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Fast Forward Two-State Solution Would Be $170B Windfall to Palestine — and Israel
Israel’s economy would gain $120 billion and the Palestinian economy some $50 billion over the next decade in a two-state solution, a study has found. A peace agreement could also see Palestinian income rise by 36 percent and Israeli by 5 percent, according to the Rand Corp. study released Monday, which also said the Israeli…
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Fast Forward Conservatives Slam Reuven Rivlin for Caving to Orthodox on Disabled Bar Mitzvahs
World leaders of the Conservative/Masorti movement criticized Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s decision to host a joint bar mitzvah for physically disabled boys under the exclusive auspices of an Orthodox rabbi. The celebration was moved to the president’s residence in Jerusalem after the mayor of Rehovot in April canceled the ceremony in his city because it…
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Fast Forward Germany Records Dramatic Surge in Anti-Semitic Crimes
An exponential rise in anti-Israel crimes in Germany committed by foreigners and immigrants in 2014 points to an urgent need for action, a German politician says. The government should support Arab and Muslim groups engaged in education against anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Green Party parliamentarian Volker Beck said in a statement after the government release of…
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Fast Forward Jack Lew Fiercely Heckled on Iran at Right-Wing Conference
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was booed as he laid out a detailed defense of the Iran nuclear deal at The Jerusalem Post’s annual conference in New York. The sole representative of the Obama administration at the conference on Sunday, Lew defended the White House’s commitment to protecting Israel amid rising global anti-Semitism and lauded the…
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Fast Forward Amid Orange Furor, Hollande Reiterates Anti-Boycott Stand to Netanyahu
French President Francois Hollande, trying to contain the fallout from the controversy over a French telecom company, reiterated his strong opposition to anti-Israel boycotts in a conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hollande in Sunday night’s phone conversation also told the Israeli leader that he wanted to maintain the economic ties between France and Israel….
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Fast Forward Anti-Israel Erdogan Loses Majority in Turkish Parliament
The political party of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lost its ruling majority in parliament, apparently setting back the anti-Israel leader’s bid to gain sweeping powers. With most of the votes counted in Sunday’s election, the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, had about 41 percent of the vote with projections of about 256…
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Fast Forward White House Backs Israel’s Right of Self-Defense After Rocket Attacks
The White House said it supports Israel’s right to defend itself after Israel retaliated for strikes on the country from Gaza. “Clearly the U.S. stands with the people of Israel as they defend their people and their nation against these kind of attacks,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Sunday in Germany, where the G7…
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Fast Forward Israeli Takes $457K Prize at World Series of Poker Tournament
An Israeli took home nearly half a million dollars in winning a tournament at the 2015 World Series of Poker. Idan Raviv, 24, of Holon, finished first in the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed tournament, a three-day competition at the Rio casino in Las Vegas that ended on Friday night, the World Series of Poker…
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