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Fast Forward Palestinians Say New E. Jerusalem Building Threatens Talks
Palestinian officials said Israel’s announcement of 240 new units in eastern Jerusalem was a further blow to renewed peace talks. Israel’s housing ministry announced Friday that among 3,500 tenders throughout Israel, 240 were approved for units in Ramot and Pisgat Ze’ev, in Jerusalem’s north, Ha’aretz reported. “The Netanyahu government is determined to thwart any chance…
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Fast Forward Staten Island Man Accused of Murdering Parents Arrested in Israel
A New York man accused of stabbing his parents to death is in custody in Israel. Eric Bellucci, 30, was detained Friday after attempting to buy a ticket to China, Ha’aretz quoted Israeli police as saying. He was detained after an airline employee alerted police and will be deported to the United States. Bellucci landed…
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Fast Forward Jewish Businessman Gives $10,000 to Rescued Chilean Miners
A Chilean Jewish mining executive has written $10,000 checks to each of the 33 miners that are being rescued from a collapsed mine in Chile after being trapped for more than two months. Leonardo Farkas reportedly gave the checks in the miners’ names to each of the families and set up a separate fund to…
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Fast Forward Obama’s Jewish Support Dropping, Survey Finds
Jewish approval of President Obama is dropping, a new national survey found. Some 49 percent of U.S. Jews approve, while 45 percent disapprove, of the Obama administration’s handling of U.S.-Israel relations, according to a just-completed American Jewish Committee survey, its second national survey of American Jewish opinion conducted this year. This is the first time…
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Fast Forward PA Rejects Bibi’s Offer To Extend Freeze in Exchange for Recognition
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would reinstate a West Bank construction freeze if the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Netanyahu made the offer Monday in a wide-ranging speech at the opening of the Knesset’s winter session. “If the Palestinian leadership will say unequivocally to its people that it recognizes Israel as the…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Candidate Paladino Denounces Homosexuality in Speech to Orthodox Leaders
The Republican candidate for New York governor denounced homosexuality in an address to Orthodox Jewish leaders. Carl Paladino, meeting at Congregation Shaarei Chaim in Brooklyn with the leaders, said that children should not be ” brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option ” to marrying and raising a family. “That’s…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Cabinet Approves Loyalty Oath
Israel’s Cabinet approved a loyalty oath requiring non-Jews wishing to become citizens to pledge allegiance to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state.” Following several hours of debate, the vote was approved Sunday by 22 ministers and opposed by eight – five from the Labor Party, including party head Ehud Barak, and three from the…
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Fast Forward Obama’s Unprecedented Offer to Israel
Following reports of an unprecedented U.S. offer of a host of assurances in return for a 60-day extension of the freeze on building in West Bank settlements, some political analysts are wondering why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not grabbed the deal with both hands. According to the reports, President Obama is offering Netanyahu pledges…
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