Maayan Lubell
By Maayan Lubell
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Fast Forward Bibi Vows No Palestinian State If Reelected
(Reuters) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a final bid to shore up right-wing support ahead of a knife-edge vote on Tuesday, said he would not permit a Palestinian state to be created under his watch if he is re-elected. Trailing his center-left opponent Isaac Herzog in opinion polls, the three-term leader has sought…
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Fast Forward Naftali Bennett’s Mission To Block Palestinian State
(Reuters) — Young and ambitious, with a ready smile and a quick wit, Israeli far right leader Naftali Bennett is on a mission to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state. If, as widely expected, he takes on defense or another key portfolio after next month’s election, that mission will take a big step closer…
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Fast Forward Israeli Candidates Stump for ‘Caviar Vote’ After Lieberman Party Corruption Scandal
(Reuters) — In this seaside city once ruled by the Greeks and Phoenicians but now largely populated by Russians, the talk in the caviar-stocked delis and jewelry stores is of upcoming elections and Israel’s powerful Russian vote. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, more than one million Russian speakers moved to…
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The Schmooze Israeli Busted For Hacking Madonna’s Computer
Getty Images (Reuters) — An Israeli man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of hacking Madonna’s computer and selling the pop icon’s songs online, a private investigator involved in the case said. Israeli police confirmed they had detained a man suspected of stealing the work of a number of international stars, but declined to name…
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Fast Forward 4 Hacked and Shot to Death in Jerusalem Synagogue Bloodbath
(Reuters) — Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed four worshippers in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city. Three of the victims held dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship and the fourth man was a British-Israeli national, police…
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Music Will Israel Recognizes ‘Aramaics’ as Separate Ethnic Group?
(Reuters) — In the green hills of the Galilee, where Jesus is said to have preached two thousand years ago, a group of Aramaic speakers looking to revive the language of Christ are celebrating a victory in their quest to safeguard their heritage. In a place where tensions run high on issues of ethnicity, faith and…
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Fast Forward Mission Accomplished? Don’t Tell Israelis Near Gaza
(Reuters) — Many Israelis living on the Gaza border were unconvinced by their military’s announcement that its mission was accomplished in a nearly month-long campaign aimed at ending rocket strikes and tunnel infiltration. Israel’s government, they said, had taken too long to deal with the network of underground passages Palestinian militants had been digging for…
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Fast Forward Kibbutzes Empty as Gaza Rockets Rain
(Reuters) — ’Residents stay in your homes! Do not go outside!’ read the text message sent at dawn to the Israelis living on a kibbutz near the Gaza border, as soldiers searched the grounds for Palestinian gunmen. While the Nir Am kibbutz was under lockdown on Monday, a deadly battle ensued between the Israeli troops and…
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