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Fast Forward Israel’s Next War? Could Be Gaza, Not Iran or Syria
If Israel goes to war with any of its neighbours before this year ends it will be with Gaza not Syria, despite appearances. The Israeli army fired into Syria on Monday for the second day in a row, after a Syrian mortar round from fighting across the disengagement line hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Sunday’s…
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Fast Forward Israel Scores ‘Direct Hit’ on Syrian Mortars
Israel’s army fired tank shells into Syria on Monday and scored “direct hits” in response to a Syrian mortar shell that struck the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, the Israeli military said in a statement. Israeli military sources said Syrian mobile artillery was directly hit in the incident. It was the second time in two days that…
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Fast Forward Abbas to Obama: We Will Push for Statehood
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday that he was intent on seeking a Palestinian upgrade at the United Nations despite American objections, a Palestinian official said. Abbas spoke to Obama in a phone conversation to explain his decision, said Nabil Abu Rdaineh, an aide to the Palestinian president. On Wednesday,…
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Fast Forward Israel Fires Missile at Syria Amid Chaos
Israel fired a guided missile into Syria on Sunday in a potent “warning shot” after mortar fire from fighting between Syrian troops and rebels hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for the second time in four days. Israel Radio said it was the first direct engagement of the Syrian military on the Golan since the countries’…
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Fast Forward Yasser Arafat Death Probe Will Include Russia
Russia will join an international investigation to determine whether the first Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, was murdered, the current Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Sunday. French and Swiss experts are due to exhume Arafat’s body in Ramallah later this month in an attempt to discover how he died after an Al Jazeera documentary in…
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Fast Forward EgyptAir Hostesses To Wear Muslim Headscarves
EgyptAir is allowing its stewardesses to wear Islamic headscarves if they wish on flights to Arab states and will expand the practice to the rest of the network, an official said on Sunday, ending a restriction imposed in Hosni Mubarak’s era. It follows a similar move to allow presenters on state television’s flagship news broadcasts…
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Fast Forward Israel Threatens To Withhold Palestinians’ Cash
Israel will stop collecting tax revenues for the Palestinian Authority and not hand over any money if President Mahmoud Abbas continues to seek observer state membership of the United Nations, Israel’s finance minister said on Saturday. “If the Palestinians continue to advance their unilateral move they should not expect bilateral cooperation. We will not collect…
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Fast Forward Wife Pushes Obama for Action on Alan Gross
The wife of Alan Gross, the Jewish contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state, said she hopes President Barack Obama’s re-election will soon help lead to her ailing husband’s release from the communist-ruled country. Gross, 63, has been locked up in Cuba since December 2009 for his work on behalf of a semi-covert…
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