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Fast Forward Turkey Detente Could Pave Way To Israel Gas Deal
Expectations that Turkey and Israel will restore relations after a five-year-old rift have raised hopes of speedy progress in talks to import Israeli natural gas, potentially a multi-billion-dollar project. Israel’s once-strong ties to Turkey soured in 2010 when Israeli commandoes killed 10 Turkish activists when storming the Mavi Marmara, a ship in a convoy seeking…
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Fast Forward Israel and Turkey Agree To Restore Ties Cut Over Gaza Flotilla
Israel and Turkey have reached a preliminary agreement to normalize relations, including the return of ambassadors to both countries, an Israeli official said on Thursday. The deal was reached during a recent meeting in Switzerland between the incoming head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Yossi Cohen, Israeli envoy Joseph Ciechanover and Turkish foreign ministry under-secretary…
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Fast Forward ‘Charlie Brown’ School Play To Cut Christian Bible Reference
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A New Testament reference made by a Peanuts character has been cut from an elementary school performance of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in eastern Kentucky in order to abide by federal laws and court rulings that schools may not endorse any religion, school officials and protesters said. The show is scheduled to…
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Fast Forward Germany Accuses 2 Palestinians of Plot to Bomb Israeli Embassy
BERLIN – Two young men of Palestinian descent are on trial in Germany for planning to bomb the Israeli embassy in Berlin or other Israeli targets, a criminal court spokesman said on Wednesday. The two men, both aged 21, were arrested in July and appeared in court on Tuesday, where they were charged with planning…
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News 2 Palestinians Accused of Berlin Israel Embassy Terror Plot
Two young men of Palestinian descent are on trial in Germany for planning to bomb the Israeli embassy in Berlin or other Israeli targets, a criminal court spokesman said on Wednesday. The two men, both aged 21, were arrested in July and appeared in court on Tuesday, where they were charged with planning a violent…
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The Schmooze Howard Stern Inks New 5-Year Deal with Sirius XM
Satellite radio service provider Sirius XM Holdings Inc said it had signed a new five-year deal with celebrity radio jockey Howard Stern for “The Howard Stern Show.” Under the deal, Stern will continue to produce and host the show, and Sirius will also venture into video programming, the company said on Tuesday. Sirius has signed…
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Fast Forward Jonathan Pollard Wins Review of Strict Parole Conditions
A U.S. judge on Monday ordered a federal commission to provide further justification for subjecting former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to restrictive probation conditions following his release last month from prison after 30 years. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan said the U.S. Parole Commission had provided little basis to justify why Pollard must…
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Fast Forward Israel Says Arab Who Served in its Army Joined ISIS
An Israeli army veteran from the country’s Arab minority has joined Islamic State insurgents in Syria, an Israeli security official said on Sunday, confirming a local media report. Israel says dozens of Muslim Arab citizens have illegally traveled to Islamic State’s Syrian or Iraqi fiefdoms, raising concerns they might return radicalized and trained to carry…
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