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Fast Forward Israeli Real Estate Market Bounces Back
After a protracted slump in sales, buyers are returning to the Israeli housing market. The year 2011 had been marked by a statistically significant downturn in sales. Transactions were all but nonexistent during the last quarter of 2011. After a few years of steep gains in central Israeli cities, why would buyers think prices would…
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Fast Forward Time Crowns Bibi ‘King of Israel’
Time magazine has crowned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the ‘king of Israel’ in its cover story this week, which profiles Netanyahu and marks his recent feat – brokering a 94-member coalition with the rival Kadima party. In the article, Managing Editor Rick Stengel outlines Netanyahu’s recent achievements and explains why he is worthy of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Hospital Bans Speaking of Arabic
Arab teachers and students working in Kfar Sava’s Meir Medical Center have been forbidden to speak to each other in Arabic, which is an official language in Israel. Haaretz learned that three Arab families whose children were hospitalized in the center filed a complaint with the hospital management. The Education Ministry operates an education department…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv’s Anger at African Immigrants
A few weeks ago, in a fit of hatred, someone, or some more than one, threw Molotov cocktails at a kindergarten and apartments used by foreign workers in south Tel Aviv’s Shapira neighborhood, “causing significant property damage but no injuries or loss of life,” in journalese. This week I took a walk in Shapira. It…
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Fast Forward Plan Floated To Use Haredi as Police, Firefighters
The Finance Ministry is crafting a proposal to induct ultra-Orthodox men at age 20 into police and fire-fighting units. The plan aims to replace the Tal Law, following criticism by the High Court of Justice of inequality in the legislation, Haaretz has learned. However, the government reportedly has no immediate plans for a compulsory draft…
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Fast Forward IDF To Remove ‘God’ From Memorial Text
Defense officials plan to recommend that the Yizkor text that was the subject of a dispute last year be officially included in Memorial Day services at military cemeteries. The dispute centered around whether the words “Yizkor Elohim” (“May God remember” ) or “Yizkor Am Yisrael” (“May the nation of Israel remember” ) should be used….
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Fast Forward Barak: Iran Nuclear Talks ‘Ridiculous’
Talks between Iran and world powers that will end in agreed-upon measures that would nonetheless allow Tehran to continue and pursue military aspects of its nuclear program are “ridiculous,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview on Wednesday. Barak’s comments, made during an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan, came ahead of next week’s round…
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Fast Forward Gay Pride Hits Streets of Tel Aviv
The Tel Aviv municipality provoked public ire this week when, in a bid to advertise Gay Pride Day, it painted a city-center crosswalk in rainbow colors and posted photos of the stunt on Facebook – only to repaint it white a few hours later. The municipality launched its advertising campaign ahead of next month’s Gay…
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