolt against President Bashar Assad. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman believes it is time for Israel to unequivocally condemn the massacres and call for Assad to resign, while…
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