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Fast Forward Israel Ready for Peace Talks at U.N., Ambassador Says
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor, said in an interview on Tuesday that Israel “is ready to negotiate tomorrow,” with the Palestinians. In an interview with Army Radio, Prosor discussed attempts to arrange a meeting between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their mutual visit to New York…
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Fast Forward Diplomats Say Israel Bungled Statehood Bid
The neglect and negligence Israel has demonstrated in its activities at the United Nations have helped turn the unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence into an international event, said diplomatic sources in New York on Monday. There is no doubt that it is impossible to stop the declaration that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to…
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Fast Forward Abbas Willing To Meet Netanyahu at U.N.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Fox News that he was willing to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their mutual stay in New York, Monday. Abbas is currently in New York holding meetings in preparation for UN Security Council vote on Palestinian statehood status. “I will meet any Israeli official any time,” said Abbas,…
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Fast Forward Livni Blasts Bibi’s Statehood ‘Stupidity’
Opposition leader Tzipi Livni said Monday that the diplomatic stupidity of the current Israeli government is pushing the United States into a corner. “The diplomatic stupidity that characterizes this government is causing it to put the United States into a corner,” said Livni, speaking during a special Knesset debate on Monday ahead of the Palestinian…
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Fast Forward Abbas Predicts Tough Times After Statehood Bid
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that he expects a “very difficult” situation after the Palestinians submit their request for full membership at the United Nations General Assembly, the French news agency AFP reported. Speaking upon his arrival in New York ahead of the opening of the General Assembly on Wednesday, Abbas called on Israeli…
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Fast Forward Huge Nude Photo Shoot Livens Up the Dead Sea
One thousand two hundred male and female volunteers woke up early Saturday morning to participate in a mass nude photograph by artist Spencer Tunick at the Dead Sea. The volunteers included men and women ranging from 20 years old to somewhere in their sixties. They set out for the Dead Sea before dawn and modeled…
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Fast Forward Netanhayu: Statehood Bid ‘Bound To Fail’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a cabinet meeting Sunday that “the Palestinians’ wish to become a permanent UN member… is bound to fail because they have to go through the Security Council.” He said that even though the Palestinians can opt to turn to the general assembly, “it does not have the same…
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Fast Forward Father-In-Law Retracts Claim Against Rabbi Pinto
After first accusing his son-in-law, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, of using him to launder money, Argentine Chief Rabbi Shlomo Ben Hamo retracted his claim in an agreement that was given the force of a verdict by the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday. A spokesman for Ben Hamo said on Thursday that the retraction was “part of…
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