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Fast Forward Rockets Slam Israel Despite Cease Fire
At least seven rockets and mortar shells fired from Gaza exploded in Israel after reports of an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire. Egypt announced that a cease-fire between terrorist groups in Egypt and Israel came into effect at 1 a.m. Tuesday. “We are still following the situation in the South and we need to see how it develops…
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Fast Forward Israel and Militants Agree to Gaza Ceasefire
Egyptian officials told Reuters they had brokered a truce between Israel and Hamas to end four days of cross-border fire between Israel and the Gaza Strip. The Reuters report late Monday quoted unnamed Egyptian officials. Neither Hamas nor Israel would confirm the report, and the terms of the truce were unclear. Militant groups in Gaza…
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Fast Forward Egypt Parliament Moves To Reject U.S. Aid
The Egyptian parliament may vote on a measure that would cut $1 billion in U.S. foreign assistance. A resolution was introduced in parliament on Sunday, The Associated Press reported. The vote, which would be largely symbolic, reflects the growing tensions between the United States and the newly installed Islamist-dominated parliament over the arrest of American…
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News Ex-Mossad Chief Warns on Iran Attack
Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said Israel should hold off on attacking Iran and that he would “prefer” that the United States execute any attack. Dagan also said in an interview aired Sunday on the CBS news program “60 Minutes” that he feared an Israeli strike on Iran would lead to a regional war that…
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Fast Forward Israel Moves To Stem Exclusion of Women
Israel’s Cabinet approved a plan to increase the participation of women in municipal government. The plan, part of the Knesset’s marking of International Women’s Day, is meant to increase the representation of women on local councils from its current 12 percent. The Cabinet also put into effect some recommendations of the Committee to Prevent the…
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Fast Forward Peres Meets With Latino Leaders in California
Shimon Peres ended a week-long visit to California with a wide-ranging discussion with Latino leaders on American exceptionalism, global generation gaps, and the correct spelling of his last name. Sunday morning’s event with the Israeli president at a Beverly Hills hotel drew some 120 invited guests, predominantly members of the Latino community and religious leaders,…
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Fast Forward Illegal Settlement Agrees To Relocate
Residents of Migron have signed an agreement with the Israeli government on relocating the illegal West Bank outpost. The agreement signed Sunday will allow the outpost’s approximately 50 families to move to a nearby hill over the next three years, meaning that they will not be evicted as ordered by Israel’s Supreme Court. The current…
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Fast Forward Rockets From Gaza Wound Several Israelis
Palestinian rockets from Gaza wounded several Israelis, and an Israeli airstrike killed the leader of a Palestinian terrorist group. The Friday evening hostilities reportedly began with the firing of two mortar shells from Gaza into Israel. Shortly thereafter, an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Gaza killed Zuhair Qaisi, the secretary general of the Popular…
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