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Fast Forward Israel’s Steinitz Says World Powers, Iran Likely to Agree to Bad Nuclear Deal
PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) – Israel said on Monday it was probable that world powers and Iran would agree a “bad deal” on Tehran’s nuclear program and it would do all it could to toughen any accord before talks resume this week. “We think it’s going to be a bad, insufficient deal,” Strategic Affairs Minister…
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Fast Forward United States Will Not Take Floor At U.N. Rights Debate on Israel, Palestinians
The United States will not take the floor at the main U.N. human rights forum on Monday during the annual debate on violations committed in the Palestinian territories, a U.S. spokesman told Reuters. The move at the 47-member state forum where Washington unfailingly defends Israel, follows signals that the Obama administration is undertaking a “reassessment”…
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Fast Forward Mourners Throng Funeral of 7 Orthodox Kids Killed in Brooklyn Shabbat Fire
The funeral of seven Orthodox Jewish children who perished in one of New York’s deadliest fires in years drew a sea of mourners on Sunday to a Brooklyn neighborhood where the blaze has raised concerns about the safety of Sabbath cooking practices. The Brooklyn father who lost seven of his eight children in the home…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Allies Blame White House Criticism on Misunderstanding
Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies acknowledged on Sunday that his election-eve disavowal of a Palestinian state had caused a rift with the White House, but blamed U.S. President Barack Obama’s unprecedented criticism on a misunderstanding. In the United States, where relations with Netanyahu have become a partisan issue after generations in which support for Israel was a…
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Fast Forward McCain: U.S. Should Rethink U.N. Funding If Palestinian Resolution Approved
The U.S. Congress should reconsider funding for the United Nations if the Security Council approves a resolution on Palestinian statehood, Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday. McCain, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” show, said President Barack Obama should not even be considering such a resolution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
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Fast Forward President Obama Says Bibi Recalcitrance Makes It ‘Hard To Find’ Path to Peace
In a fresh rebuke to Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama said the Israeli leader’s pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes it “hard to find a path” toward serious negotiations to resolve the issue. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Obama also scolded Netanyahu over his remarks about Arab Israelis…
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Fast Forward Shabbat Hot Plate Eyed in Blaze That Killed 7 Brooklyn Children
Seven children from an Orthodox Jewish family died early on Saturday when flames ripped through their Brooklyn home in one of New York City’s deadliest fires in years, officials said. Their 45-year-old mother and a teenage sister survived after jumping from an upper floor. The two were taken to a local hospital and were in…
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Fast Forward President Obama Makes Direct Plea to Iran People
President Barack Obama, in a message to Iran’s people and leaders on Thursday, said this year represented the “best opportunity in decades” to pursue a different relationship between their two countries. Obama said nuclear talks between Iran and Western powers had made progress but that gaps remained. “This moment may not come again soon,” Obama…
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