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Fast Forward Israeli Report Absolves IDF in Flotilla Incident
The response was predictable when Israel released the findings of its commission of inquiry into the fatal Turkish flotilla incident in May: Israel’s defenders heralded it as absolving Israel of wrongdoing, Turkish critics of Israel dismissed it as not credible. Now, the question is how the international community will view the report, which found that…
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Fast Forward Rahm Emanuel’s Name Back on Ballot
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered Rahm Emanuel’s name back on the ballot for Chicago mayor. A day after a state appellate court panel in a 2-1 decision ordered that Emanuel’s name be removed from the ballot because he had not lived in the city for a year before the election, the state’s high court agreed…
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Fast Forward Hezbollah-Backed Candidate To Form New Lebanese Government
The choice of Hezbollah’s candidate for prime minister has led to protests in Lebanon. Najib Miqati, a billionaire and former prime minister, will set about forming a government after being chosen by Hezbollah and its allies, reportedly backed by Iran and Syria. Miqati won 68 seats in Lebanon’s 128-member Parliament. He succeeds Saad Hariri, whose…
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Fast Forward Rahm Emanuel Ineligible To Run for Mayor of Chicago
Rahm Emanuel was ruled ineligible to run for mayor of Chicago. The Illinois Appellate Court in a 2-1 decision ordered that Emanuel’s name be removed from the ballot. Opponents of the former White House chief of staff had said his two years in Washington disqualified him from running because the city’s Board of Election Commissioners…
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Fast Forward Moscow Airport Bombing ‘A Horrifying Scene’ Say Chabad Emissaries
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries who responded to the bombing at Moscow’s busiest airport described a “horrifying scene.” In an e-mail to JTA, Rabbi Sheah Deitsch, one of a group of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries who are first responders on behalf of the Moscow Chief Rabbinate, said that “families were screaming and wailing.” “They asked to speak to the Jewish…
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Fast Forward Two New Flotillas Attempt To Break Gaza Blockade
Two more flotillas will attempt to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, organizers said. The new convoys, organized by the Free Gaza movement and the Turkish pro-Palestinian organization IHH, will leave in the spring and have been dubbed Freedom Flotilla 2, according to reports. An official announcement will be made later this week, Haaretz reported Monday….
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Fast Forward Congressman Expresses Regret About Using Holocaust Terminology
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, expressed regrets about his use of Holocaust terminology in attacking Republicans during the debate over health care reform. “I would certainly never do anything to diminish the horror of the Nazi Holocaust, as I revere and respect the history of my people,” Cohen said in a statement released…
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News PLO Office Raises Flag in Washington
The PLO office in Washington raised a flag for the first time. “It’s about time that this flag that symbolizes the struggle of the Palestinian people for self-determination and statehood is raised in the United States,” said Palestine Liberation Organization envoy Maen Areikat in a brief ceremony Tuesday outside its Dupont Circle offices. “We hope…
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