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Fast Forward British Newspaper: Bibi Okayed Dubai Hit
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with members of a Mossad hit squad and approved their mission to kill a top Hamas official, a British newspaper reported. In an extensive report on the assassination last month in Dubai of top Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the Sunday Times cited “sources with knowledge of Mossad” detailing the assassination,…
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Fast Forward After Dubai Hit, Israel Meets With Britain, Ireland Over Fake Passports
Israel’s ambassadors to Britain and Ireland were called in to meet with Foreign Ministry officials of each county over the use of fake passports by a hit squad believed to be from the Mossad. The envoys were asked to provide additional information about the foirged travel documents used in the assassination in Dubai last month…
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Fast Forward JCPA Likely To Support Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Rule in U.S. Military
A group of national and local Jewish leaders that will convene later in February in Dallas is likely to adopt a resolution that calls for the repeal of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding gay and lesbian soldiers. The resolution, to be considered February 23 at the annual plenum of the Jewish…
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Fast Forward Foreman Title Fight May Compete with Simcha
A bar mitzvah could stand in the way of Jewish boxing champion Yuri Foreman defending his title at Yankee Stadium. The Belarus-born fighter, who now lives in New York, would fight former welterweight title holder Miguel Cotto in June, promoter Bob Arum told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Foreman owns the WBA junior middleweight belt….
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Fast Forward Obama Nominates Syria Envoy
President Obama nominated an ambassador to Syria, saying his aim is to “enhance relations”. The nomination Tuesday afternoon of Robert Stephen Ford, currently the deputy ambassador to Iraq, comes on the eve of a visit to Damascus by William Burns, an undersecretary of state and the most senior Obama administration official to visit Syria. President…
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Fast Forward Evan Bayh, Pro-Israel Stalwart To Leave Senate
U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, a leading Democratic pro-Israel voice, announced he is not running for re-election this year. Bayh, a former governor of Indiana, was first elected to the Senate in 1998 and was considered a shoo-in for re-election to a third term, even in a climate increasingly unfriendly to Democrats. He announced his decision…
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Fast Forward ZOA Condemns U.C. Irvine After Oren Speech Interrupted by Protestors
The Zionist Organization of America is calling on Jewish students not to apply to the University of California, Irvine because it does not condemn campus anti-Semitism. ZOA in a statement released Tuesday accused the university of enabling bigotry and violating civil rights “by failing to condemn longstanding anti-Semitic and Israel-bashing speech and conduct on campus,…
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Fast Forward At Kotel Service, Haredi Worshippers Call Women of the Wall ‘Nazis’
Men and women worshiping at the Western Wall shouted insults at women who gathered for a Rosh Chodesh prayer service. The ultra-Orthodox worshipers called the women “Nazis” and shouted other epithets at the members of Women of the Wall Monday morning during the group’s monthly prayer service at the holy site, according to reports. The…
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