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Fast Forward Ethiopians Struggle To Maintain Israel Protests
Three weeks into the Ethiopian-Israeli protest campaign against racism, its leaders are frustrated by the apathy of the Israeli public and government and are planning to sound their grievances abroad, to the Diaspora and even the United Nations. Meanwhile, they have to contend with a competing social protest. Last night the campaign held its first…
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Fast Forward Dennis Ross Still Talks to Obama and Bibi
Despite the fact that he resigned from his post in the Obama administration, longtime American diplomat Dennis Ross just cannot quit. Haaretz has learned that Ross still advises President Barak Obama on a regular basis, and maintains an open channel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Last November, Ross announced he was leaving his post as…
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Fast Forward Rising Number of Jews Believe in God
Fully 80 percent of Israeli Jews believe that God exists – the highest figure found by the Guttman-Avi Chai survey since this review of Israeli-Jewish beliefs began two decades ago. The latest survey of the “Beliefs, Observance and Values among Israeli Jews” was conducted in 2009 but the results were released only on Thursday, after…
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Fast Forward Romney and Gingrich Talk Tough on Israel
Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich both talked tough on Israel in their final debate before the make-or-break Florida primary on January 31. Romney said on Thursday that the Palestinians are not interested in a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, rather that they are interested in the elimination of the State of…
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Fast Forward Israel Army: We Can’t Stop Iran Nukes
A senior Israel Defense Forces commander has said that Israel is unable to attack Iran’s nuclear program in a meaningful way, Time Magazine reported on Thursday. According to the Time magazine report, which is quoting an Israeli defense official, a senior IDF commander presented the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a gloomy assessment…
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Fast Forward Former Fatah Leader Barghouti Calls for Peace Deal Based on 1967 Lines
Former Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti appeared in Jerusalem’s Magistrate Court on Wednesday to testify in the lawsuit filed by the family of Esther Kleiman, a resident of Neveh Tsuf who was killed in a gunfire attack in 2002 northwest of Ramallah. Barghouti, who is likely to become the next Palestinian President, was convicted by the…
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Fast Forward IDF Chief: Ultra-Orthodox Should Do Army Service
Head of the Israel Defense Forces’ personnel directorate Major-General Orna Barbibai said on Monday that the IDF should enlist every Israeli “into meaningful service.” Barbibai was speaking at a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to discuss the “Tal Law,” which allows full-time yeshiva students to defer military service. Ultra-Orthodox IDF recruits…
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Food Check Out Freekah, the Hip New Grain
Are you into quinoa? That’s sooo 2011! Let me introduce you to the hip grain of 2012 – the freekeh. This smoked green wheat that comes from the levant was lately on the shortlist of Bon Appétit magazine for pantry staples for a healthier eating and appeared suddenly on the shelves of Whole Foods and…
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