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Fast Forward Palestinians Gather To Discuss New Peace Talks
As Palestinian leaders gathered to discuss a possible U.S-brokered resumption of peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli government denied a shift in its conditions that might help end a three-year stalemate. President Mahmoud Abbas was due to begin briefing fellow PLO leaders in Ramallah shortly on his meetings this week with U.S. Secretary of State…
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Fast Forward Israel Open to Talks Based on 1967 Borders — Netanyahu Denies Report
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman denied on Thursday Israel had agreed to a formula for new talks with Palestinians based on the border of their future state being drawn along lines from before a 1967 war, with agreed land swaps. An Israeli official had earlier told Reuters that if the Palestinians accepted the formula, U.S….
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Fast Forward Boycott Israel Leader Wins Calif. Regents Post — Jewish Groups Angry
The University of California appointed a Muslim American woman as a student member of its governing board on Wednesday in a move opposed by Jewish groups that objected to her pro-Palestinian activism. Sadia Saifuddin, a 21-year-old social welfare major at the prestigious University of California at Berkeley, will become the first Muslim student member of…
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Fast Forward Israel Open to Talks With Palestinians Based on 1967 Borders: Official
Israel has agreed to a proposed formula for new peace talks with the Palestinians under which the border of their future state would be along lines that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, but with agreed land swaps, an Israeli official said on Thursday. The official said that, were the Palestinians to accept the…
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Fast Forward Samantha Power Vows To Defend Israel at U.N.
Samantha Power, President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, promised to push for action on Syria and fight what she termed “unacceptable bias” against Israel at the world body during her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. “We see the failure of the U.N. Security Council to respond to the…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Says Gap Is Narrowing Between Israel and Palestinians
Secretary of State John Kerry voiced confidence on Wednesday that he was on track toward achieving a resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying gaps had been greatly narrowed. Kerry made the assessment after his second meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas since arriving in Amman on Tuesday to press on with…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Meets With Palestinians as Israel Pushes New Settlements
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday as Israel approved new homes in a West Bank settlement, potentially hampering U.S. efforts to persuade Abbas to resume peace talks. His meeting with Abbas in the Jordanian capital Amman was Kerry’s second in as many days. It was to be followed, according…
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Fast Forward Lea Michele’s ‘Glee’ Boyfriend Cory Monteith Died From Heroin and Booze
Cory Monteith, the 31-year-old heartthrob of Fox Television’s musical-comedy series “Glee,” died of an apparently accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol, Canadian authorities said on Tuesday. The British Columbia Coroners Service said in a release that post-mortem testing on the star, who was found dead on Saturday in a downtown Vancouver hotel room, died of…
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