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Fast Forward Israel Pushes Freight Rail Link To Jordan — And Beyond
Israel’s transport minister proposed on Wednesday linking its freight railway network with Jordan and Saudi Arabia and said he presented the idea to President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy last month. Under the proposal, goods could travel by rail from Israel’s Mediterranean port of Haifa through Jordan to Saudi Arabia’s Gulf port of Dammam via…
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Fast Forward Michael Mukasey And Rudy Giuliani Probed Over Gold Dealer Accused Of Busting Iran Sanctions
A federal judge will inquire further into whether former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey can represent a Turkish gold trader charged with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman said at a hearing on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court that he will…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Visits Iraq Base Just 10 Miles From Mosul Battle
President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, traveled with the top U.S. general to an Iraqi base just over 10 miles (16 km) from Mosul on Tuesday. Kushner was on the second day of a trip to Iraq as the guest of Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the…
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Fast Forward Europe Condemns Israel For West Bank Home Demolitions
The European Union has expressed frustration with Israel over its demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, with the EU ambassador taking the unusual step of reading out a joint statement denouncing the practice. The ambassador delivered a stern diplomatic message, saying Israel was breaking international law. The issue came to a head…
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Fast Forward Hungary Ignores Protests And Pushes Law Aimed At George Soros-Funded University
Hungary approved a new law in a fast-track procedure on Tuesday that could force a university founded by financier George Soros out of the country despite a protest against the plan in Budapest and condemnation abroad. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a staunch critic of liberal civil organizations funded by Soros, said on Friday the Central…
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Fast Forward Thousands Rally To Back George Soros-Backed Hungary University
Thousands of Hungarian and foreign students, professors and civilians rallied in Budapest on Sunday demanding the government withdraw legislation that could force a university founded by financier George Soros out of the country. The demonstrators, who walked from Budapest’s Corvinus University to the Central European University (CEU) founded by Soros in 1991 and then to…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot Dead After Stabbing 3 Israelis In Jerusalem’s Old City
Israeli paramilitary police officers shot dead a Palestinian on Saturday after he stabbed three Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City, a police spokesman said. The assailant wounded two ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in the street before fleeing into a nearby house where he was caught by border police officers who had given chase. He stabbed one of…
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Fast Forward Adam Schiff Gets To See Secret Trump Probe Documents
The top Democrat on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, said intelligence reports he viewed at the White House on Friday were the same documents seen by panel Chairman Devin Nunes last week. Nunes, a Republican, sparked a controversy last week when he said he had seen documents at the White House that indicated…
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