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Fast Forward Palestinian Killed After Stabbing Soldier at Deadly West Bank Junction
Israeli security forces on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, the Israeli military said, as a surge in violence entered its fourth month. The attack occurred at Gush Etzion Junction, where many recent incidents have taken place. The army said in a statement that “forces at…
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Fast Forward Hezbollah and Israel Trade Fire Across Lebanon Border
Hezbollah said it set off a bomb targeting Israeli forces at the Lebanese border on Monday in an apparent response to the killing in Syria last month of a prominent commander, triggering Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon. Israel’s army said the blast targeted military vehicles in the Shebaa farms area, and that Israeli forces responded…
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Fast Forward U.N. Rights Investigator Quits as Israel Denies Access
The U.N. investigator for human rights violations in the Palestinian territories resigned on Monday, saying that Israel had reneged on its pledge to grant him access to the West Bank and Gaza. Makarim Wibisono, United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, said that his repeated oral and written…
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Fast Forward France Prepares Tribute for Charlie Hebdo Victims on Anniversary of the Attack
France this week solemnly marks the anniversary of the Islamist assault on the Paris offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the first of two such deadly attacks which bookended a bloody 2015 of unprecedented violence in the French capital. Subdued ceremonies are to take place under heavy security to mark the attacks on the…
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Fast Forward Vatican’s Recognition of ‘Palestine’ Comes Into Effect With New Year
An agreement signed last year making the Vatican’s de facto recognition of Palestine in 2012 official has come into effect, the Holy See said on Saturday. The Vatican signed its first treaty with the “State of Palestine” last June when it called for moves to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and backed a two-state solution. “……
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Fast Forward Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan Praises Hitler in Push for Presidential System
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for executive powers, cites Hitler’s Germany as an example of an effective presidential system, in comments broadcast by Turkish media on Friday. Erdogan wants to change the Turkish constitution to turn the ceremonial role of president into that of a chief executive, a Turkish version of the system…
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Fast Forward Israel Cracks Down On Islamic State Volunteers
Ayoob Kara, a deputy Israeli cabinet minister, used to double as an unofficial intermediary with the few of his fellow Arab citizens who have left to join Islamic State insurgents in Syria or Iraq. Negotiating discreetly through relatives and go-betweens, he would offer them reduced jail terms if they returned to Israel, cooperated with security…
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Fast Forward U.S. Eavesdropped on Israeli Talks With Jewish Leaders on Iran Deal
The U.S. National Security Agency’s foreign eavesdropping included phone conversations between top Israeli officials and U.S. lawmakers and American-Jewish groups, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing current and former U.S. officials. White House officials believed the intercepted information could be valuable to counter Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign against the nuclear deal…
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