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Fast Forward Soaring Shekel May Force Israel Bank Action
Israel’s shekel is at a 15-month high against the dollar, prompting speculation in the foreign exchange market that the Bank of Israel may intervene as it has in the past to protect the economy. But the shekel may have to strengthen quite a lot further and against a broader range of currencies to convince the…
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Fast Forward Eric Cantor, Top Republican Jew, Hopes To Rebrand Unpopular GOP
Eric Cantor, the combative second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, launched a major rebranding of his party on Tuesday, saying he hoped Republicans and President Barack Obama could “set differences aside” in the interest of helping ordinary Americans. While not endorsing comprehensive immigration reforms backed by Obama, he did express openness on the…
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Fast Forward President Obama Will Visit Palestinians in West Bank on Upcoming Visit to Israel
President Barack Obama plans to visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan this spring, the White House said on Tuesday, raising the prospects of a new U.S. push to restart long-stalled Israel-Palestinian peace efforts. Obama’s trip, his first to Israel since taking office, signaled that he intends to make the volatile Middle East – where…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu: Bulgaria Bomb Probe Bares Hezbollah Terror
Bulgaria accused Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah on Tuesday of carrying out a bomb attack on a bus in the Black Sea city of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists last year. The conclusions of the Bulgarian investigation, citing a clear connection to an attack on European Union soil, might open the way for the EU…
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Fast Forward Bulgaria Blames Airport Bombing That Killed Israelis on Hezbollah
Two individuals with links to Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah were involved in a bomb attack on a bus in the Bulgarian resort of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists last July, Bulgaria’s interior minister said on Tuesday. The conclusions of the Bulgarian investigation may open the way for the European Union to join the United…
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Fast Forward Pregnant Windsurfer Banned for Jaunt With Jewish Husband Mark Mendelblatt
Portugal’s Olympic committee has banned a female windsurfer for life for concealing she was pregnant but attending the London Games anyway to see her Jewish sailor husband. Carolina Borges travelled to Britain as part of the Portugal team but then sent an email during the Games in July saying she was quitting before her RS-X…
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Fast Forward Chuck Hagel Deserves Up-Or-Down Vote: McCain
Senator John McCain said on Monday he opposes using a procedural hurdle to block a vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary, a stance likely to boost White House confidence that Hagel will win Senate confirmation. “I do not support a filibuster,” the Arizona Republican told reporters at the Capitol. “I don’t think…
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Fast Forward Ed Koch, Quintessential Jew and Brash New York Mayor, Laid To Rest in Style
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch was memorialized on Monday as an in-your-face, wisecracking leader who helped transform the city from a symbol of urban decay to the vital, glittering metropolis it is today. As Koch’s casket was led out of Temple Emanu-El, a soaring Fifth Ave. synagogue opposite Central Park, an organ played…
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