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Fast Forward U.S. Energy Secretary Faces Off With Israeli Counterpart Over Iran Deal
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told Israeli reporters, “If I were Israeli, I would support the Iran deal.” In response to Moniz’s comments on Monday during a special briefing for Israeli diplomatic correspondents visiting Washington, his Israeli counterpart, Yuval Steinitz, countered from Jerusalem, “If I were American, I would oppose the agreement.” Steinitz and Moniz…
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Fast Forward Frenchman Beaten After Waving Israeli Flag on Temple Mount Could Be Charged
A French Christian tourist was assaulted by Palestinian worshipers after waving an Israeli flag on the Temple Mount. Police detained four Palestinians from eastern Jerusalem in the attack on Tuesday, the French news agency AFP reported. The tourist, reported to be in his mid-30s, sustained an injury to his head. He also was detained by…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Visits Jewish Woman Burned in Jerusalem Firebombing
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a Jewish mother of three injured in a firebombing attack in northern Jerusalem. Inbar Azrak, 27, was hospitalized with burns at Hadassah Medical Center at Ein Kerem following Monday night’s attack, when a firebomb was thrown at the car in which she was riding with her…
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Fast Forward VIDEO: Jerusalem Light Rail Security Guard Beats Up U.S. Tourist
An American tourist in Israel was roughed up by a security guard on Jerusalem’s light rail in an incident that was captured on video and has been making the rounds on Israeli news channels and social media. The events leading up to the beating on Monday remain unclear. In the , the tourist – a…
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Fast Forward Kanye West to Perform in Israel
The American rapper Kanye West will perform in Israel. Promoters announced the Sept. 30 concert in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, nearly four months after West visited the country with his wife, the reality star Kim Kardashian, and their daughter, North. During the April visit, the power couple baptized North at the Cathedral of St. James…
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Fast Forward Over 60 Top Ex-Security Officials Urge Netanyahu to Accept Iran Deal
Nearly 70 former Israeli top security officials urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to treat the Iran nuclear agreement as a done deal and to repair relations with the United States. “Recognizing that that the P5+1 Agreement with Iran is an accomplished fact, we, the undersigned, urge the Israeli government to adopt certain policies,” said…
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Fast Forward Leading House Republican and Democrat Introduce Anti-BDS Resolution
The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a resolution urging the Obama administration to increase its activities against any boycott of Israel. The non-binding resolution, introduced July 30 by Reps. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), respectively the chairman and ranking member of the committee, calls…
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Fast Forward Shin Bet Suspects Jewish Terror Network in Attack That Killed Palestinian Baby
Israel’s Shin Bet said it believes the deadly firebombing of a Palestinian home in the West Bank is the work of a Jewish terrorist network that has been operating since 2013. Officials with the security agency said Monday that the network seeks to eliminate the practice of all religions other than Judaism in Israel, spark…
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