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Fast Forward AIPAC Calls for Review of U.S.-Palestinian Ties
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee called for a “full review” of the U.S. relationship with the Palestine Liberation Organization, including shutting its Washington office, in the wake of its obtaining non-member state status at the United Nations. “In requesting this action, PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is effectively turning his back on talks with Israel…
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Fast Forward Leaders of Social Protests Set To Join Knesset
Two leaders of Israel’s social protest movement made it into the top 12 slots on the Labor Party’s list for the 19th Knesset. Stav Shapir was voted into slot nine and Itzik Shmoli clinched te 12th slot in the Labor primaries on Thursday. Both became famous in the summer of 2011 as they led protest…
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Fast Forward Polls: Only 7 Votes for Livni’s Party
Two polls predict no more than seven seats in the Israeli parliament for Tzippi Livni’s newly-established center-left party. A Smith Research poll of 500 Israelis, commissioned by The Jerusalem Post and the Globes daily, found Livni would garner no more than six seats in Israel’s January 22 general elections, the Post reported on Friday. A…
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Fast Forward Alan Gross Biopsy, Hopeful but Not Definitive
The results of a biopsy released by the Cuban government raises hopes that Jewish American contractor Alan Gross does not have cancer, his lawyer said, but his family still wants his own physician to examine him. “While we very much hope that these test results are accurate and do not doubt the Cuban government’s belief…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Wants Palestinian Office Shut After Vote
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee called for a “full review” of the U.S. relationship with the Palestine Liberation Organization, including shutting its Washington office, in the wake of its obtaining non-member state status at the United Nations. “In requesting this action, PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is effectively turning his back on talks with Israel…
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Fast Forward Israel Army Group ‘Regrets’ Stevie Wonder Snub
The head of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces expressed his regret that Grammy-winning singer Stevie Wonder has pulled out of performing at a fundraiser for the group. Wonder was scheduled to headline the Friends of the IDF annual gala in Los Angeles on Dec. 6. The event raises millions of dollars to support…
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Fast Forward ‘Explicit’ Anti-Semitism Rare in Britain: Report
Explicit anti-Semitism is rare in British public life, Britain’s Community Security Trust said in a report on anti-Semitic discourse in Britain in 2011. The 35-page report issued Thursday also reported that anti-Semitic themes alleging Jewish conspiracy, power and hostility to others can resonate within mainstream discourse about Israel and about so-called “Zionists.” Explicit anti-Semitism tends…
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News After 67 Years, Holocaust Survivor Meets Rescuer
Even though 67 years had passed since they last saw each other, Wladyslawa Dudziak and Rozia Beiman reunited as if they hadn’t missed a moment. Dudziak, 85, was flown to New York last week from Poland to meet with Beiman, whom she had saved from the Nazis more than a half-century before. Dudziak lived in…
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