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Fast Forward Tensions Ease After Bibi-Obama Talk
The optics were perfect, but the meaning was elusive. President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat together July 6, joshing and smiling, trying to project a clear message: The rift was over. Israel and the United States are on the same track again. “In terms of my relationship with Prime Minister Netanyahu, I…
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Fast Forward Mossad Agent Will Be Deported to Germany
A Polish court has decided to extradite an alleged Israeli Mossad agent to Germany in the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai. A Warsaw regional court judge decided Wednesday to turn Uri Brodsky over to Germany, where he could face trial for falsification of documents and using false documents. Brodsky, who was arrested at…
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Fast Forward Observant Muslim, Orthodox Jew To Lead New Jersey Township
A practicing Muslim and an Orthodox Jew have been chosen to run a New Jersey township. Mohammed Hameeduddin was picked last week by the Teaneck Township Council to serve as mayor and Adam Gussen was chosen as deputy mayor for two-year terms. Hameeduddin, Teaneck’s first Muslim mayor, is one of only a handful of Muslims…
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Fast Forward Dustin Hoffman, Meg Ryan Cancel Israel Appearances
In an apparent reaction to the Gaza flotilla incident, actors Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman reportedly have backed out of attending the Jerusalem Film Festival. Ryan canceled her appearance the day after the Gaza flotilla incident, The Jerusalem Post reported, quoting Cinematheque associate director Yigal Molad Hayo. Molad Hayo said Hoffman broke off negotiations, which…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Times: Tax-Exempt Gifts Bolster Settlements
Read the Forward’s related coverage here and here. Tax-exempt donations from the United States have helped Jews to strengthen West Bank settlements, preventing the creation of a Palestinian state, The New York Times reported. As the U.S. government is working to bring about an end to Jewish settlements and build a Palestinian state in the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Arrives in DC To Meet Obama
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington for his fifth meeting with President Obama. Netanyahu’s plane landed early Tuesday morning at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, eight miles from the capital. Along with Obama, Netanyahu also is scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Netanyahu and Obama will hold…
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Fast Forward Report: Abbas Would Support Deal That Keeps Kotel Under Israel’s Control
Mahmoud Abbas offered the Western Wall and Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter to remain under Israel’s control as part of a peace settlement, an Arabic newspaper reported. The Palestinian Authority president made the offer as part of a written proposal to U.S. Mideast negotiator George Mitchell, the London-based Al-Hayat reported over the weekend. The proposal reportedly also…
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Fast Forward Turkey Threatens To Cut Ties If Israel Doesn’t Apologize
Turkey’s foreign minister has threatened to cut ties with Israel unless it apologizes for its deadly interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla, a Turkish newspaper reported. “Israelis have three options: They will either apologize or acknowledge an international-impartial inquiry and its conclusion. Otherwise, our diplomatic ties will be cut off,” Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told the…
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