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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s Party Aims for Sept. 4 Elections
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset on Wednesday, as Israel’s political system readies for upcoming early general elections. Kadima released a statement following the Likud’s submission, saying that the party would “support every bill to move up the elections at any date the Knesset agrees to.” Israel’s…
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Fast Forward Israel Hopes To Censor Facebook and Twitter
Israel’s military launched a new system this week to monitor information on the Internet, the chief military censor said on Tuesday. Col. Sima Vaknin-Gil said that the new system will monitor visual and textual information on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, on blogs and on traditional news sites. Speaking at the Digit 2012…
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Fast Forward Haaretz: Meshal Loses Control of Hamas’ Military Wing
Hamas political bureau head Khaled Meshal, who now resides in Qatar, is expected to keep his post after an internal vote by the organization’s leadership later this month. But sources have told Haaretz that Hamas leaders have decided to transfer some of Meshal’s critical areas of authority to the leadership in the Gaza Strip, including…
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Fast Forward Jenin Governor Has Fatal Heart Attack Amid Break In
Jenin District Governor Kadura Musa died on Tuesday night of a heart attack, shortly after armed attackers opened fire on his home. On Tuesday night, a number of assailants took positions outside Musa’s home, before opening fire. The governor’s bodyguards returned fire, and Musa himself came out of his house and fired a number of…
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Fast Forward U.S. Presses U.N. To Delay Settlement Probe
The Obama administration is trying to delay the establishment of a panel appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. U.S. Middle East envoy David Hale met in Geneva last week with U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay and asked her not to advance…
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Fast Forward Abbas: ‘I Choose Bibi as My Partner for Peace’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the Tunisian parliament on Monday, “I choose you [Benjamin] Netanyahu as my partner for peace. With whom else can I make peace?” He qualified the unusual statement, however, by adding that Netanyahu must “choose between settlements and peace.” Speaking to Tunisia’s interim parliament, Abbas reiterated his demands from Israel:…
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Fast Forward Olmert: U.S., Not Israel, Should Lead Iran Strike
Israel could take part in a possible military strike on Iran, but should not lead it, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told CNN on Monday, saying that military action should take place only as if all other efforts fail. Olmert’s remarks on Iran join a recent and heated Israeli debate on the issue, as current…
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Fast Forward Bibi Eulogizes Father as Hero of Zionism
The father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Benzion Netanyahu, was laid to rest on Monday evening at Har Hamenuhot in Jerusalem. “You always showed us what it means to be committed to the nation and state, father,” said the prime minister, “but more than that – what is your commitment to us.” Netanyahu added: “You…
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