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Fast Forward Israel’s $6 Million New Home for Illegal Settlers
The Israeli cabinet unanimously approved Sunday a proposal to erect temporary housing for residents of the illegal West Bank outpost of Migron, which would allow for the outpost’s evacuation by July 15. The High Court of Justice last month ordered the state to evacuate the illegal West Bank outpost and dismantle it by August, after…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Planning for Elections by Fall
Likud sources said on Saturday that the national elections are likely to be held between September and November. Anticipating the coming elections Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already meeting strategic advisors and survey experts, a political source said. “Netanyahu’s associates are pressing him to push up the elections,” the source said. “Whichever way you look…
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Fast Forward Ex-Shin Bet Chief: Right-Wing Settlers Poses Threat
Right-wing extremism is Israel much more violent than that originating in the political left, former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin was recorded as saying on Friday, adding that an attempt to evacuate West Bank settlements could result in an event similar to the assassination of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Earlier Saturday, remarks made…
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Fast Forward Haredi Army Service Could Decide Israel Vote
Israel’s political system will know whether or not it’s heading for early elections following the vote on a replacement to the so-called Tal Law on May 9, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Saturday, adding that his Yisrael Beiteinu party has exhausted its obligations to the coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The FM’s comments,…
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Fast Forward Ex-Shin Bet Boss: Bibi Can’t Be Trusted on Iran
Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin expressed harsh criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday in a meeting with residents of the city of Kfar Sava, saying the pair is not worthy of leading the country. “My major problem is that I have no faith in the current leadership,…
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Fast Forward Israelis Sue Swiss Banks for Looted Deposits
Two Israelis are preparing to file a $260 million lawsuit against the Swiss government and two Swiss banks for allegedly refusing to return money and valuables deposited by their parents shortly before World War II. The plaintiffs say they intend to file the lawsuit next week in U.S. court, under a U.S. law enabling them…
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Fast Forward Peres Still Going Strong at 88
The incidental interviewer doesn’t have to break a sweat to get President Shimon Peres to sit back in his armchair and detail, with enthusiasm and at length, his vision of what the State of Israel will ideally look like in three years’ time. After all, Peres and vision are synonymous. Like in Shmulik Kraus’ song,…
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Fast Forward Firebombs Tossed at Africans’ Homes in Tel Aviv
Three Molotov cocktails were thrown early Friday morning toward the homes of refugees from Eritrea and Sudan in the Shapira neighborhood of southern Tel Aviv. No one was injured in the incidents. Police have opened an investigation into the matter. Investigators are looking into whether the Molotov cocktails were thrown by neighborhood residents or outsiders…
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