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News U.N. Calls for Calm After Rockets Hit Israel
The United Nations International Force in Lebanon vowed Tuesday morning to ensure that the border remain calm, hours after four Katyusha rockets were fired into Israel. UNIFIL commanders held emergency meetings with representatives of the Israel Defense Forces and the Lebanese Army following the overnight attack. UNIFIL released a statement declaring that it had deployed…
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Fast Forward Bibi Set To Release Palestinian Funds
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears ready to come down from his high horse: A month after the forum of eight senior ministers decided to freeze $100 million in tax revenues collected by Israel on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli premier seems set to release the funds in coming days. While Foreign Minister Avigdor…
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Fast Forward Egyptians Line Up for First Post-Mubarak Vote
Complaints of delays and irregularities could be heard across Cairo on Monday, and droves of Egyptians waited hours in line to vote in the first elections since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. Some of the delays were caused by tardy voting station managers, who, in turn claimed that they were either stuck in…
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Fast Forward Bibi: Israel Won’t Enjoy ‘Intimacy’ With New Egypt
Israel won’t enjoy the same close relations with Egypt following its Arab Spring elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, adding that regional threats against Israel were on the rise. Egypt’s parliamentary elections, which started throughout the country on Monday, were of the reasons Netanyahu delayed the demolition of the Mughrabi Bridge, which leads…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Set May 4 as Election Date
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has set May 4 as the date for general elections that are meant to end the division of between Hamas and Fatah. The Palestinians have been divided between two governments since Hamas militants overran the Gaza Strip in 2007. Hamas controls Gaza, while Abbas’ Palestinian Authority governs in the West Bank….
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Fast Forward Israel May Soon Release Palestinian Money
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he is considering releasing Palestinian tax revenue that Israel has frozen for more than a month, after UNESCO accepted the Palestinians as a full member. Netanyahu said Monday that the decision to reconsider holding the $100 million in tax revenues comes as the Palestinians have thus far refrained…
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Fast Forward Egyptians Go to Polls Amid Protests
Polling stations opened Monday for the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, the first since former president Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow in February. About 17.5 million Egyptians are eligible to vote in the first round that runs for two days, according to government figures. Voting did not get off to a completely smooth start on Monday…
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Fast Forward Bibi Delays Jerusalem Bridge Demolition
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Jerusalem municipality and the Public Security Ministry to delay the execution of a demolition order for the Mugrabi Bridge, which connects the Western Wall Plaza to the Temple Mount, a senior official told Haaretz on Sunday. According to the official, Friday’s decision to delay the demolition by one week,…
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