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Fast Forward Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Laquan McDonald Pleads Not Guilty
A Chicago police officer had pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the shooting of a black teenager, an incident caught on video that has led to protests and calls for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In a Chicago courtroom, officer Jason Van Dyke formally pleaded not guilty Tuesday to six charges of murder…
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Fast Forward Turkey: No Normalization of Israel Ties Without End to Gaza Blockade
Turkey sees no normalization in ties with Israel unless its conditions for ending the Gaza blockade and compensation for the deaths of 10 Turkish activists in 2010 are met, a presidential spokesman said on Monday. Relations between Turkey and Israel soured when the activists were killed in a raid by Israeli commandos on a Turkish…
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Fast Forward Israel Presses Brazil To Accept Pro-Settler Envoy Dani Dayan
Brazil’s reluctance to accept an Israeli ambassador who is a West Bank settler has set off a diplomatic crisis and led to concerns in the Israeli government that the clash could encourage pro-Palestinian activism against it. The appointment four months ago of Dani Dayan, a former head of the Jewish settlement movement, did not go…
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Fast Forward Israeli Missile Defense Boss Fired Over Undisclosed Security Breach
JERUSALEM — Israel’s missile defense director has been dismissed for a “grave breach of information security,” his ministry said on Sunday, a setback for U.S.-backed projects the country deems crucial for any future war with Iran or its allies. In a statement, the Defense Ministry said the recently discovered security breach meant that Yair Ramati…
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Fast Forward Hezbollah Terror Boss Vows Revenge — Again — for Militant’s Death
BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said on Sunday that Israel miscalculated by killing prominent militant Samir Kuntar in Syria last week, saying that retaliation for his death was inevitable, whatever the consequences. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, speaking in a ceremony to mark a week since Kuntar’s death in a strike in a residential…
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Fast Forward Two Palestinians Shot Dead in West Bank After Stabbing Israeli Soldier
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians who stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Sunday, the army said, the latest attack in 12 weeks of heightened violence. Almost daily Palestinian stabbings, car-rammings and shooting attacks have killed 20 Israelis and a U.S. citizen, raising fears of a wider escalation a decade…
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The Schmooze Unstoppable J.J. Abrams’ ‘Force Awakens’ To Top $1B in Ticket Sales
The Force remains strong with the new “Star Wars” movie, which is on track to top $1 billion in global ticket sales this weekend, making it the fastest-ever film to reach that level. Walt Disney Co said in a statement on Saturday that “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” had generated box office receipts of $890.3…
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Fast Forward Two ‘Palestinian Attackers’ Fatally Shot in Separate Incidents, Israelis Say
JERUSALEM – Israeli security forces said they shot dead two Palestinian assailants on Saturday in separate incidents in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as 12 weeks of heightened violence showed no sign of abating. Since the start of October, Israeli forces or armed civilians have killed at least 128 Palestinians, 79 of whom authorities…
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