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Fast Forward Bibi: Don’t Blame Me for Mofaz-Abbas Snafu
Vice Prime Minister and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz continues to claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is behind the torpedoing of his meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, which was meant to take place on Sunday. However, most of the evidence indicates that the decision to cancel the meeting was exclusively Palestinian, stemming more…
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Fast Forward Israeli Leaders Say Goodbye to Shamir
Yitzhak Shamir, Israel’s seventh prime minister, was laid to rest on Monday in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery. Shamir, who died Saturday at the age of 96, was buried in a section of Mount Herzl set aside for Israel’s leaders. President Shimon Peres, who delivered a eulogy for Shamir at the funeral, recalled how the two…
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Fast Forward Mofaz Threatens To Quit Unity Government
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded a state-sanctioned committee charged with forming a new law on drafting ultra-Orthodox men into the Israel Defense Forces on Monday, in an apparent blow to coalition partner Kadima, which joined the premier’s cabinet based on an agreement that the government would formulate a new Haredi enlistment law. The committee, headed…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv Hospital Bars Africans From Visiting
The director of Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv announced Monday that entry to the hospital will be denied to African migrants, unless they are in need of medical attention or hospitalization. Ichilov director Gabi Barbash issued the new instructions on Monday, in which migrant workers and refugees will only be granted access if they…
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Fast Forward Call for More Scrutiny of Pius XII’s Role
At the entrance to Yad Vashem, the visitor is greeted by an old clip of Jewish children in the Ukraine singing “Hatikva,” the national anthem. The visit ends with the establishment of the State of Israel. Still, one notable difference is that the Arabs are no longer presented as Nazis: the placing of the 1941…
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Fast Forward Israel Pays Last Respects to Yitzhak Shamir
The casket of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who died Saturday at the age of 96, was placed at the Knesset on Monday, giving Israelis the opportunity to pay their final respects. Knesset chairman Reuven Rivlin eulogized Shamir beside his casket. “Yitzhak, here you come again to the Knesset, to the place which was your…
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Fast Forward Brian Lurie Named New Israel Fund Head
American Jewish activist Brian Lurie has been appointed president of the New Israel Fund, succeeding former Meretz MK Naomi Chazan, who served four tumultuous years in the post. Lurie, a rabbi by training, was CEO of the San Francisco Jewish Federation for 17 years and has also been involved in advancing Arab-Jewish relations. The New…
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Fast Forward Swarms of Jellyfish Invade Israeli Beaches
The seasonal swarm of jellyfish which arrived on Israeli beaches over the last weekend, made their way to the north of the country. According to reports by the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute, jellyfish were sighted one kilometer off the beach of Hadera on Sunday. On Saturday, blooms were sighted west of Mikhmoret beach,…
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