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Fast Forward Bibi Sets Up Panel To Legalize Illegal Outposts
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that he would submit the issue of sanctioning three West Bank outposts to a specially formed panel, despite the fact that he was expected to bring their recognition to the approval of the cabinet. Netanyahu’s comments came after, earlier this month, the premier informed his ministers…
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Fast Forward Israel and U.S. Launch Africa Farming Program
MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” in Washington on Wednesday, to enhance bilateral cooperation on food security – known as the “Feed the future” project – which at this point, is focusing on Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Dr. Rajiv Shah,…
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Fast Forward J. Edgar Hoover’s Obsession With Hitler
On today’s date, April 20, in 1889, Adolf Hitler was born. It wasn’t by chance that the German aktzia (roundup ) to wipe out the Warsaw Ghetto was scheduled for this date, leading to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which began on April 19, 1943 – the 15th of the Hebrew month of Nisan. This year,…
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Fast Forward New Video Shows IDF Officer Hitting Left-Wing Activists
Days after Israel Defense Forces chief Benny Gantz opted to dismiss Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner for striking a foreign left-wing protester, new video evidence released by an Israeli NGO pertains to prove the Israeli officer employed brute force unprovoked. According to a statement, which was attached to the Palestinian television clip, by B’Tselem, Eisner is…
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Fast Forward Report: Records Show Arafat’s Intifada Ties
On April 15, 2002, 10 years ago this week, Marwan Barghouti, the secretary general of Fatah’s Tanzim militia, was arrested by members of the undercover Duvdevan unit of the Israel Defense Forces in Ramallah. His capture was preceded by two weeks of cat-and-mouse games with the IDF and the Shin Bet security service, during which…
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Fast Forward ‘Occupy’ Chapter Posts Anti-Semitic Cartoon
The Occupy Tampa movement posted an anti-Semitic cartoon on their Facebook page on Thursday, which coincided with Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. The cartoon, shown below, depicted a Jewish man with a big nose and large beard driving a car with the symbol of the United Nations as the wheel and U.S. President Barack Obama’s head…
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Fast Forward Yair Lapid: Only Solution Is Two States
Would-be politician and former news anchor Yair Lapid criticized Kadima for failing to join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, saying on Wednesday that he his party would join a future cabinet in a bid to “fight for what he believes in.” Lapid’s comments, coming during a speech to students in Sapir College, came after on…
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Fast Forward Israel Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israelis across the nation paused in memory of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, as a siren sounded throughout Israel on Thursday. The theme of this year’s commemoration is “My Brother’s Keeper – Jewish Solidarity during the Holocaust.” The central ceremony commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day is scheduled to take place at the Yad…
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