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Fast Forward Bibi: Arab Spring Inflating Israel’s Defense Costs
The Islamistization of the Arab Spring movement has placed “enormous pressure” on Israeli defenses and progress in the peace process, Benjamin Netanyahu told American Jewish leaders. The Israeli prime minister, speaking Sunday night to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ annual meeting in Jerusalem, said his country’s economy must continue to grow…
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Fast Forward Prime Minister’s Aide Resigns Amid Sex Scandal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau chief resigned over a sexual harassment scandal. Natan Eshel under a plea agreement signed Sunday resigned from his position and committed to never again working in civil service. Eshel admitted to unprofessional behavior with a female subordinate. The woman, known only as R, has refused to press charges or…
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Fast Forward Obama and Bibi to Meet in March
President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet early next month. A meeting was expected, as Netanyahu is set to be in Washington to address the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on March 5. In a statement Monday, the White House said the two leaders would meet the…
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Fast Forward Adelson Will Give $10 Million More to Gingrich
Casino and hotel magnate Sheldon Adelson reportedly has plans to give another $10 million to a group supporting Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. The donation to Winning Our Future, an independent committee, or Super PAC, that is run by former Gingrich associates, will reportedly be delivered in the coming days, CBS News reported…
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Fast Forward Top General Calls Strike on Iran ‘Premature’
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in an interview that an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be “destabilizing.” “It’s not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran,” Gen. Martin Dempsey said in an interview on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS which will be aired Sunday morning. “I think it…
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Fast Forward Lew Touts Obama Record to Jewish Leaders
Jack Lew, President Obama’s chief of staff, met with Jewish leaders in New York and fielded questions about differences with Israel. Lew, who is Jewish, met Feb. 17 with a group convened by the New York Jewish Community Relations Council on his way home for Shabbat. According to participants in the meeting, he was asked…
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Fast Forward Would-Be Capitol Bomber Eyed Synagogue
A Moroccan man who allegedly wanted to conduct a suicide bombing attack on the U.S. Capitol had considered attacking a synagogue, according to authorities. Amine El Khalifi was arrested Froday as soon as he accepted a phony suicide vest and a disabled gun from federal agents, according to news reports. An FBI spokesman would only…
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Fast Forward Silow-Carroll Wins David Twersky Award
Andrew Silow-Carroll of the New Jersey Jewish News won the first David Twersky Journalism Award. Named for the paper’s former editor who died of cancer in 2010 at age 60, the prize was awarded to Silow-Carroll for a column he wrote in September about rabbis politicizing the pulpit. The award, which was established to honor…
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