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Fast Forward Netanyahu Disavows Claim from Cabinet Minister That Israel Opposes Two States
Israel’s prime minister said he would work with John Kerry to advance peace talks with the Palestinians, following a government official’s assertion that the ruling coalition opposes a two-state solution. “(T)ogether we will try to advance a way to find an opening for negotiations with the Palestinians with the goal of reaching an agreement. This…
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Fast Forward Is Greek Neo-Nazi Lawmaker a Holocaust Denier?
A prominent lawmaker from the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party implied that he is a Holocaust denier during a stormy debate in the Greek Parliament. Speaking to parliament on Thursday, Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris said that a Greek-Israeli businessman caught up in a massive tax evasion scandal refuses to testify before an investigative committee because…
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Fast Forward Despite ‘Biased Treatment’, Israel Seeks To Renew Ties with U.N. Human Rights Council
Israel has asked to resume its ties with the United Nations Human Rights Council a year after severing ties with the body, an Israeli paper reported. “I have been instructed to write to you and, in response to your latest letter of 14 May 2013, re-affirm my intention to continue our close and fruitful dialogue,”…
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Fast Forward Lawmakers Ask Kerry To Censure Argentina Over Commission with Iran
A bipartisan group of U.S. congressmen urged Secretary of State John Kerry to act against Argentina if jointly investigates the 1994 AMIA Jewish center attack in Buenos Aires with Iran. Referring to the “truth commission” set up by Argentina and Iran, the letter sent to Kerry on Tuesday calls on him to “monitor and oppose…
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Fast Forward Fierce Western Wall Confrontation Looms as Women Plan Torah Reading
Women of the Wall announced plans to read from a Torah scroll at its upcoming service at the Western Wall. Also leading up to Sunday’s service, several leading haredi Orthodox rabbis called on thousands of haredi men to gather for a mass prayer opposite Women of the Wall. Women of the Wall gathers at the…
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Fast Forward Australian Police Identify Suspects in 1982 Terror Bombing Aimed at Jews
Police in Australia say they now have four primary suspects in the 1982 bombings of the Israeli Consulate and the Hakoah Club, and offered a $100,000 reward to help flush them out. Detective Chief Superintendent Wayne Gordon, the commander of the terrorism investigation squad, told reporters Thursday in Sydney that he hoped the money would…
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Fast Forward Muslim Clerics Who Visited Auschwitz and Dachau Slam Holocaust Denial
A group of imams who toured Auschwitz and Dachau said “denying the reality of the Holocaust” was “unacceptable.” “We bear witness to the absolute horror and tragedy of the Holocaust, where millions upon millions of human souls perished, more than half of whom were people of the Jewish faith,” said the May 28 statement from…
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Fast Forward Susan Rice Brings Experience Defending Israel to National Security Job
Susan Rice has said that a “huge” portion of her work at the United Nations was defending Israel’s legitimacy. Her new job will likely be no less Israel-centric. President Obama plans Wednesday to name Rice his national security adviser and replace her at the U.N. with Samantha Power, one of his top White House advisers….
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