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Fast Forward ‘ISIS’ Condo in West Palm Beach To Change Name
An unfortunately named luxury condo development being built in south Florida called ISIS Downtown, recalling the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has changed its title to a less controversial moniker. The West Palm Beach complex’s name was chosen long before ISIS emerged as shorthand for the hard-line group also known as ISIL…
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Fast Forward Israel and Hamas Reach Gaza Peace Deal
Palestinian officials said on Tuesday a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel has been reached under Egyptian mediation and a formal announcement of an agreement was imminent. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel, where a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment. “An agreement has been reached between the two sides and we…
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Fast Forward Israel and Hamas Reach Gaza Peace Deal
Palestinian officials said on Tuesday a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel has been reached under Egyptian mediation and a formal announcement of an agreement was imminent. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel, where a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment. “An agreement has been reached between the two sides and we…
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Fast Forward Israel Levels More Gaza Apartment High-Rises
Israel bombed more of Gaza’s tallest structures on Tuesday, bringing down a 13-story apartment and office tower and destroying most of a 16-floor residential building after warning occupants to get out. The Israeli military, declining to comment specifically on the attacks that flattened the Basha Tower and wrecked the Italian Complex, said it attacked 15…
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Fast Forward Billy Crystal Pays Poignant Tribute to Robin Williams at Emmy Awards
With a lump in his throat and a somber tremble in his voice, actor Billy Crystal paid a cosmic tribute to Robin Williams at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, two weeks after the comedian died in an apparent suicide. Crystal, a longtime friend of Williams who rose to fame in the same 1970s comedy…
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Fast Forward Hamas Opaque Structure Complicates Gaza Peace Talks
Founded by just seven people in Gaza, Hamas now has political and military leaders spread across the Arab world, complicating its ability to send a unified message for negotiating an end to a seven-week war with Israel. In less than 30 years, what was a grassroots Islamic group has expanded well beyond the confines of…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Judge Mary McGowan Davis Named to Gaza War Crimes Panel
The head of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council announced on Monday he had appointed a U.S. judge to join a panel set up to look into alleged war crimes during Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. Israel has already dismissed the panel as a “kangaroo court” that is biased in advance against the Jewish state….
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Fast Forward Gaza War Rages as Truce Talks Stall
Israeli air strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and militants kept up their rocket fire on southern Israel on Monday, witnesses and officials said, as Egypt pressed on with efforts to broker a durable truce. Gazans said they received new recorded messages on mobile phones and landlines saying Israel would target…
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