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Fast Forward President Obama Arrives in Israel for Poignant Farewell to Shimon Peres
President Barack Obama and other world leaders gathered in Israel on Friday for the funeral of Shimon Peres, the former Israeli prime minister and president whose pursuit of an elusive peace with the Palestinians won international embrace. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also planned to attend the burial, which will be held in the “Great Leaders…
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Fast Forward ‘Long Time’: Mahmoud Abbas Greets Benjamin Netanyahu at Funeral for Shimon Peres
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shook hands and exchanged brief words at the funeral on Friday of Shimon Peres, the former Israeli leader who won international acclaim for peacemaking with the Palestinians. U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders gathered for the burial in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery, two…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Plans To Attend Shimon Peres Funeral
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans a rare visit to Jerusalem on Friday to attend the funeral of former Israeli leader Shimon Peres, a Palestinian official said on Thursday. Peres, who died on Wednesday at 93, won worldwide praise for his efforts in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in the 1990s. But with negotiations frozen since 2014, it…
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Fast Forward President Obama Leads Parade of Tributes to ‘Dreamer’ Shimon Peres
Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, 93, died in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, prompting U.S. President Barack Obama to mourn: “A light has gone out, but the hope he gave us will burn forever.” Peres, an indefatigable campaigner for Middle East peace who jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, was hospitalized…
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Fast Forward Houston Lawyer Who Opened Fire at Strip Mall Wore Nazi Uniform
The troubled lawyer who opened fire on morning commuters in Houston on Monday, injuring at least nine people before being fatally shot by police, was wearing a Nazi uniform, according to the New York Daily News. Six victims were taken to hospitals and three were treated at the scene after being shot at while inside…
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Fast Forward Should Israeli Settlement Soccer Teams Move Inside the Green Line?
A human rights group urged soccer’s governing body, FIFA, on Monday to move matches being played by Israeli teams in the occupied West Bank to Israel, saying that playing in Jewish settlements meant they were playing on stolen land. The six clubs named by Human Rights Watch are all minor. But the dispute over their…
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Fast Forward Israeli Gas Field Developers Sign $10B Deal With Jordan
Backers of Israel’s massive Leviathan natural gas field signed a $10 billion deal on Monday to supply 1.6 trillion feet (tcf) of gas to Jordan’s National Electric Power Company. “Subject to regulatory approvals from Israel and Jordan, sales …are anticipated to commence at field startup,” said Texas-based Noble Energy, the project’s operator. Talks on the…
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Fast Forward Mideast Quartet Warns Israeli Settlement Push Is Killing 2-State Hopes
The “Quartet” of Middle East peace mediators said on Friday it was strongly opposed to Israel’s ongoing settlement activity, warning that it risked ending the chance of a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Peace talks, envisaging a Palestinian state in territory Israel captured in a 1967 war, collapsed two years ago after nine months of…
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