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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Returns to Childhood Brooklyn Neighborhood
The day after becoming the first Jew to win a presidential primary, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visited his old neighborhood, a heavily Jewish area of Brooklyn. Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont, led a CBS News reporter on a tour of Midwood section of the New York City borough, pointing out the rent-controlled apartment…
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Fast Forward Israel Hoping To Lock Up $4B -a-Year U.S. Aid Package
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might meet in Washington next month and complete a deal on future defense aid to Israel that has been dogged by disagreement, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said on Thursday. Current U.S. defense aid to Israel, worth about $3 billion annually, expire in 2018. Disputes over…
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Fast Forward UN Official Accuses Israel of Excessive Force in Occupation
The U.N. human rights investigator for Gaza and the West Bank called on Israel on Thursday to investigate what he called excessive force used by Israeli security forces against Palestinians and to prosecute perpetrators. Makarim Wibisono, United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, also challenged Israeli authorities to charge or release…
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Fast Forward Sara Netanyahu Was Nightmare Boss to Domestic Staff: Court
Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara insulted and raged at household staff, creating an abusive working environment at the Israeli prime minister’s official residence, a labor court ruled on Wednesday. Allegations of mistreatment leveled by Meni Naftali, a former chief caretaker at the Jerusalem home, were dismissed by the Prime Minister’s Office as “evil, skewed gossip” when…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg Openly Eyes White House Run — Blasts ‘Insulting’ Contest
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, said he is considering running for U.S. president in 2016, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The 73-year-old founder of the eponymous financial information group was critical of the quality of debate in the presidential contest and said he was “looking at all the options”…
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Fast Forward Arab Lawmakers Suspended for Meeting With Stabbers’ Families
Three Arab-Israeli lawmakers were suspended on Monday from speaking in parliament as punishment for supporting families of Palestinian assailants killed by security forces after they attacked Israelis. The Knesset Ethics Committee ruled that Balad party members Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas would be barred from plenum and committee business for four months and Jamal Zahalka…
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Fast Forward ISIS Fighters Hit With 50% Pay Cut as Air Strikes and Oil Woes Bite
The Islamic State (IS) militant group has been forced to cut its fighters’ pay by up to 50 percent because U.S.-led air strikes have had a substantial impact on the money it makes from oil, a senior U.S official said on Monday. Daniel Glaser, assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the U.S. Treasury Department, said…
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Fast Forward African Immigrant Is Killed After Stabbing Israeli
A Sudanese migrant stabbed and wounded a soldier in Israel on Sunday and was shot dead, police said, adding the suspect appeared to have lashed out in solidarity with the Palestinians. If that motive is confirmed, it would be the first such attack by a foreigner during a four-month-old surge of Palestinian street violence fueled…
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