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Fast Forward Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli’s Ad Is Too Sexy for the Super Bowl
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli stars in what promises to be one of Super Bowl XLVII most risqué commercials. The commercial for webhosting giant GoDaddy.com scheduled to air during the Super Bowl this Sunday features a ten second close up of Refaeli and co-star Jesse Heiman kissing. CBS rejected the original commercial, which will appear on…
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Fast Forward Jewish DNA Can Predict Family Name: Study
A male’s DNA contains information that can help scientists guess his surname, American and Israeli researchers have discovered. The findings have serious implications for data privacy; intelligence services around the world are bound to be interested. In the study published in the journal Science, researchers have developed a formula for an algorithm that can discover…
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Fast Forward Livni Calls on Yacimovich, Lapid To Form United Front Against Netanyahu
Hatnuah chairwoman Tzipi Livni on Friday called on Israel’s centrist parties to come together and form a united front against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-Beiteinu. During an appearance on Israel’s Channel 2, the former foreign minister issued a public call to Labor chairwoman Shelly Yacimovich and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid for an urgent meeting…
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Fast Forward Anti-African Riots Erupt Over Tel Aviv Rape
Dozens of rightist activists and residents of south Tel Aviv’s Hatikva neighborhood gathered on Monday to protest against African migrants, after it was reported that an Eritrean man raped an elderly woman last week. The protesters were marching toward the area of Tel Aviv’s central bus station, where an 83-year-old woman was raped in the…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Scholars Urge Aid for Africans in Israel
A new initiative, supported by prominent Holocaust and genocide scholars, calls on the international community to share responsibility for resolving the African refugee crisis in Israel, insisting that Israel should not be expected to carry the burden alone. Spearheading the initiative are two leading Holocaust historians – Professor Rafael Medoff, director of the David S….
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Fast Forward ‘PM: Livni Won’t Be Involved in Peace Talks in My Next Government’
Not only will Tzipi Livni not get the foreign affairs portfolio in the next Likud-led government, she won’t be allowed anywhere near the diplomatic realm or be involved in talks with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud ministers on Wednesday. Several Likud ministers had asked Netanyahu to address media reports according to which…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Calls Urgent Meeting with West Bank Settlement Mayors
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called an urgent meeting for Wednesday afternoon with members of his Likud party serving as council chairmen in the West Bank, to express his support for the these settlements. The meeting was scheduled in the wake of a media confrontation between Likud and the religious Zionist Habayit Hayehudi party, and…
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Fast Forward ‘Lieberman Aides Still Running Foreign Ministry with Netanyahu’s Approval’
A small group of associates of former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who were appointed by him to sensitive positions in his office, has remained to work in the Foreign Ministry even after their boss resigned from his post last week. The three – his personal spokesman Tzachi Moshe, his office manager Sigi Levy and his…
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