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Fast Forward Olmert Faces Bleak Legacy — and Possible Prison Term
Not unusually for a head of state, Ehud Olmert hankered for a legacy, and the contours of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement may yet bear his mark. But another first attached to Olmert may be one both he and his nation probably could do without: the first Israeli prime minister to spend years fighting charges of…
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Fast Forward Madonna, in Israel, Visits the Western Wall
Madonna made a late-night visit to the Western Wall. Accompanied by bodyguards, Madonna on Sunday night visited Judaism’s holiest site and toured the attached underground tunnels. A crowd of paparazzi followed the pop diva. Madonna arrived in Israel accompanied by her children for two concerts in Tel Aviv. The concerts Tuesday and Wednesday are the…
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Fast Forward Olmert Indicted on Corruption Charges
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted in three corruption cases. Israel’s State Prosecutor’s Office filed the charges on Sunday in three cases alleging that Olmert double-billed for overseas trips, made improper appointments when he was minister of trade and labor and accepted cash from American Jewish businessman Morris Talansky. The charges include fraud,…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Denies Settlement Freeze Agreement
Israel’s prime minister denied reports that Israel has agreed to halt construction in West Bank settlements. At a news conference in Berlin on Thursday following his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Benjamin Netanyahu also said the Palestinians first must recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state before negotiations could be held. Merkel…
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Fast Forward Obama to Rabbis: Help Pass Health Care Reform
President Obama appealed to a group of rabbis to help him pass health care reform legislation. “I am going to need your help in accomplishing necessary reform,” Obama said on the conference call on Wednesday, according to Rabbi Jack Moline of Agudas Achim congregation in Alexandria, Va. Moline was quoted by the Washington Jewish Week,…
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Fast Forward Sweden Retracts Condemnation of Report on Organ-Harvesting
Sweden’s Foreign Ministry said its embassy in Israel’s condemnation of a Swedish newspaper report that the IDF harvests Palestinian organs does not represent the government’s stance. The Swedish Embassy in Tel Aviv had released a statement calling Tuesday’s report in a Swedish newspaper “appalling,” but the Swedish Foreign Ministry told Ynet Thursday that, “The embassy…
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Fast Forward Israel Asks Cohen to Perform in ‘Reconciliation and Peace’ Concert in Nazareth
Israel’s Tourism Ministry has asked musician Leonard Cohen to perform a concert in the Arab-Israeli city of Nazareth. Cohen is set to perform Sept. 24 in Ramat Gan Stadium on the last concert of a world tour. His only scheduled performance in Israel sold out in a few days and is being billed as “A…
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Fast Forward Israeli Officials Reportedly Freeze Settlement Construction
Israeli officials reportedly have agreed to freeze construction in the West Bank until the beginning of 2010. JTA first reported the unofficial freeze on July 6. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Housing Minister Ariel Atias have agreed to a moratorium on building in the settlements in order to give the peace…
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