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Fast Forward Uber Faces Suit Over New Israel UberNight App
Uber faces a legal challenge in Israel, adding to the list of places where it is under scrutiny, after the country alleged unauthorized drivers were illegally paid using its network for a new carpooling app the company is piloting. Israel’s Transportation Ministry said on Wednesday an undercover investigation had found Uber recruited private drivers to…
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Fast Forward Trump Lawyers Up As Russia Probe Noose Tightens — Hires ‘Aggressive’ Jewish Attorney
President Trump has tapped an “aggresive” longtime Jewish legal adviser to serve as his private attorney while a special counsel investigates whether his campaign worked with Russia in last year’s election. Fox Business News and ABC first reported that Trump hired Marc Kasowitz, a New York-based trial lawyer known as a tenacious litigator, to represent…
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Fast Forward Trump Proclaims ‘Reach For Peace’ In Key Mideast Speech — But Little Sign Of Progress
President Donald Trump used his centerpiece Holy Land speech on Tuesday to reaffirm his commitment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians, but he offered no new details on how to achieve a goal that has eluded U.S. leaders for decades. Rounding out a 28-hour stay in Jerusalem, Trump praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
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Fast Forward Trump Says Both Israel And Palestinians Ready To ‘Reach For Peace’
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were prepared to “reach for peace,” even as he cautioned that a deal will not be easily achieved. “I had a meeting this morning with President Abbas and can tell you that the Palestinians are ready to reach…
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Fast Forward Trump Calls Holocaust ‘Savage Crime’ At Yad Vashem
President Donald Trump paid tribute at Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial on Tuesday to the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust, calling it an indescribable act of evil. Holding hands, the president and First Lady Melania Trump walked solemnly to lay a wreath together upon the ashes of Holocaust victims, buried at the site’s…
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Fast Forward Trump Talks Up Peace Prospects After Talks With Abbas In ‘Palestine’
President Donald Trump talked up the prospects of peace between Israelis and Palestinians on Tuesday, saying he believed both sides were committed to an historic deal, but he offered no concrete proposals on how to get there. He spoke after an hour of talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West…
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Fast Forward Trump Says Israel And Arabs United By Threat Of Iran
President Trump said on Monday that shared concern about Iran was driving Israel and many Arab states closer and demanded that Tehran immediately cease military and financial backing of “terrorists and militias.” In stressing threats from Iran, Trump echoed a theme laid out during weekend meetings in Saudi Arabia about the Islamic Republic’s growing regional…
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Fast Forward Trump Proclaims ‘New Reason To Hope’ After Landing In Israel
President Donald Trump said in Israel on Monday he came away from a weekend visit to Saudi Arabia with new reasons for hope that peace and stability could be achieved in the Middle East. On the second leg of his first overseas trip since entering office, Trump is to hold talks separately with Israeli Prime…
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