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Fast Forward Israel’s Jellyfish Wars
Israel’s battle for better jellyfish warnings has also developed ego-driven disputes and divisions that look ridiculous to outsiders. Prof. Bella Galil of the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute (IOLRI) has been following jellyfish swarms for decades and her institute now operates a Facebook page called Jellyfish Watch, with reports on jellyfish sightings at Israel’s…
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Fast Forward Outrage Spreading Over Man Who Set Self Ablaze
Vandals set fire to the entrance of a branch of the Israeli Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi) in Ramat Gan early Monday morning. The words “Price tag Moshe Silman,” were written on the wall, referring to the man who set himself on fire during a protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. Shortly after midnight on…
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Fast Forward Clinton Hints at Splits With Israel Over Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who began her visit to Israel with meetings in Jerusalem on Monday morning, hinted after her meeting with President Shimon Peres that there are differences of opinion between the U.S. and Israel over how to deal with Iran. Talking to the press, Clinton said, “It is a time of…
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Fast Forward Shlomo Bentin, Israel Prize Winner, Dies in Crash
Professor Shlomo Bentin, a world expert in cognitive neuropsychology was killed on Friday in Berkley, California, after he was hit by a truck while cycling. He was 65 years of age when he died. Bentin, professor of psychology at the Hebrew University, and recipient of this year’s Israel Prize, was also well known for his…
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Fast Forward Most-Wanted Nazi Killer Found in Hungary
The world’s most wanted Nazi war criminal, László Csatary, charged with involvement in the murders of over 15,000 Jews, was located, alive and well in Hungary, following a 15 year search. “Nazi hunter” Dr. Ephraim Zuroff, the head of the Wiesenthal Institute in Jerusalem, located Csatary after receiving information from a local man, as part…
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Fast Forward Moshe Silman, Man Who Set Self on Fire
The desperation that led Haifa resident Moshe Silman to set himself on fire on Saturday night in Tel Aviv, exactly one year after the first tents were erected on Rothschild Boulevard, is a tragic example of the depth of the gaping chasm between the people and the government, a break in the making for years,…
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Fast Forward Bibi Laments Self-Immolation ‘Tragedy’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Sunday to the self-immolation of Israeli social protester Moshe Silman on Saturday, saying that it was “a great and personal tragedy.” Silman, a 57-year-old Haifa resident, set himself on fire on Saturday during a Tel Aviv demonstration marking the anniversary of last summer’s social protests. He is currently in…
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Fast Forward Thousands Take to Streets in New Protests
Thousands of Israelis have gathered in several cities throughout the country on Saturday to mark one year since the start of the social protests. In Tel Aviv, one of the protesters marching down Kaplan Street set himself on fire and was evacuated to the hospital shortly afterward. In a letter he left at the scene,…
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