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Fast Forward Bank of Israel Candidate Mario Blejer Had Side Role in DSK Scandal
Mario Blejer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new candidate to become Bank of Israel governor, found himself in a media storm in 2008 after it emerged his wife had had an affair with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then head of the International Monetary Fund. Blejer was a senior IMF official at the time, and his second wife Piroska…
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Fast Forward Israel Gives Green Light for 878 Settlement Homes
The Civil Administration, Israel’s highest civilian authority in the West Bank, approved construction plans on Wednesday for 878 housing units in isolated settlements across the territory. Discussion of some of the plans had initially been postponed following U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s announcement that diplomatic negotiations with the Palestinians would resume, but was brought…
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Fast Forward Religious Zionist Moti Elon Convicted of Sex Abuse
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday convicted Rabbi Moti Elon, a highly regarded figure in the Religious Zionist community, on two counts of forcible sexual assault against a minor. Elon, the former head of Yeshivat Hakotel in Jerusalem, was charged last year with sexually assaulting two of his students in 2003 and 2005. The investigation…
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Fast Forward Edward Said’s Daughter Talks About Growing Up WASP-y
Najla Said, daughter of the late Palestinian intellectual and leading post-Modernist Edward Said, tried to ignore the Palestinian culture and heritage handed down to her by her parents in their Manhattan home when she was young. But the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the subsequent souring of attitudes towards Arab-Americans, caused her to think again….
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Fast Forward How Much Israeli Money Goes Into Facebook?
Nobody knows how much Israeli money flows to Facebook. As opposed to traditional advertising, which gets channeled through media buyers and ad agencies, most of Facebook’s advertising is bought and sold directly, with the advertiser purchasing space directly from the company. Many small and medium-sized businesses manage their own campaigns, without intermediaries or commission agents….
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Fast Forward Roger Waters: ‘I’m Not Anti-Semitic, I’m Anti-Apartheid’
Former Pink Floyd star Roger Waters attempted to deflect accusations of anti-Semitism and defend his decision to use a pig-shaped balloon emblazoned with the Star of David, among other symbols, during a concert in Belgium. Waters, who last year voiced support for the boycott of Israeli goods, came under fire for the use of the…
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Fast Forward Scouring Israel for the Elusive Golden Squirrel
Only in rare cases are entry permits granted to the slopes of Katef Sion, located on the western side of Mount Hermon. Ever since the Israel Defense Forces withdrew from Lebanon, permits are issued only in special cases such as a prayer held yearly, in the site where by tradition the Lord made his “Covenant…
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Fast Forward Decapitated Israeli Woman’s Body Found in Suitcase
A body of a woman in her thirties was found Saturday afternoon in a stairwell in south Tel Aviv. The body was decapitated and stuffed inside a suitcase. Police have launched an investigation into the incident. A passerby riding his bicycle through the area discovered the body. When he found the suitcase, he tried to…
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