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Fast Forward Haredi Site Depicts Police Chief as Hitler
Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Meah She’arim neighborhood took protests up a notch Monday when they posted images of Jerusalem District Commander Niso Shaham characterized as Adolf Hitler onto the Internet. Accompanying the images of Shaham, dressed in SS uniform, was a caption that read “Adolf Niso Shaham — mass murderer.” Police have opened investigations into…
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Fast Forward Israeli, Palestinian Officials Convene in Jordan
For the first time in months, official Israeli government representatives will meet with Palestinian officials in Amman on Tuesday, at the behest of King Abdullah of Jordan. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s envoy for peace process, Issac Molho, is expected to discuss security arrangements and border issues with chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat, with the participation…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Plan Major New Diplomatic Offensive
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s envoy Isaac Molho will meet with top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in Amman Tuesday for preliminary talks aimed at setting an agenda for peace negotiations, even as the Palestinians are preparing a diplomatic campaign that aims to put Israel under “a real international siege.” Among those who have been pushing hard…
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Fast Forward Israeli Men and Women Join Bus Protests
Hundreds of men and women boarded gender-segregated buses in Jerusalem and Ramat Gan on Sunday, in protest of the exclusion of women from the public sphere and against the segregation of men and women in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods. Despite the friction between the two communities, the protest on board the buses went over relatively quietly. The…
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Fast Forward New Year’s Push for Resumption of Peace Talks
Jordan and the Quartet on the Mideast are working to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, sources indicated on Sunday, ahead of a January 26 Quartet deadline for the resumption of direct negotiations. Officials are ostensibly attempting to convene a meeting this week between top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and Prime…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Denounced for Holocaust Imagery
Israeli politicians responded to Saturday night‘s ultra-Orthodox demonstration in Jerusalem’s Kikar Hashabbat (Sabbath Square), with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni expressing outrage over protesters use of Holocaust symbolism to protest what they termed the exclusion of Haredim. “With all due respect to the right of groups in the Haredi world to…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Protest ‘Exclusion’ in Jerusalem
Over a thousand ultra-Orthodox men assembled Saturday night in Jerusalem’s Kikar Hashabbat (Sabbath Square), in protest of what they termed the exclusion of Haredim, a response to the recent outrage over the exclusion of women in Beit Shemesh and elsewhere. The protesters also expressed their solidarity with Shmuel Weissfish, one of the leading activists in…
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News Israel’s Population Rises to 7.8 Million
Israel’s population stands at 7.836 million, the Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS) indicated on Thursday as part of its year-end survey. According to the ICBS report, Jews comprise 75.3 percent of the country’s population, with 5.901 million people, with Arab citizens making up another 20.5 percent, or 1.610 million. Another 4.2 percent of Israel’s population,…
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