Reuters
By Reuters
-
Fast Forward Amid Protests, Morsi Gives Army More Power
Egypt’s Islamist president has given the army temporary power to arrest civilians to help secure a constitutional referendum seen by the Muslim Brotherhood as a triumph for democracy and by its liberal foes as a religious straitjacket. President Mohamed Mursi, bruised by the political uproar in which protesters have besieged his graffiti-besmirched palace to demand…
-
Fast Forward Europe Seeks Plan To Block Jewish Settlements
The European Union will look at ways on Monday to press Israel to ditch a plan to build settlements in a highly sensitive area of the occupied West Bank, but hold off on tough action soon despite international outrage over the decision. Some officials say that options for robust steps against Israel are limited due…
-
Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg May Buy Financial Times
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is weighing up whether to make a bid for The Financial Times Group, which includes the namesake paper and a half interest in The Economist magazine, the New York Times reported, citing three people close to the mayor. Pearson Plc, the publisher of FT, is about to lose two…
-
Fast Forward Arabs Offer Palestinians $100M a Month as Financial Safety Net
Arab states agreed to provide the Palestinian Authority with a $100 million monthly “financial safety net” to help President Mahmoud Abbas’s government cope with an economic crisis after the United Nations granted de facto statehood to Palestine. Israel has responded to the Nov. 29 U.N. vote by ordering 3,000 Jewish settler homes be built in…
-
Fast Forward Divided Over Israel, Palestinian Groups Call for Unity
Leaders of the feuding Palestinian factions, the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza and the secular Fatah government in the West Bank, urged reconciliation between the two former foes on Sunday despite diverging policies on Israel. Fatah and Hamas have been at loggerheads since the latter pulled off a surprise win in 2006 parliamentary polls. A…
-
Fast Forward National Menorah To Be Lit Today in D.C.
The National Menorah will be lit near the White House on Sunday for Hanukkah, in a celebration that features the U.S. Navy Band and is one of the most high-profile events in the country to mark the Jewish holiday. The eight-day Hanukkah celebration, also known as the Festival of Lights, starts at sundown on Saturday….
-
Fast Forward Olmert: Israel Is Facing Unprecedented Isolation
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert said on Saturday that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu was taking Israel into unprecedented isolation with its policy on Jewish settlements. He singled out Israel’s recent announcement that it would build new settlement homes in the E1 corridor near Jerusalem. The plan has sparked international protest. Olmert said such plans…
-
Fast Forward Iran’s Missiles Lag Behind U.S. Fears
An internal report for the U.S. Congress has concluded that Iran probably is no longer on track, if it ever was, to having an ocean-crossing missile as soon as 2015. The study casts doubt on a view long held by U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran could be able to test-fly by 2015 an intercontinental ballistic…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward CA Gov. Newsom says he regrets apartheid comment, ‘reveres’ Israel in new interview
- 2
Opinion We must rewrite the rulebook for fighting antisemitism — or conspiracists like Joe Kent will win the narrative wars
- 3
Looking Forward We need to talk about New Jersey’s Jewish master of literature. No, not that one
- 4
Fast Forward Mamdani voices concerns about synagogue buffer zone bill poised to pass NYC Council
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Hundreds of Diaspora leaders call for action against ‘Jewish-extremist terror in the West Bank’
-
Fast Forward NYC Council approves ‘buffer zone’ legislation insulating houses of worship from protests
-
Fast Forward Reese’s Pieces are now kosher pareve. Carnivores rejoice.
-
Fast Forward Vance’s Jewish chief of staff shares his approach to right-wing antisemitism, new profile reveals
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
