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Fast Forward How Racist Vandals Won at King David’s Tomb on Mt. Zion
A serious act of vandalism, a string of coincidences, and a decision by the Israel Antiquities Authority have combined to change the character of King David’s Tomb on Mt. Zion from a Muslim site into a synagogue. On Tuesday this week, two painters were busy applying the last coats of paint on the building’s doorposts,…
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Fast Forward Has Secular Israel Lost War With Ultra-Orthodox?
Some years ago, Israel Segal, a writer and journalist who was brought up Orthodox and became secular, summed up what he described as a secular defeat. “The all-out war has indeed come to an end, in my view, with the defeat of the secular public,” he wrote. “We are living under an occupation government of…
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Fast Forward 80-Story ‘Toblerone Tower’ Will Be Israel’s Tallest
The construction of an 80-story office tower – Israel’s tallest building – has been approved as part of a larger project by the Tel Aviv Planning and Building Committee. The tower will go up on a 38-dunam (9.4-acre) lot between Shaul Hamelech Boulevard and Menachem Begin Road not far from the main railway station. A…
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Fast Forward Chief Rabbi David Lau Says Racist Jibe Was Joke
Newly elected Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau dismissed on Thursday criticism of a racially-loaded comment he made earlier this week, calling it ‘a joke that lost control.’ During a meeting with ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students on Tuesday, in an attempt to dissuade them from watching basketball on television, Lau asked “why do you care whether these…
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Fast Forward Peace Negotiations Get Underway Over Iftar Dinner at State Department
The Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams arrived at the State Department building in Washington Monday night after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry set the wheels into motion for the first direct peace talks in almost three years. The negotiating teams began talks over the traditional Iftar dinner that breaks the Ramadan fast, being hosted…
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Fast Forward Jacob Frenkel Drops Bank of Israel Governor Candidacy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s choice for the next Bank of Israel governor has withdrawn his candidacy for the post, after an investigation was opened into an alleged 2006 shoplifting affair at the Hong Kong airport. The probe began after it came to light that when submitting his bid, Professor Jacob Frenkel had omitted mention of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Diamond Mogul Robbed of $53M of Jewels and Watches in Cannes
A robber carrying an automatic pistol stole jewellery and watches owned by Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev worth millions of euros from the luxury Carlton Hotel in Cannes on Sunday, police and judicial sources said. A man wearing gloves, with his face hidden by a scarf, burst into the hotel in the late morning and…
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Fast Forward Israel Clinches Mathematics Olympiad With 18-Rank Leap
Israel achieved an unprecedented advance in the International Mathematical Olympiad on Saturday, rising from 53rd place three years ago to 13th in the world. In the competition in Colombia, the Israeli team won six medals – one gold, three silver and two bronze – capping a leap of 18 places since last year. The gold-medal…
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