Haaretz
By Haaretz
-
Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Dies From Rocket Wounds
An Israeli reserve soldier who was seriously wounded by rocket fire from Gaza on Wednesday has succumbed to his wounds on Thursday. Boris Yarmolnik, 28, a resident of the Israeli city of Netanya, was wounded along with five other soldiers in Wednesday’s incident, and was suffering from a serious head wound when he was taken…
-
Fast Forward Few Militants Among Gaza Victims
Farmers on their way to sell vegetables in the marketplace, vendors of purified drinking water and people who just happened to live too close to the targets of Israeli air strikes were among the 34 Palestinians estimated to have been killed in Israel Defense Forces attacks in the past two days alone. Just six of…
-
Fast Forward Netanyahu and Lieberman Unite for Election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman intend to announce the unification of their Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu parties, a Channel 2 report indicated on Thursday. The move, due to be announced in a press conference in Jerusalem’s Dan Panorama Hotel, may be an attempt to overpower a possible unification between centrist and…
-
Fast Forward Africans Protest Israel Detention Plan
Some 300 Sudanese protested on Sunday outside Tel Aviv’s Kirya government headquarters against plans to imprison African asylum-seekers in a Negev detention facility. They called on the state to examine their individual requests for recognition as refugees and grant them their rights and protection. The refugees also complained that the United Nations does not do…
-
Fast Forward Ehud Olmert May Take On Bibi in Election
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will decide whether or not he intends run in the upcoming elections in the next few days, with political sources indicating on Wednesday that former IDF chief Gazi Ashkenazi was considering to align himself with the former premier. Consultations with legal advisers have reportedly “paved the way” for Olmert’s possible…
-
Fast Forward Israeli Attack on Iran This Fall Is No Longer in the Cards
The wave of demonstrations in Tehran over the last few days, sparked by the plummeting value of the Iranian rial and the consequent rise in the price of staple products, has significantly changed the nature of the international discourse on Iran. The harsh international sanctions that took effect in July are now being felt with…
-
Fast Forward Human Rights Watch: Hamas Abusing Palestinians in Gaza
Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday which revealed that Hamas’ security forces in Gaza are committing severe abuses, including torture of detainees, arrests without warrants, forced confessions, unfair trials and mock executions. The leading international rights group released a 43-page report on Wednesday and called on the militant Hamas group to reform its various…
-
Fast Forward Romney: Obama Lacks Resolve on Middle East
Mitt Romney accused U.S. President Barack Obama of lacking resolve regarding the Middle East, Israel and Iran on Sunday, in an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal. The Republican Party candidate for president wrote in the article that “disturbing developments” that have been sweeping the greater Middle East of late “are not, as President…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
- 2
Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
- 3
Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
- 4
Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Alex Bores’ supporters disagree on Israel. They agree on him.
-
Fast Forward Organizers of London Israeli real estate fair apologize after West Bank properties surface despite denials
-
Fast Forward Far-right YouTuber raises nearly $20K for Cornell student who said he was ‘not interested in working for a jew’
-
Fast Forward In Trump deal, Iran can have ballistic missiles and billions of dollars – but must give up nukes