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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Iran-Backed Base In Syria
Israel struck an arms supply hub operated by the Lebanese group Hezbollah near Damascus airport on Thursday, Syrian rebel and regional sources said, targeting weapons regularly sent from Iran via commercial and military cargo planes. Video carried on Lebanese TV and shared on social media sites showed the pre-dawn airstrikes caused a fire around the…
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Fast Forward Weight Watchers Names Mindy Grossman CEO
(REUTERS) – Weight Watchers International Inc. said Mindy Grossman, current chief executive of HSN Inc., will join the diet company as CEO in July. Grossman, who has led HSN (formerly known as the Home Shopping Network) since 2008, will also join Weight Watchers’ board, the company said in a statement. Grossman was named Fortune’s Business…
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Fast Forward Jonathan Demme, ‘Silence Of The Lamb’ Director Who Criticized Israel, Dies At 73
Movie director Jonathan Demme, best known for “The Silence of the Lambs” has died at the age of 73, his publicist said on Wednesday. Demme, who also directed the Oscar winning film “Philadelphia” was suffering from esophageal cancer, publicist Annalee Paulo said in a statement. She said he died in New York on Wednesday morning…
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Fast Forward Trump May Visit Israel As Soon As Next Month
Israel and the White House are in preliminary discussions about a visit to Israel by U.S. President Donald Trump as early as next month, an Israeli government official said on Wednesday. A Trump visit would mark an early personal engagement by the new Republican president in efforts to resolve the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli Prime…
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Fast Forward Steve Mnuchin Trumpets ‘Biggest Tax Cut’ For Trump
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said the plan for “the biggest tax cut” in U.S. history due to be released later on Wednesday by the White House would cut the business tax rate to 15 percent, including for small businesses. “This is going to be the biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform in the…
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Fast Forward Israel Grants Visa To Human Rights Watch Official
Israel gave a one-year work visa to a Human Rights Watch researcher on Wednesday after initially denying him a permit and accusing the organization of engaging in “Palestinian propaganda,” the group said. The decision in February to deny Omar Shakir a work permit was criticized by the United States. Shakir, a U.S. citizen, received the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Snubs German Diplomat Over Talks With NGO’s
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled talks on Tuesday with Germany’s visiting foreign minister after he rejected the Israeli leader’s demand not to meet left-wing groups critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians under occupation. The dispute threatened to widen a rift between Israel and Germany over the Palestinian issue. Berlin has been increasingly critical of the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Threatens To Skip German Talks If FM Meets ‘Breaking The Silence’
(REUTERS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Monday to cancel a meeting with Germany’s foreign minister if he sits down with a left-wing rights group. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel was due to meet with “civil society” groups in Israel on Tuesday, a Berlin spokeswoman said. Israeli media said Gabriel would meet with…
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