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Fast Forward Israel Military Struggles With New Issue: Quiet
Watching old Arab enemies reel with sectarian insurgencies and international diplomacy capping the Iranian nuclear drive, Israel’s military is confounded by a new challenge: quiet. The relative tranquility, for Israel at least, poses its own dilemma for commanders tasked with preparing for an array of potentially unpredictable future adversaries while trying to stave off steep…
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Fast Forward Janet Yellen Will Be Sworn in As First Woman Chair of Federal Reserve Next Week
Janet Yellen, the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve in its 100-year history, will take over the reins of the U.S. central bank on Saturday and formally be sworn in next week, the Fed said on Thursday. Yellen, 67, who begins her post as the Fed unwinds its unprecedented efforts to boost the U.S….
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Fast Forward SodaStream Controversy Puts Spotlight on Israeli Occupation
Actress Scarlett Johansson’s very public rift with the charity Oxfam over her endorsement of an Israeli firm operating in the West Bank has thrown a Hollywood spotlight on one of the thorniest issues in Middle East peace talks. Johansson announced on Thursday she had quit her role as an ambassador for Oxfam, shortly before the…
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Fast Forward German Museums Drag Feet on Looted Art, World Jewish Congress Charges
German museums are wilfully ignoring their duty to come clean about works they hold that were looted from Jews by the Nazis, the head of the World Jewish Congress said on Thursday, and the government must do more to force them to act. Germany has faced heavy criticism over its handling of the discovery of…
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Fast Forward Rep. Henry Waxman, Leading Jewish Liberal, Retires From Congress
Democratic U.S. Representative Henry Waxman of California, a leading liberal who helped craft President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul, said on Thursday he will retire from Congress at the end of this year. “In 1974, I announced my first campaign for Congress,” Waxman, 74, said in a statement. “Today, I am announcing that I have…
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Fast Forward Pot Smokers Choked by Tight Israel Border Security
Israel’s newly fortified Egyptian border has delivered a severe blow to drug smugglers, forcing its hashish and marijuana smokers to deal with a new kind of high – soaring prices. The ravines that snake past rocky red mountains once provided a popular, low-risk route for traffickers to run drugs, women and African migrants into Israel…
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Fast Forward President Obama Threatens Iran Sanctions Veto in State of Union
President Obama talked up Mideast peace talks and warned Congress he would veto any Iran sanctions bill during a State of the Union address that mostly focused on domestic issues. He said the goal of the “difficult” negotiations between Palestinians and Israel is “lasting peace and security for the State of Israel – a Jewish…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Interim Deal Set Iran’s Nuclear Drive Back By Just 6 Weeks
An international deal capping Iran’s nuclear work set the program back by just six weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, accusing Tehran of using the hiatus to hone technologies with bomb-making potential. Iran this month began implementing the interim nuclear accord it clinched with world powers in Geneva in November, and which…
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