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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Gaza Terror Targets in Retaliation for Recent Attacks
Israel said it carried out an air strike on Sunday against a Gaza militant who it blamed for cross-border rocket attacks last week, and Palestinian medics said two people, including a 12-year-old, were wounded. The so-called “targeted attack” against a man the Israeli military identified as Ahmad Sa’ad, a senior Islamic Jihad operative, was a…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Wants To Keep More of West Bank — Hardens Stance
Israel’s prime minister has increased the amount of occupied territory he wants to keep after any peace deal with the Palestinians, state media reported on Thursday, a move that could complicate U.S.-backed efforts to reach an accord. Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman declined to comment on the report he had added a bloc of Israeli-settled land near…
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Fast Forward Sigmund Freud’s Ashes Targeted by Thieves at London Crematorium
Thieves have tried to steal an ancient Greek urn containing the ashes of psychoanalysis founder Sigmund Freud, leaving the container severely damaged, police said on Wednesday. The urn was on display at Golders Green crematorium in north London, alongside memorials to other famous names such as Dracula author Bram Stoker and actors Sid James and…
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Fast Forward 3,600-Year-Old Pharoah’s Skeleton Found in Egypt
Archaeologists in Egypt believe they have discovered the remains of a previously unknown pharaoh who reigned more than 3,600 years ago. The skeleton of King Senebkay were uncovered at South Abydos in Sohag province, about 500 km (300 miles) south of Cairo, by a University of Pennsylvania expedition working with the government, the Egyptian antiquities…
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Fast Forward Extremist West Bank Settlers Set Mosque Ablaze in ‘Price Tag’ Attack
A mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was partly set on fire on Wednesday in what Palestinian residents said was an attack by Jewish settlers living nearby. The main gate of the mosque in Deir Istiya village and some of the carpeting inside were charred by the flames. Graffiti in Hebrew, reading “Revenge for spilled…
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Fast Forward Singing ‘My Way,’ Filipina Caregiver Rosa Fostanes Wins Israel’s ‘X Factor’
A Filipina caregiver, once part of a faceless crowd of foreign workers who tend to Israel’s infirm and elderly, has won one of the country’s most popular TV singing contests. Competing in Israel’s version of “The X Factor,” Rose Fostanes, 47, swept the judges off their feet with a winning rendition of the Frank Sinatra…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Blasted as ‘Messianic’ by Israeli Defense Minister
Israel’s defence minister called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace messianic, a newspaper said on Tuesday, reporting what it described as remarks made behind closed doors. Moshe Yaalon’s spokesman declined comment on the account in Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel’s biggest-selling newspaper. “Secretary of State John Kerry – who has come to us…
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Fast Forward Meet Rose Fostanes, Filipina Caregiver and Surprise Breakthrough Star of Israeli X-Factor
Once part of a faceless crowd of foreign workers who clean homes and tend to Israel’s sick and elderly, a Filipina caregiver has shot to stardom on a popular TV singing contest. Rose Fostanes, 47, surprised viewers of Israel’s X-Factor talent show and swept its judges off their feet with soulful renditions of pop songs…
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