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Fast Forward Kadima on Life Support as Mofaz Faces Rebellion
Kadima officials are working to depose Shaul Mofaz from his role as party head, Haaretz learned on Monday, citing the outgoing vice prime minister’s weak poll numbers. The reported plan came as Kadima seemed to edge closer to a full-on split, with former minister Tzachi Hanegbi spearheading efforts to convince at least seven Kadima MKs…
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Fast Forward 1,500 Palestinians Face Forced Relocation
Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the demolition of eight Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills because the territory is needed for Israel Defense Forces training exercises, the state told the High Court of Justice on Sunday. The residents of the targeted villages will be moved to the town of Yatta and its environs;…
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Fast Forward Museum Sets Up Separate Women’s Viewing Times
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem will have separate visiting hours for men and women to its new exhibit about Hasidic Jews. For the first time, the museum decided to introduce separate visiting times, Haaretz has learned, in a bid to attract ultra-Orthodox visitors in the three weeks that yeshivas are closed during the summer. CLARIFIED:…
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Fast Forward Kadima Splinter Faction Will Join Bibi Coalition
Members of the Kadima party said on Sunday that they would manage to gather a group of seven Knesset members by Monday that would join Netanyahu’s government, under the authority of former minister Tzachi Hanegbi. According to the information that is emerging, Hanegbi will most likely be appointed Home Front Defense. Currently, Kadima members estimate…
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Fast Forward Brother of Man Who Set Self Alight Blames Army
The brother of a 45-year-old disabled IDF veteran who set himself on fire on Sunday, told Haaretz he was not surprised by the act, and that his brother’s situation had deteriorated since he had a serious stroke two years ago. The man reportedly brought a canister of gasoline to a bus stop in Yehud and…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu and Barak Split on Draft Law
A fierce argument broke out in Sunday’s cabinet meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The latter demanded that the Defense Ministry assume responsibility for the formulation of a new law regulating enlistment to the IDF, but Netanyahu flat out rejected this. During a debate on the law that would replace…
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The Schmooze I’m No Terrorist
A Palestinian grocer portrayed as a terrorist in the comedy “Bruno” has settled his slander suit against Jewish actor Sacha Baron Cohen and talk show host David Letterman, according to a report by the British Daily Mail. In an article published Friday, the Daily Mail said that Ayman Abu Aita was interviewed in the 2009…
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Fast Forward Times: Israel’s Democracy Is ‘Embattled’
In an extraordinary editorial sure to arouse controversy, the New York Times expresses concern that Israel’s greatest strengths “as a democratic state committed to liberal values” are “in danger of being lost.” In a Sunday editorial entitled “Israel’s Embattled Democracy” appearing in the prestigious Review section, The Times, which has had a testy relationship with…
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