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Fast Forward Abbas Says He Will Not Compromise on Borders and Status of Jerusalem
Mahmoud Abbas said he will not compromise during peace negotiations on core issues such as final borders and the status of Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority president also said in an interview with the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds newspaper that he rejects Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand that he recognize Israel as a Jewish state. He said…
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Fast Forward Conversions Performed by IDF Called Invalid
Possibly thousands of conversions to Judaism of Israeli soldiers performed by the military rabbinate are not valid, a state attorney said. The conversions are invalid, the state prosecutor told Israel’s Supreme Court justices on Monday, because they were not approved by the Chief Rabbinate and often were conducted by rabbis who are not recognized as…
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Fast Forward Following Facebook Competition, 12 Day Schools Will Get $500,000
Twelve U.S. Jewish day schools finished in the top 20 of a competition on Facebook and each will receive $500,000. Eleven of the top 20 in the $10 million Kohl’s Cares voting are Chabad-affiliated , according to the Lubavitch.com website. The voting ended Sept. 3. More than 1.8 million people voted, according to the Kohl’s…
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Fast Forward Four Members of Orthodox Patrol Unit Shot in Brooklyn
Four members of an Orthodox volunteer patrol were shot Thursday night in Brooklyn. The members of the Brooklyn South Shomrim Patrol were shot by a man they had been following for several days, ever since they found him leering at young girls and fondling himself in his car, they told the New York Times. New…
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Fast Forward EU Trade Chief Apologizes for ‘Irrational Jews’ Comment
The European Union’s trade chief apologized for saying that rational discussion about Israel was impossible with Jews and that the Jewish lobby is the most influential in Washington. Karel De Gucht, a former Belgian foreign minister who is now the E.U.’s Trade Commissioner, had been asked in a radio interview on Thursday for his opinion…
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Fast Forward Settlers End West Bank Construction Moratorium in Response to Hebron Terror
A settlers’ umbrella group unilaterally ended the West Bank construction moratorium in response to the terrorist attack near Hebron. Hundreds of settlers gathered at sites throughout the West Bank to begin construction on several structures whose building was delayed by the freeze on building in the West Bank, which began in late November 2009 and…
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Fast Forward Barak Sees a Jerusalem Divided
Israel would be willing to divide control over Jerusalem as part of a peace deal, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told an Israeli newspaper. A likely scenario, Barak told Haaretz, would have Israel retaining western Jerusalem and the 12 Jewish neighborhoods that are home to 200,000 residents, while the Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem home to about…
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Fast Forward Barak: Israel Willing to Divide Jerusalem
Israel would be willing to divide control over Jerusalem as part of a peace deal, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told an Israeli newspaper. A likely scenario, Barak told Haaretz, would have Israel retaining western Jerusalem and the 12 Jewish neighborhoods that are home to 200,000 residents, while the Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem home to about…
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