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Fast Forward Path To Peace Is Becoming Clearer, Says Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the Israelis and Palestinians were making some progress in peace talks, though there was still a chance no accord would be reached. Speaking before he flew to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to brief their rulers about his 10th visit to the region to see Israeli Prime…
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Fast Forward Ariel Sharon Takes Turn for Worse and Clings To Life, Say Doctors
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a coma since a 2006 stroke, is clinging to life after his condition took a turn for the worse last week, the head of the hospital treating him said on Sunday. Sharon was fighting like a “true lion,” Zeev Rotstein told reporters. But he added: “Our general assessment…
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Fast Forward Pope Announces Trip to Israel, Territories and Jordan in May 2014
Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will visit Holy Land sites in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories in May, his first trip to the area as pontiff. The May 24-26 trip to Amman, Jerusalem and Bethlehem will mark the 50th anniversary of a landmark trip there by Pope Paul VI in 1964, the…
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Fast Forward Plane Registered to Jewish Owner Makes Emergency Landing on New York Highway
A small plane owned by a Jewish man made an emergency landing on a New York City expressway on Saturday, resulting in minor injuries to the three onboard and backing up a traffic on the major thoroughfare, emergency officials said. The single-engine plane landed on the Major Deegan Expressway in the borough of the Bronx…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Cites Progress to ‘Framework’ Peace Deal
Israel and the Palestinians are making progress towards reaching a framework peace agreement but they are not there yet, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on Saturday. Kerry spoke after about three hours of talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, the Palestinian seat of government in the West Bank. “I am…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Protests Greet John Kerry in West Bank
Palestinian protesters on Friday condemned the latest efforts by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to advance peace talks with Israel, using chants evoking the Arab uprisings and telling him to go home. Hours before Kerry was due to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a raucous crowd of several hundred took to the streets of…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Downbeat on Peace as John Kerry Jets in for Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a gloomy assessment of peace prospects with the Palestinians on Thursday as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began his 10th visit to the region in pursuit of a deal. “There is growing doubt in Israel that the Palestinians are committed to peace,” said Netanyahu, speaking with Kerry at…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Lands in Israel Hoping to Energize Peace Talks
Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday in his latest bid to reenergize peace negotiations and find scarce common ground between pessimistic Israeli and Palestinian officials. His visit, the 10th to the region in under a year, aims to lay the foundations of a “framework agreement” that addresses the core issues of…
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