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Fast Forward Trump Insists Giving ‘Absolute Go’ To Mideast Peace
President Trump said on Monday he believed “we really have a chance” to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Trump has faced deep skepticism at home and abroad over the chances for him to achieve any quick breakthrough, not least because his administration has yet to articulate a strategy for restarting a moribund peace…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Riot Over Israel Draft Crackdown
Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protesting the arrest of a prospective army conscript from their community clashed with police in Jerusalem on Sunday and eight men were detained, police said. Police used a water canon and mounted officers dispersed the protest that briefly turned violent near Jerusalem’s military recruiting office which lies on the edge of one of…
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Fast Forward Israel Steps Up Hollywood Push
A decade after its television industry inspired the American hits “Homeland” and “In Treatment,” Israel is stepping up its entertainment exports, with a diplomat and a talent agent acting as its envoys to Hollywood. Though TV format sales account for a sliver of overall Israeli exports – $268 million, or 0.2 percent, in 2016 –…
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Fast Forward Trump Blames ‘Both Sides’ For Charlottesville — Again
President Donald Trump on Thursday stood by his belief that both sides were to blame for violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12 between white supremacists and counterprotesters. Trump had drawn criticism for not initially condemning white supremacists who organized the event with even some of his fellow Republicans expressing dismay at his opinion. Trump…
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Fast Forward Hungary Right-Wing Ruling Party Plans Run Against ‘Soros Plan’
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, preparing for elections next April, promised on Thursday to highlight what it called a plan by billionaire financier George Soros to bring millions of migrants into Europe. Fidesz asked Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government to carry out a “national consultation” about Brussels’ plans to distribute asylum-seekers in the EU, a week…
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Fast Forward Sheryl Sandberg Tells Germans: Don’t Worry About Facebook Car
Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg went on a charm offensive in Germany on Thursday, telling the country’s powerful automakers that the world’s biggest social network does not want to compete with them. “I come with very good news. We’re the only company in Silicon Valley that’s not building a car,” Sandberg said to laughter…
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Fast Forward Congress Sends Trump Bill Condemning Neo-Nazis And White Supremacists
Congress passed a resolution late on Tuesday calling on President Donald Trump to condemn hate groups after Trump was criticized for his response to the violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a month ago. The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously adopted the resolution, U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly, a Democrat from Virginia, said…
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Fast Forward EPA Denies Trump Advisor Carl Icahn Inappropriately Influenced New Regulations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investor Carl Icahn never wielded excessive influence on U.S. biofuels policy while acting as President Trump’s adviser on regulation, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said in a letter to a Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. The letter, dated September 11, was a response to repeated requests by Whitehouse and other Democratic…
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