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Fast Forward New York Explosion Suspect Arrested After Jersey Shootout
An Afghanistan-born American suspected of carrying out the weekend bombing in New York City that wounded 29 people and planting other bombs in New York City and New Jersey was in custody after a gun battle with police on Monday. Ahmad Khan Rahami of Elizabeth, New Jersey, a 28-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, was captured in…
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Fast Forward 2 Teenage Palestinian Attackers Killed and 2 Israeli Police Wounded as Violence Spirals
Israeli forces killed two Palestinian assailants in the West Bank on Monday, police said, and two Israeli police officers were stabbed in East Jerusalem in a resurgence of violence now into its fourth day. Palestinian street attacks that began nearly a year ago had largely waned in recent months, but a series of assaults since…
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Fast Forward Oops! American Embassy Sends Settlement Wine in Rosh Hashanah Gift Basket
As diplomatic faux-pas go, it’s a delicate one. Ahead of the Jewish new year next month, the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv sent gift baskets to a number of Israeli organizations, as it does every year. Among the recipients was Peace Now, a group opposed to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. There was…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Kill 3 Palestinian Attackers in West Bank and Jerusalem
Israeli forces shot dead three Arab assailants in separate incidents in East Jerusalem and the West Bank on Friday, police and the military said, in a flare-up of a nearly year-old wave of Palestinian street attacks. With most anti-Israeli assaults carried out since October by individuals without any central guiding hand, it was difficult to…
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Fast Forward Will Strong Showing by Anti-Immigrant Party in Berlin Signal Neo-Nazi Comeback?
A double-digit score for the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a Berlin city vote on Sunday would be seen around the world as the rebirth of the Nazis, the mayor of the German capital has warned. The right-wing AfD has gained support as voters become increasingly uneasy with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door refugee policy,…
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Fast Forward U.N. Chief Slams Benjamin Netanyahu for ‘Outrageous’ Remark on ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday lambasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “ethnic cleansing” video as an “unacceptable and outrageous” portrayal of people who oppose Israeli settlements in the West Bank, home to more than 2.7 million Palestinians. Ban told the United Nations Security Council, “Let me be absolutely clear: settlements are illegal under international…
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News Barack Obama Hails $38B Israel Aid Package
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that a new $38 billion aid package will help ensure Israel can defend itself from threats, commenting in a statement on the 10-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two nations. “Both Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu and I are confident that the new MOU will make a significant contribution…
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Fast Forward U.S. Agrees to $38B Military Aid Package for Israel
The United States and Israel have reached final agreement on a record new package of at least $38 billion in U.S. military aid and the 10-year pact is expected to be signed this week, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The deal will represent the biggest pledge of U.S. military assistance made…
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