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Fast Forward Does Hezbollah Have Hamas-Style Tunnels Leading Into Northern Israel?
Israel believes the militant group Hezbollah has probably dug tunnels across the border from Lebanon in preparation for any future war although it has no conclusive evidence, an Israeli army general said on Wednesday. Israel’s vulnerability to tunnels was laid bare during its war against Hamas in Gaza in July and August. What began as…
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Fast Forward Joan Rivers Daughter Hires Law Firm To Probe Mom’s Death
Melissa Rivers, the daughter of comedian Joan Rivers, has hired a New York law firm to investigate the circumstances behind her mother’s death from a complication during an outpatient throat procedure, the firm said on Tuesday. The investigation could ultimately lead Melissa Rivers to file a civil lawsuit against the clinic where her mother was…
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Fast Forward Polish and Israeli Presidents Tour New Jewish Museum on Opening Day
The presidents of Israel and Poland together took a guided tour of a new museum of Jewish life on Tuesday that tells the story of how Poland was for centuries home to a flourishing Jewish community before becoming a graveyard for Jews in World War Two. Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Polygamous Cult Leader Gets 30 Years for Sex Spree
An Israeli court sentenced a polygamous cult leader to 30 years’ imprisonment on Tuesday for sex crimes against his wives and daughters as part of what prosecutors described as a mind-boggling saga of dominance and delusions of deity. The defendant, Goel Ratzon, 64, had denied the charges of rape and indecent assault. Tel Aviv District…
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Fast Forward Israel Pushes Plan for 1,000 East Jerusalem Settler Homes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will expedite planning for some 1,000 settler homes in East Jerusalem, a government official said on Monday, in a bid to placate a restive coalition ally without further aggravating a dispute with Washington. The ultranationalist Jewish Home party, led by Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, has been issuing veiled threats to…
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Fast Forward Poland Wants To Reclaim Forgotten Past as Haven for Jews
Poland, the country on whose soil Nazi Germany carried out the darkest acts of the Holocaust, is starting to re-connect with its other role in Jewish history, as a home for 1,000 years to one of the world’s biggest Jewish communities. The country will take a step in that direction next week with the opening…
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Fast Forward After Sinai Attacks, Egypt Postpones Talks On Gaza’s Future
(Reuters) – Egypt announced on Sunday it was postponing talks in Cairo on cementing the Gaza war ceasefire after closing its border with the Palestinian enclave in response to deadly attacks in the Sinai peninsula. Two attacks on Friday in Sinai, which borders the Gaza Strip and Israel, killed at least 33 Egyptian security personnel…
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Fast Forward Miami’s Colorful Oldest Bar Prepares for Last Call
Miami’s oldest bar, Tobacco Road, a popular watering hole where suit-and-tie-clad lawyers belly up alongside hippies gathering signatures for medical marijuana petitions, is preparing for last call. The cramped, musty space near Miami’s downtown thrived for decades as a gambling den frequented by Al Capone, as well as a strip club and legendary blues bar….
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