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Fast Forward Israel Wants Seat on U.N. Security Council
Israel said on Thursday it plans to run for a rotating seat on the U.N. Security Council for the time ever for 2019-2020, although U.N. diplomats said it will not be easy for the Jewish state to win. “We’re going all out to win,” Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor told Reuters. “It’s about time.” Winning…
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Fast Forward Finland Far-Right Party’s Nazi Salute Scandal
Finland’s anti-euro Finns Party said it would expel a member who photographed a friend giving a Nazi salute in parliament to try to distance itself from scandals threatening its popularity. James Hirvisaari, an outspoken member of the party which has grown in popularity by capitalising on anger over eurozone bailouts, invited his friend Seppo Lehto…
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Fast Forward Government Shutdown Could Affect Aid to Israel
A prolonged U.S. federal government shutdown could delay military assistance to Israel and other American allies, the State Department said on Wednesday. “The State Department’s ability to provide military assistance to Israel and other allies in the time frame that is expected and customary could be hindered, depending on the length of the shutdown,” State…
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Fast Forward Marc Jacobs Dumps Louis Vuitton for Own Label
Marc Jacobs, the star designer who turned Louis Vuitton from a staid luggage-maker into a global fashion brand, is leaving to focus on his own eponymous label, a source close to the French company’s parent LVMH said on Wednesday. The move follows a series of leadership changes at Louis Vuitton, LVMH’s cash cow and biggest…
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Fast Forward Hungary Vows Crackdown Against Anti-Semitism
Hungary will use all political and legal tools available to crack down on resurgent anti-Semitism in the country, the deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, in one of the government’s boldest statements yet on the issue. “We cannot allow, especially knowing our own responsibility, anti-Semitism to gain strength in Hungary,” Tibor Navracsics told a conference…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Calls Hassan Rouhani ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ in U.N. Speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed a charm offensive by Iran’s new president as a ruse concocted by a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” and declared that Israel was ready to stand alone to deny Tehran an atomic weapon. In a combative address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu spoke harshly about Hassan Rouhani,…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Urges Obama to Maintain Iran Sanctions During White House Meeting
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to keep sanctions in place against Iran and to even tighten them if Tehran continues its nuclear advances during a coming round of negotiations with the West. Seeking to ease Israeli concerns about U.S. diplomatic engagement with Iran, Obama said Tehran…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Loses $60M Libel Suit Over Hooker Claim
Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate and prominent Republican donor, has lost a $60 million libel lawsuit in which he claimed a Democratic group spread a false accusation that he had condoned prostitution in his casinos in Macau. At issue was an article published on July 3, 2012 by the National Jewish Democratic Council on…
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