Jonathan Lis (Haaretz)
By Jonathan Lis (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Bibi: Decision To Ease Gaza Blockade Weakens Hamas
The cabinet decision to scale back the civilian blockade on Gaza while tightening the security blockade enables Israel to focus on real security issues, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday in an address to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. “The cabinet decision is the best one for Israel, because it eliminates Hamas’…
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Fast Forward F.M. Lieberman’s ‘Loyalty’ Bill Clears First Hurdle in Knesset
The Knesset on Wednesday passed the first reading of a ‘citizenship loyalty’ bill proposed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu party. The bill, proposed by David Rotem MK, calls on Israel to revoke citizenship or permanent status from any person convicted of terrorist activity or of espionage on behalf of a terrorist organization. Twenty…
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Fast Forward Amid Controversy Over New Israel Fund, Jerusalem Post Drops Group’s Head as Columnist
The broadside campaign by the Im Tirtzu movement against the New Israel Fund caught its president, Professor Naomi Chazan, in New York, where she traveled to chair a meeting of the fund’s board of trustees, scheduled months in advance. “I’ve seen everything,” she said in a phone interview this week of the posters released by…
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Fast Forward Does Israel Train Dogs To Pounce Upon Hearing ‘Allah Hu Akbar’?
The Israel Defense Forces has denied allegations that it trains its canines to attack anybody heard saying Allah Hu Akbar, Arabic for ‘God is great.’ Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi on Monday told the Knesset plenum that at a canine unit ceremony held the day before, parents of the soldiers witnessed demonstrations proving these allegations….
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Fast Forward Shalit Video Released With Soldier Holding Recent Newspaper
A video of captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was broadcast on Israeli television on Thursday, showing the gaunt soldier holding a Palestinian newspaper dated September 14, 2009. In the video, Shalit is seen saying that he was feeling healthy and being treated well by his captors. In the video, which Israel received from…
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Fast Forward Psychiatric Tests Ordered for Haredi Woman Suspected of Starving Son
The Haredi woman who is suspected of starving her son and whose arrest sparked riots in Jerusalem will undergo psychiatric testing within the next 24 hours, the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ruled on Monday. The decision was reached following a meeting between the court president, Judge Shulamit Dotan, and the woman’s attorney, David Halevy. Halevy said…
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