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Fast Forward Is John Kerry Wasting Time With Quixotic Middle East Peace Push?
Four months into his term, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying, simultaneously, to end two of the world’s most intractable conflicts: the Syrian civil war and the struggle between Israel and the Palestinians. The two issues, according to an aide, have consumed the vast majority of Kerry’s time and energy – he has…
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Fast Forward Lola the Donkey Barred From Brussels Balcony
Belgian police have demanded that Lola, a theatre-starring donkey, be removed from the balcony of a cultural centre in Brussels after neighbours complained about her braying. Lola is staying on the first-floor balcony while she performs in a play at the Arab Cultural Centre, located in the same building in the Belgian capital. Staff had…
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Fast Forward Israeli and Palestinian Tech Entrepreneurs Work Together
At first glance, it is a tech utopian’s dream. For the last two years several dozen Israeli and Palestinian high-tech entrepreneurs have been quietly meeting at a Dead Sea resort that Palestinians can visit without receiving permits from the Israeli military. Funded by the American high-tech giant Cisco Systems, the meetings feature little talk of…
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Fast Forward No TIAA-CREF Vote Needed on Push To Boycott Israel Occupation
The College Retirement Equities Fund can ignore a controversial customer proposal calling for it to end investments in companies that support “Israel’s occupation,” the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled. In a May 10 letter and a follow-up reconsideration letter, the SEC said it would take “no action” against CREF for declining to put…
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Fast Forward Amusement Park Apartheid Furor Grows in Israel
A furore over perceived racism in Israel broke out on Thursday after it emerged that a popular amusement park had a policy of hosting segregated outings for Jewish and Arab schools. The practice came to attention after an Arab secondary school teacher, in an interview with Israeli Army Radio, said the Superland park near Tel…
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Fast Forward Israel Faces Risks in Striking Advanced New Syria Missile System
Israel could overcome advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles if they were deployed in Syria but any strikes on the system would be difficult and risk alienating its supplier, Russia. Israel has pledged to take preventive action, seeing a future Syrian S-300 as a “game-changing” threat to its own air space as well as to the relative…
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Fast Forward World’s Oldest Complete Torah Found in Italian University Library
An Italian professor said on Wednesday he has identified what he believes is the world’s oldest complete scroll of the Torah, containing the full text of the first five books of Hebrew scripture. Mauro Perani, professor of Hebrew at the University of Bologna, said experts and carbon dating tests done in Italy and the United…
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Fast Forward Radical ‘Price Tag’ Settlers Damage 14 Palestinian Cars
Fourteen Palestinian vehicles were vandalised on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem in what appeared to be attacks by militant Israeli settlers following the killing of one of their own last month. No arrests were immediately made in the so-called “Price Tag” incidents. The term is used by militant settlers who…
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