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Fast Forward Report: Israel Will Allow Egyptian Troops in Sinai
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that Israel will soon allow Egypt to deploy thousands of troops in the Sinai Peninsula, the Economist reported on Friday. What is in store for the Israel-Egypt border? Visit Haaretz.com on Facebook and share your views. According to the report, Israel will allow helicopters and armored vehicles into Sinai, but…
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Fast Forward Mother and Child Face Deportation From Israel
A foreign worker and her 4-year-old daughter, who was born and educated in Israel, were due to be deported yesterday after a judge denied a petition to delay the move. The Petah Tikvah District Court ordered last night’s scheduled deportation of 4-year-old Ofek and her mother Nancy, who was held in custody. The two were…
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Fast Forward Barak Nixed Pre-Emptive Attack on Gaza
Ehud Barak last week decided not to authorize a preemptive strike before the terrorist attack on the Egyptian border, a senior official in Jerusalem said. Barak feared that the move would spark a serious conflagration in the Gaza Strip. The head of the Shin Bet security service, Yoram Cohen, recommended a strike against a terror…
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Fast Forward Israel Offers Joint Probe of Egypt Border Shootings
Israel offered on Thursday to investigate jointly with Egypt the killing of five Egyptian security personnel during an Israeli operation against cross-border raiders a week ago, violence that has strained relations with Cairo’s new rulers. “Israel is ready to hold a joint investigation with the Egyptians into the difficult event,” a statement issued by Prime…
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Fast Forward Cheney Urged Bush To Attack Syria, New Book Says
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney urged the United States to bomb a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in June 2007, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, quoting excerpts from Cheney’s autobiography due to be published next week. According to Cheney, former U.S. President George W. Bush refused his demands and opted for a diplomatic…
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Fast Forward Barrage of Rockets Hits Israel; Toddler Hurt
Israel Air Force aircraft targeted two militants in separate locations on Wednesday in northern Gaza, who had launched projectiles at Israel shortly before, the IDF said in a statement. The military branch of Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks later on Wednesday night, saying that they were a response to the killing of…
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Fast Forward Shalit Talks Fail To Reach Breakthrough
A senior Egyptian official said Thursday that the third round of Israel-Hamas indirect talks over the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit have ceased with no results and without setting a date for renewing the negotiations. This comes, according to the source, as a result of both sides’ insistence on their respective…
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Fast Forward U.S. ‘Troubled’ by New Settlement Construction
The United States said on Monday it found reports of fresh Israeli settlement building plans deeply troubling and counterproductive to the U.S. effort to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, Reuters reported. Israel announced on Monday approval for building 277 homes in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, despite U.S. and international pressure to curb expansion on…
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