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Fast Forward With Partners, Bibi Issues New Iran Demands
After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finished celebrating the aftermath of the political bombshell that he had dropped on Israel by bringing in Kadima into the government, he freed up Wednesday to deal with a different bomb. On Wednesday afternoon, the prime minister met with European Union Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton, who arrived in Israel…
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Fast Forward Filmmaker Could Be Charged for ‘Jenin’ Documentary
The attorney general will soon decide whether to file charges against Mohammed Bakri, director of the controversial film “Jenin, Jenin,” which implies that Israel Defense Forces soldiers committed war crimes in a 2002 military operation in the Palestinian refugee camp. Yehuda Weinstein called a meeting to discuss the possibility of charging Bakri and whoever assisted…
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Fast Forward Lapid: Conservative Rabbis Are ‘Gatekeepers’ of Identity
“The Jewish identity is in danger and you are the gatekeepers,” political newcomer Yair Lapid told audience members Tuesday at the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement in Atlanta. “Judaism shouldn’t be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together,” he added. Speaking on…
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Fast Forward Lieberman To Push New Government To Legalize West Bank Outpost
Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday that the main issues facing Israel’s new governing coalition are the Tal Law and the West Bank neighborhood Ulpana. “These are the two most important tests and I hope that we will learn to get through them in the best way,” Lieberman said before…
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Fast Forward Bibi Deal Driven by Power Not Public Good: Poll
Most Israelis believe the Likud-Kadima unity deal was driven by personal and political considerations rather than the national good, and few believe the new 94-MK coalition will carry out the promises its leaders made Tuesday, a Haaretz-Dialog poll has found. Evidently, Tuesday’s lengthy press conference by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz…
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Fast Forward Street Protests Erupt Over Israeli Coalition Deal
Over 1,000 people demonstrated on Tuesday night near the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv against the deal struck between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz. The protest, which took place near where the 2011 summer protest began on Rothschild Boulevard, included waved flags, and chanted slogans such as “Bibi, go home.” Several…
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Fast Forward Labor Leader Blasts ‘Alliance of Cowards’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s surprise move to form a unity government with Kadima announced early on Tuesday morning has shocked Israeli politics, unleashing harsh criticism from opposition members, and praise from members of the Likud-led governing coalition. President Shimon Peres praised the move, and said that “a national unity government is good for the people…
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Fast Forward Bibi Deal Means Less Power for Haredi Parties
Members of the Shas party and their spokespeople have been saying all morning long that they were updated during all stages that led to the agreement between Benjamin Netanyahu and Shaul Mofaz regarding a unity government. They want to say that everything is fine, Shas is part of the agreement, senior partners. But this is…
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