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Fast Forward Fake Western Wall Stones Hawked on eBay
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation on Monday lodged an official police complaint after a fraudulent solicitation appeared on eBay offering stones from the Jewish Holy site as a talisman for luck and blessing. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich, chairman of the foundation and the presiding authority at the Western Wall, was notified of the matter by Jews…
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Fast Forward In New Delhi, Wife of Israeli Diplomat Hurt in Blast Outside Embassy
The wife of an Israeli diplomat was moderately wounded on Monday when a car bomb exploded outside of Israel’s embassy in the Indian capital of New Delhi, Haaretz has learned. The incident came one day after the fourth anniversary of the assassination of slain Hezbollah’s deputy leader Imad Mughniyah. Also Monday morning, a local Georgian…
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Fast Forward Bibi Says Abbas Turned Back on Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has turned his back on peace after the Fatah leader warned that peace negotiations cannot resume without an Israeli settlement freeze. Abbas spoke Sunday before the foreign ministers of the Arab League in Cairo, and harshly condemned Netanyahu. He effectively posed an ultimatum before…
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Fast Forward Israeli General Strike Is Called Off
Shortly after entering its fifth day, a general strike that has paralyzed Israel’s public sector was called off on Sunday, following a reported agreement between the Finance Ministry and the Histadrut labor federation. The newly reached deal includes raising subcontracted workers minimum monthly wage to NIS 4,500, as well as an improvement in their general…
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Fast Forward Hamas Official Slams Unity Deal With Fatah
A top Hamas official harshly criticized the organization’s recent reconciliation agreement with Fatah on Saturday, saying the agreement was signed without consulting the Hamas leadership in Gaza or abroad. Mahmoud A-Zahar, a Hamas official based in the Gaza Strip, criticized the Doha Agreement, which was signed by Hamas’ Khaled Meshal and Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas last…
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Fast Forward Too Few Women Head Federations
A special Knesset subcommittee is eliciting candid assessments about the role of women in Jewish community life, while posing searing questions about the relative lack of women in Jewish leadership roles. Some 10 presenters from leading organizations in Israel and North America addressed a special subcommittee of the Knesset’s Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Scrawls Anti-Muslim Graffiti
An Israel Defense Forces soldier is suspected of perpetrating a so-called “price tag” attack in a Palestinian West Bank village, Haaretz learned on Friday, following recently intercepted security camera footage. The Golani Brigade soldier and resident of the Itamar settlement was arrested along with two young women after footage indicated the three vandalizing the Palestinian…
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Fast Forward Syria Ready for Chemical Attack on Rebel City
Syria’s military has begun stockpiling chemical weapons and equipping its soldiers with gas masks near the rebel city of Homs, opposition sources reported on Thursday. Opposition activists said they had received reports that the Syrian army had transferred a significant quantity of grenades and mortars containing chemical agents to a school building in Homs. The…
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