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Fast Forward Israel OK’s 800 New Homes for Settlers Near Jerusalem
Israeli leaders have approved plans to build some 800 housing units for settlers in and around East Jerusalem, Israeli media reports said. No formal announcement was made late on Sunday, but the liberal Haaretz newspaper quoted an unidentified Israeli official as saying the move was coupled with a decision – which drew right-wing criticism –…
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Fast Forward Facebook Pushes Back Against Israeli Claims of Incitement Against Jews
Facebook is doing its share to remove abusive content from the social network, it said on Sunday in an apparent rejection of Israeli allegations that it was uncooperative in stemming messages that might spur Palestinian violence. Beset by a 10-month-old surge in Palestinian street attacks, Israel says that Facebook has been used to perpetuate such…
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Fast Forward Mideast Quartet Says Israel Must Stop Grabbing Palestinian Land
Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating land for exclusive Israeli use that Palestinians seek for a future state, the Middle East peace “Quartet” recommended on Friday in a an eagerly awaited report. The report by the Quartet entities sponsoring the stalled peace process – the United States, Russia, the European Union…
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Fast Forward Israel Cuts Palestinian Tax Revenue in Retaliation for Killing of Girl
Israel will reduce monthly transfers of tax collected on behalf of the Palestinians in what aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a response to the killing of two Israelis in Palestinian attacks in the occupied West Bank this week. The amount deducted from about $130 million sent to the Palestinian Authority (PA) each…
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Fast Forward Judge Cites Jewish Split in Striking Down Mississippi Anti-Gay Law
A federal judge cited splits between Orthodox and Reform Jews in blocking a Mississippi law intended to allow people who object on religious grounds to same-sex marriage and believe gender is determined at birth to refuse wedding and other services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves found late Thursday…
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Fast Forward Murdered Israeli Girl Was U.S. Citizen
A 13-year-old Israeli girl fatally stabbed in her bedroom in the occupied West Bank on Thursday was a U.S. citizen, the State Department said. The girl, Hallel Yaffa Ariel, was attacked after an assailant climbed a security fence and entered a home in the settlement of Kiryat Arba. “We have now confirmed that she is…
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Fast Forward George Soros Made $100M Brexit Bet Against Deutsche Bank — and Won
Billionaire investor George Soros took out a bet of more than 100 million euros ($111 million) that Deutsche Bank shares would fall at the time of Britain’s vote to quit the European Union, according to a regulatory filing. Soros, who is renowned for successfully betting against the pound in 1992, had a “short” position of…
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Fast Forward Israel and Turkey Sign Formal Reconciliation Deal
Turkey and Israel signed a deal on Tuesday to restore ties after a six-year rift, formalizing an agreement which U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said sent a “hopeful signal” for regional stability. The accord, announced on Monday by the two countries’ prime ministers, was a rare rapprochement in the divided Middle East, driven by the prospect…
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