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Fast Forward Britain To Expel Israeli Diplomat
Britain will expel an Israeli diplomat over the use of forged national passports, according to British reports. Foreign Secretary David Miliband is scheduled to make a statement to the House of Commons Tuesday afternoon in which he will blame Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency for providing an assassination team with forged British passports in order to…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Orders Reassessment of Ashkelon E.R. Move
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a task force to re-evaluate a Cabinet decision to relocate the planned construction of a reinforced emergency room in southern Israel. Israel’s Cabinet approved by one vote on Sunday a plan to relocate Barzilai Medical Center’s planned underground secure emergency room to a site farther from the Ashkelon hospital…
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Fast Forward Report: Cal-Berkeley Student Gov’t Endorses Divestment
The student government at the University of California, Berkeley reportedly endorsed a divestment bill. The Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley passed the bill by a wide margin early Thursday morning, it was reported. The Daily Californian had reported that the association was considering the bill late Wednesday night. The bill calls for…
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Fast Forward Obama: There’s No U.S-Israel ‘Crisis’
In his first public remarks on the strain in U.S.-Israel ties, President Obama said there was no crisis in relations between the two countries. In an interview with Fox News aired Wednesday night, the U.S. leader said Israel’s announcement last week during Vice President Joe Biden’s visit of new construction in eastern Jerusalem has not…
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Fast Forward American To Plead Guilty to Mumbai Attack Charges
An American citizen of Pakistani origin reportedly has agreed to plead guilty to charges against him in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. David Headly, 49, is scheduled to appear Thursday in a federal court in Chicago to change his plea from not guilty, according to news reports, citing a federal court notice. Headly was arrested…
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Fast Forward Petraeus: Israeli-Arab Peace Talks Could Undercut Iran Threat
Iran’s threatening posture in the Middle East could be undercut by a credible Israeli-Arab peace process, the U.S. military’s central commander said. “The Iranian regime is the primary state-level threat to stability in the region,” Gen. David Petraeus said Tuesday in remarks prepared for testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee. “The regime entrusts the…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Riot in Jerusalem
Palestinians rioted in Jerusalem as part of a “day of rage” declared by Hamas. Palestinians threw stones at police and set fire to tires and garbage containers in eastern Jerusalem on Tuesday. Police in riot gear fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas. About 50 Arabs and 8 police have been injured in the…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Encourages Obama To Defuse Tension with Israel
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee called on the Obama administration to take steps to defuse tension with Israel, while Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. said bilateral relations are in crisis. “The Obama Administration’s recent statements regarding the U.S. relationship with Israel are a matter of serious concern,” said the statement released Sunday. The AIPAC…
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