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Fast Forward Thousands Protest for Change in Israeli Cities
Thousands demonstrated for social justice on Saturday night in Israel’s three largest cities in an effort to rejuvenate the movement that swept the country last summer with tent cities and weekly demonstrations. Many of the protesters, especially in Tel Aviv and Haifa, were from the Meretz and Hadash parties, as well as from leftist youth…
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Fast Forward Madonna Show Rapped for Violent Imagery
France’s far-right National Front is considering a lawsuit against Madonna over a video she used during her concert in Israel on Thursday night. The clip showed party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead. While she performed the song “Nobody Knows Me” in Ramat Gan Stadium, Madonna showed a video in which…
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Fast Forward Year After Protests, Israel Sees Some Changes
It has been around a year since the protests against the cost of cottage cheese and housing transformed the Israeli consumer’s consciousness, lowered prices at supermarket chains and changed government policy. In later months, the cost of living still appeared high, despite progress in the cellular telephone market and the promise of free education from…
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Fast Forward Hosni Mubarak Gets Life for Ordering Killings
Deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on Saturday at a Cairo court for ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that swept him from power last year. Presiding judge Ahmed Refaat also sentenced his former interior minister, Habib Adli, to life in prison on the same charge. Hosni Mubarak…
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Fast Forward Obama Ordered Cyber Attacks on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Shortly after taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama secretly ordered sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that control Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, the New York Times reported. According to the report, Obama decided to expand attacks that had begun during the George W. Bush administration. The report said that the Stuxnet worm, the…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism Fears Stalk Euro Soccer Tourney
With the European Football Championships just around the corner, the public debate on anti-Semitism and racism in general is gaining momentum in Poland, out of a fear for disruptions by extremists during the games. Security authorities across the country have been put on alert ahead of the UEFA Euro 2012, which is set to begin…
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Fast Forward Soldier and Palestinian Killed in Gaza Firefight
An Israel Defense Forces soldier and a Palestinian militant were killed in an exchange of fire on the Israel-Gaza border on Friday morning. The exchange of fire ensued after a militant breached the border fence into Israel in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. At approximately 5.30 A.M., the IDF spotted an armed person…
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Fast Forward Madonna’s Ticket Offer Rejected by Some Activists
Earlier Thursday, Madonna donated 580 tickets to her show in Tel Aviv to members of the Israeli and Palestinian peace camps, who are set to take part in a special tribunal on peace. The singer met with Israeli and Palestinian peace activists on Wednesday, ahead of her concert in front of an estimated 30,000 fans…
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