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Fast Forward Mideast Peace Talks Facing Collapse
The time frame that the Palestinians have allowed for talks with Israel in Amman under Jordanian auspices expires on Thursday. According to diplomatic sources associated with the Middle East Quartet – the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia – last-minute efforts are underway to head off the talks’ collapse, but the prospects seem…
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Fast Forward Hackers Bring Down Haaretz Website
Pro-Palestinian hackers brought down Haaretz’s Hebrew website on Wednesday, after several Israeli websites were targeted earlier in the day. The website was brought down in a distributed denial-of-service attack, as a cyber war between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian hackers continued. In a Twitter message, Anonymous Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack: “haaretz.co.il Tango Down :)”. Earlier…
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Fast Forward Israeli TV Show Mocks Birthright Experience
In a rare jab at visiting Diaspora Jews, Israel’s leading satirical television show, “Eretz Nehederet” (A Wonderful Country), took on Taglit-Birthright Israel during its season premiere this week. The program, known for mocking famous political leaders and providing Israelis with topical parodies of the weekly news, included a clip that mocked Birthright, a program that…
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Fast Forward Israeli, Palestinian Officials Clash in Jordan Meeting
A bitter confrontation broke out between the head of the Israeli negotiating team Yitzhak Molcho and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat during their meeting In Jordan on Saturday, after Erekat refused to let a senior Israeli officer present the Israeli position on security arrangements. An Israeli official familiar with the content of the talks said…
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Fast Forward Israel Blasts U.N. for Inaction on Iran
“The Arab world is in flames and the Security Council is dealing with construction permits in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank),” Israel’s United Nations envoy Ron Prossor said in a speech at the UN Security Council on Tuesday. Prosor used the Security Council’s monthly meeting on the situation in the Middle East to direct…
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Fast Forward South Korea Looking To Buy Israel’s Anti-Rocket System
South Korea has offered to buy a significant quantity of Israeli-made weapons and defense systems, including the anti-rocket Iron Dome system, if Israel agrees to purchase South Korean fighter jets. The Israel Air Force is looking to replace its aging fleet of American-made A-4 Skyhawk jets, which are used to train fighter pilots. The two…
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Food Modern Japanese Cuisine Easily Goes Kosher
As a Japanese chef specializing in modern Japanese fare, Kaz Okochi of Kaz Sushi Bistro in Washington finds cooking a kosher meal fairly easy. Shellfish aside, Kaz’s Japanese cuisine relies mainly on fish and uses sauces made of soy sauce, miso and mirin, all of which can be easily converted to kosher without making too…
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Fast Forward Army Boss: Ultra-Orthodox Israelis Should Serve
Head of the Israel Defense Forces’ personnel directorate Major-General Orna Barbibai said on Monday that the IDF should enlist every Israel “into meaningful service.” Barbibai was speaking at a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to discuss the “Tal Law,” which deals with exceptions from compulsory military service granted to ultra-Orthodox Jews….
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