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Fast Forward WikiLeaks: Israel Favored Suleiman as Successor to Mubarak
Israel has long preferred current Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman as the successor to President Hosni Mubarak, according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. A senior adviser from Israel’s Ministry of Defense told U.S. diplomats in Tel Aviv in August 2008 that Suleiman was viewed as the most likely interim president if Mubarak died or was…
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Fast Forward Israeli Court Upholds Agunah’s Right To Damages
A Tel Aviv court upheld the right of women denied a religious divorce by their husbands to sue for damages. The District Court ruled that an Israeli woman who has been refused a religious divorce, or get, by her husband for the past 16 years has the right to receive nearly $200,000 from him in…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups React to Charges Filed Against Irvine Protesters
Criminal charges were filed against 11 Muslim students who disrupted a speech by Israel’s ambassador to the United States in Irvine, Calif. Jewish groups offered a mixed reaction to the charges filed late last week against nine University of California-Irvine students and two students from UC Riverside. Arraignment is set for March 11 in Santa…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Rep. Jane Harman To Leave Congress
Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), a pro-Israel stalwart with close ties to the U.S. intelligence community, is quitting Congress. Harman reportedly is leaving to run the Washington DC- based Woodrow Wilson Center, a preeminent foreign policy think tank. She is replacing Lee Hamilton, also a prominent former Democratic congressman. Harman, known for her ties with the…
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Fast Forward Cuba To Seek 20-Year Prison Sentence for American Alan Gross
Cuban prosecutors will seek a 20-year prison sentence for accused spy Alan Gross, a U.S. government contractor that the State Department says was assisting Cuban Jews. Gross is accused of “Acts Against the Independence and Territorial Integrity of the State,” Reuters reported, citing a Feb. 4 report by Cuban state media via a government-run website….
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Fast Forward Pro-Mubarak Supporters Call Foreign Journalists ‘Jews’
Pro-Egyptian government counter-protesters in Cairo are screaming “Jew!” at foreign journalists, apparently spurred by Egyptian state TV accusations that Israeli spies are behind the protests. “Egyptian state television has actively tried to foment the unrest by reporting that ‘Israeli spies’ on the unrest have infiltrated the city, which explains why many of the gangs who…
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Fast Forward Israeli Journalists Arrested in Cairo as Protests Continue
Four Israeli journalists were arrested in Cairo as anti-government protests in Egypt turned violent. The journalists were arrested Wednesday for violating the curfew in the capital city and for entering the city on tourist visas, according to reports. Israel’s foreign ministry said in a statement that it is working to have the reporters, three from…
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Fast Forward Mubarak Says He Won’t Run Again; Pledges Smooth Transition
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would not run again and pledged a peaceful transition to his successor. In an address late Tuesday night, Mubarak said he had already decided not to run before the eruption last week of an uprising that called for the end of his 30-year autocracy. “I am totally keen on…
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