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Fast Forward Gay Israeli’s Partner Refused Citizenship
An Interior Ministry regulation prevents the same-sex partners of Israeli citizens from receiving Israeli citizenship. The ministry’s Population Registry tells the couples they will have to settle for permanent residency status only. One such couple married in Canada, and is recognized as a married couple in the Population Registry. But the non-Israeli half of the…
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Fast Forward Obama May Have To Pick: Meet Peres or Bibi
America’s Republicans aren’t the only ones racing for the White House. Soon they may be joined by Israel’s president and prime minister. Both President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may end up in Washington in early March to attend AIPAC’s annual policy conference, an unprecedented situation. Under these circumstance, it isn’t clear which…
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Fast Forward Cyber Attackers Used Computers Inside Israel
A recent string of cyber attacks against Israeli credit card companies, banks, and government websites was aided by thousands of Israeli computers operated by remote assailants, a top Israeli software security expert on Tuesday. Hackers shut down both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and El Al’s respective websites on Monday, one day after a…
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Fast Forward In Debate, Perry Questions Turkey’s Place in NATO
Presidential hopeful Rick Perry questioned Turkey’s place in NATO, on Monday, claiming it is “being ruled by what many would perceive to be Islamic terrorists.” The Texan governor was vying for the support of South Carolina’s Republican Party in a debate sponsored by Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and the South Carolina Republican Party…
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Fast Forward Report: Hamas Chief To Step Down After Election
Khaled Meshal will step down as Hamas chief following an upcoming election to determine the group’s new political leader, a senior Hamas analyst said in an article that has been garnering much attention in the Arab media on Tuesday. In the online article, widely quoted in the Arab press Tuesday morning, Mustafa Lidawi wrote that…
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Fast Forward Bibi: I’ll Drive to Ramallah for Talks
Israel is ready to negotiate with the Palestinians immediately and has given the Palestinians a position paper earlier this month containing 21 points on which there is domestic political consensus, as a prelude to potential talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told MKs yesterday. The document was given to Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat at interim Israeli-Palestinian…
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Fast Forward For Itamar Murders, Man Gets Five Life Sentences
An Israel Defense Forces court sentenced a Palestinian man to five life sentences on Monday, after he was convicted of murdering five members of the Fogel family in the West Bank settlement of Itamar in 2011. Amjad Awad, a 19-year-old student, carried out the crime with his cousin, Hakim Awad, who was already sentenced to…
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Fast Forward Sunday Times: Mossad Killed Nuclear Scientist
The Sunday Times reported Monday that Mossad agents were behind last week’s assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist. According to the report, the assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan was similar to that seen in “espionage films” — planned over a period of many months, and including extensive surveillance and intelligence gathering. The Sunday Times quoted an…
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