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Fast Forward Bibi Says New Coalition Can Push for Peace
The national unity government has created a new opportunity to move the peace process ahead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a letter he sent Abbas on Saturday night. Netanyahu added that he wants to restart negotiations as soon as possible. Ever since taking office, Netanyahu has told U.S….
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Fast Forward Cabinet Flip-Flops on Legalizing Outposts
A ministerial legislation panel rejected a bill geared at applying Israeli law on settlements in the West Bank on Sunday, following an intervention by Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman. The justice minister’s move came after it had become apparent that the bill would pass the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, after nine of the panel’s members indicated…
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Fast Forward Lack of Shade Makes Western Wall Intolerable
It was a beautiful, partially cloudy spring day in Jerusalem on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching 25 degrees Celsius in the shade. A perfect day for strolling around nearly any part of the city, with one truly glaring exception: the Western Wall Plaza. The glaring whiteness of the plaza pavement reflected the heat, and the complete…
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Fast Forward Europe To Denounce Israeli West Bank Actions
The 27 foreign ministers of the European Union are expected on Sunday to issue a harsh denunciation of Israel’s activities on the West Bank. The EU’s Foreign Affairs Council will criticize violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians and will call on Israel to remove restrictions on Palestinian construction and economic development projects in Area C…
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Fast Forward Thousands of Israelis Mount New Protests
A number of social justice rallies were held across Israel on Saturday evening, with the largest taking place in Tel Aviv where thousands of people gathered in Rabin Square. Protest marches in Tel Aviv began in the Shapira, Levinsky, and Hatikva neighborhoods, before uniting and continuing on to Rabin Square. Demonstrators chanted “We want justice,…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Seek To Avoid Conflict on Nakba Day
The political storm that swept across the country this week obscured the huge dramas that are continuing to roll across the Middle East. The Arab Spring refuses to end. This week, too, the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad continued to kill civilians and opposition activists who are trying to drive out the regime. In…
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Fast Forward Shimon Peres Has Successful Hernia Surgery
Israeli President Shimon Peres underwent surgery on Friday to treat a hernia in his abdomen. He was hospitalized in the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, and doctors said the operation was successful. The hernia was discovered during the president’s state visit to Canada. He was treated by his personal doctor Prof. Rafi Walden. Peres…
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Fast Forward Israeli Leftists Debate New Coalition Government
A number of prominent Israeli politicians and hundreds of activists from various organizations attended a left-wing conference organized by Peace Now on Friday. The event, deemed the Israeli Left Conference, took place at the Zionist Organization of Americaconference center in central Tel Aviv. Participants discussed Israel’s new Netanyahu-Mofaz unity government, as well as a number…
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