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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Backs Bill To Force-Feed Jailed Palestinians On Hunger Strike
Israel’s cabinet approved on Sunday a proposed law that would enable authorities to force-feed Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike, a practice opposed by the country’s medical association. Israel has long been concerned that hunger strikes by Palestinians in its jails could end in death and trigger waves of protests in the occupied West…
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Fast Forward Israel Issues Its Own Gaza War Report, Pre-empting U.N. Inquiry
Israel issued a report on Sunday arguing its 2014 Gaza offensive was lawful, a move aimed at pre-empting the release of findings of a U.N. war crimes investigation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scorned as a waste of time. The 277-page report, which cited Israel’s internal probes and statements from Western leaders backing its right…
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Fast Forward Caught On Tape: Israeli Soldiers Beating Unarmed Palestinian Protester
The Israeli army said it was investigating soldiers who were filmed beating an unarmed Palestinian during a protest in a West Bank refugee camp on Friday. The video posted on social media showed the Palestinian being hit with a rifle butt and wrestled to the ground, where he was punched further and a soldier’s knee…
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Fast Forward ISIS Sympathizers Charged With Plot To Behead Pamela Geller
Prosecutors charged two U.S. men on Friday of plotting to help the Islamic State militant group by beheading Americans, including the anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller, after an investigation that led law enforcement officers to shoot a suspect dead last week in Boston. The case follows a handful of so-called “lone wolf” attacks in the United…
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Fast Forward Dominique Strauss-Kahn Cleared in Pimping Case
A French court on Friday acquitted former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of charges that he instigated sex parties with prostitutes. The decision fits with a view expressed in February by the state prosecutor, who called for the 66 year-old to be acquitted because of a lack of proof. It comes four years after…
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Fast Forward Canadian TV Host Evan Solomon Fired Over Alleged Secret Art Deals
Canada’s state broadcaster said it dismissed a Jewish political show host on Tuesday after a media report alleged he had received commissions from art sales to big-name guests on his show, such as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, in violation of company policy. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp, which fired another popular host last year…
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Fast Forward Israel Voices Concern Over Gulf Arms Race
Israel Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon voiced concern on Tuesday that Washington’s supply of advanced arms to Gulf Arab states to deter Iran could eventually challenge Israel’s U.S.-backed regional military supremacy. “Even if there are not now any hostile designs (among them) against us, as we know in the Middle East intentions are liable to change….
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Fast Forward Orange Chief Accepts Israel Visit Invite To Quell Furor
Orange’s CEO Stephane Richard has accepted an invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Israel as he tries to end a diplomatic row sparked by his remarks about ending a licensing deal there. Israel protested to France after Richard said last week the 25 percent state-owned group planned to terminate an arrangement with Israel’s…
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