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Fast Forward Disabled Israeli Veteran Sets Self on Fire
An Israeli man set himself on fire in the central Israeli city of Yehud on Sunday, and was evacuated to Tel Hashomer hospital in serious condition. The incident comes two days after the death of Moshe Silman, an Israeli man who set himself on fire during a mass social protest last week. The man was…
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Fast Forward Israeli Protester Who Set Self on Fire Dies
Moshe Silman, the Israeli activist who set himself on fire during a social justice protest in Tel Aviv one week ago, succumbed to his wounds on Friday at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. SIlman was suffering from second and third-degree burns on 94 percent of his body. From Friday morning, activists and close friends of…
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Fast Forward Hundreds of Mourners Attend Funerals for Victims
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral on Friday morning, for Itzik Kolangi, 28, and Amir Menashe, 28, two of the victims of the terror attack in Bulgaria. Kolangi and Menashe were laid to rest at the Segula cemetery in Petah Tikvah, where they lived. The two men were traveling in Bulgaria with their wives, and…
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Fast Forward Security Council Condemns Bulgaria Bombing
The UN Security Council condemned Thursday in “the strongest terms” the terrorist attack against the bus with Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria. In a press statement issued by Security Council President Nestor Osorio (Colombia), council members expressed their “deep sympathy and sincere condolences to the victims of this heinous act and to their families” and…
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News ‘No Occupation’ Committee Member Lashes Back
One of the members of the Levy Committee on the legality of settlements in the territories has angrily rebuffed the protest letter against its final report sent to Prime Minister Netanyahu earlier this week, accusing its signatories of “insulting” the Committee members, making “incorrect and ill-advised assumptions” and of providing ammunition to those seeking to…
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Fast Forward Bibi Certain Iran Behind Bulgaria Attack
The government didn’t hesitate to point a finger on Wednesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, apparently supported by detailed intelligence, immediately blamed Iran for the terror attack on Israelis in Bulgaria that killed seven people. If this is so, the man behind the attack in Burgas would be Gen. Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary…
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Fast Forward Tens of Thousands Mourn Rabbi Elyashiv
Tens of thousands have gathered in Jerusalem on Wednesday for the funeral of renowned ultra-Orthodox leader Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, who died earlier in the day at the age of 102. The funeral procession started at Elyashiv’s home in the Mea Shaarim neighborhood in Jerusalem and continued toward Har HaMenuchot. At the instruction of the…
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Fast Forward Labor Party Demands New Israel Elections
Opposition chairperson MK Shelley Yacimovich (Labor) called Wednesday morning for moving up elections, in the wake of Kadima’s withdrawal from the unity government. “I am calling on you, Bibi, let’s go to elections – we even have a reasonable date,” she said, November 27. In a press conference held at the Knesset, Yacimovich referred to…
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