Jack Khoury (Haaretz)
By Jack Khoury (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Vote to bring down Bennett government is foiled, for now
The Islamist Ra'am party announced it would return to the fold and give coalition another chance
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Fast Forward Israel strikes Gaza after second rocket attack in 48 hours
Israel's military described the attack as the most significant since last May's fighting with the Hamas-controlled enclave.
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Fast Forward ‘Apartheid’ Day Will Mark Passage Of The Nation-State Law
The Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Central Council, in cooperation with Israel’s Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, has decided to mark July 19 as the “Day of Resistance against the Israeli Apartheid.” July 19th is the day the Knesset passed the controversial nation-state law. The decision to make the date an annual reminder of the struggle against the…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Comes Under Fire for Shelving Anti-Israel UN Resolution
Senior Palestinian officials, including some from Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party, are criticizing the Palestinian Authority president’s decision to postpone consideration of a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlement construction. For the past several weeks, the Palestinians have been telling both Western diplomats and the media that they intend to demand a vote on the resolution,…
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Fast Forward Political Head of Hamas Calls For An End to Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
The head of the political wing of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, implicitly called on the Palestinian Authority Wednesday to cease peace negotiations with Israel immediately, claiming that continuing the talks would endanger the status of Jerusalem. Meshal, who is living in Qatar with other Hamas leaders, was in Ankara this week, where spoke by video to…
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Fast Forward Egyptian Christians Try To Lay Low Amid Bloodshed
As clashes between the Egyptian army and the Muslim Brotherhood lead to bloodshed, the Christian Copts in Egypt are also suffering from violence. The 17 million Christians in Egypt, a fifth of the population, have seen some 80 churches and monasteries set on fire since the beginning of last week, especially in southern villages and…
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Fast Forward Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas May Turn to The Hague If Talks Sputter
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called in a speech Tuesday for the Arab League to appeal to the UN and to the international community in an attempt to “stop Israel’s settlement policy in the West Bank, with an emphasis on East Jerusalem.” Speaking at the Arab League summit in Doha, Abbas informed the heads of Arab…
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Fast Forward Hamas Sees Progress in Talks for Release of Gilad Shalit
Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk believes that internal pressure in Israel and changes in the composition of the Israeli negotiating team will lead to positive movement toward reaching a prisoner exchange deal that will include the release of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. In an interview with the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper, Abu Marzouk, the deputy…
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