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Fast Forward Palestinians See No Hope for Peace as Israel Votes
Palestinians expressed weary indifference on Tuesday as Israelis voted in an election set to produce a hardline government keener to expand Jewish settlements on occupied land than seek peace. “Regardless of who wins, the result is the same: Israelis want this land but not the people,” said Ahmed Amro, a professor at Al-Quds Open University…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Poised To Win as Israel Starts To Vote in Election
Israelis voted on Tuesday in an election that is expected to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a third term in office, pushing the Jewish state further to the right, away from peace with the Palestinians and towards a showdown with Iran. However, Netanyahu’s own Likud party, running alongside the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu group, looks…
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Fast Forward Israel Set To Reelect Netanyahu, Shift to Right
Israelis look set to elect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a third term with a smaller majority on Tuesday, pushing the Jewish State even further to the right, away from peace with Palestinians and towards a showdown with Iran. Netanyahu has vowed to pursue the Jewish settlement of lands seized during the 1967 Middle East…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Fends Off Surge From Right Wing as Israel Election Looms
Israelis vote on Tuesday for the first time since revolutions convulsed their Arab neighbours, in an election expected to push the Jewish state even further to the right, away from peace with Palestinians and towards greater confrontation with Iran. After a lacklustre campaign, the election could be on course to give Israel the most hardline…
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Fast Forward Emboldened Obama Urges End to Political Feuding
President Barack Obama urged Americans on Monday to reject political “absolutism” and partisan rancor, as he kicked off his second term with an impassioned call for collective action and estabished a more assertive tone for the challenges he faces over the next four years. Obama’s ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol was filled with traditional…
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Fast Forward President Obama’s Speech — The Full Text
Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of…
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Culture Michael Winner, Jewish Director of ‘Death Wish’ Action Flicks, Dies at 77
Flamboyant British film director Michael Winner, best known for the hit “Death Wish” series in the 1970s and 80s, died at his London home on Monday. He was 77. In a statement released to the media, his wife Geraldine said: “A light has gone out in my life.” Winner, who reinvented himself in recent years…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Makes Late Push as Israeli Election Looms
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an election-eve appeal on Monday to wavering supporters to “come home”, showing concern over a forecast far-right surge that would keep him in power but weaken him politically. In the last stretch of a largely lacklustre campaign that could produce the most hardline government in Israel’s history, Netanyahu has…
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