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Fast Forward Chief Rabbi Denounces Gender Segregation
Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger said on Thursday that segregation between men and women should only be carried out in private, and not in public spaces. In the wake of the public debate over the exclusion of women from the public arena that has been ragin in Israel in recent weeks, Metzger said in an interview…
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Fast Forward Bibi’s Links to Christian Conservatives Get Closer
Some two months ago, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office received a request to arrange a conference call with some Jewish and Christian leaders. The proposal was to sponsor an event of a routine kind – Netanyahu gets on the line, gives a short briefing about the “situation,” fires off some relevant advocacy points, and then…
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Fast Forward Top Judge: New Laws Imperil Israeli Democracy
A recent wave of contentious right-wing legislation in the Knesset may endanger Israel’s ongoing constitutional efforts, Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish said on Wednesday. Speaking at a conference marking 20 years since the first Basic Law was passed – laws that were meant as a piecemeal effort toward fashioning an Israeli constitution – Beinish said…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Unity Government Will Be Sworn in Next Month
Hamas and Fatah have agreed to form a unity government by January 2012, an official for the Gaza-ruling militant group said on Wednesday, following months of failed talks geared at achieving Palestinian reconciliation. The rival Palestinian factions have been attempting to put into action a reconciliation agreement brokered by Egypt and signed earlier this year…
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Fast Forward In D.C., Parties and Well Wishes as Hanukkah Begins
In the U.S., Hanukkah starts with storms and blizzards at the Great Plains, followed by concerts and all sorts of creative entertainments, from latkes-eating contests to parrot races in communities throughout the country. President Obama, who already threw his Hanukkah party at the White House a week and a half ago, sent his holiday wishes….
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Fast Forward Thousands of Troops Desert Syrian Army
More than 10,000 soldiers have deserted the Syrian army, sources say, with as many as half the conscripts not reporting in the last three call-ups. According to Western intelligence agencies, even though the top brass is still loyal to President Bashar Assad, lower-level officers are deserting in large numbers, and in some cases, whole units…
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Fast Forward Joint Chiefs: Iran Military Strike ‘Executable’
The United States is capable of carrying out a military strike on Iran, according to U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey. In an interview with CNN, General Martin Dempsey says miscalculation may draw the country into a prolonged conflict, which would be ‘a tragedy for the region and the world.’…
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Fast Forward Bibi Brands ‘Price Tag’ Attacks Stain on Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak condemned violence by right-wing extremists on Tuesday, vowing to use all means to eradicate the phenomenon. Speaking at a Hanukkah ceremony at the Efraim Regional Brigade’s base near the West Bank city of Qalqilya – that was attacked by some 50 extremists a week ago…
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