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Fast Forward Israel Welcomes Truce in Syria But Hints It Will Attack If Threatened
Israel welcomed the cessation of hostilities in neighboring Syria but hinted on Sunday it could still launch attacks there if it saw a threat. Guns mostly fell silent in Syria and Russian air raids in support of President Bashar al-Assad stopped on Saturday, the first day of a U.S.-Russian accord that the United Nations has…
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Fast Forward Bibi Hits Back at ‘Friend’ David Cameron on ‘Occupied’ Jerusalem
In an unusual rebuke, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted his British counterpart for criticizing Israel’s construction in eastern Jerusalem. “My friend David Cameron, who is without a doubt a friend of Israel, apparently forgot a few basic facts about Jerusalem,” Netanyahu said in a speech in Ofakim on Thursday, following statements by Cameron the…
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Fast Forward Reform Jews Thank Bibi for Western Wall Prayer Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Jerusalem with leaders of the American Reform movement, who thanked him for the decision to expand the egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall. The leaders, in Israel for the annual meeting of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Reform movement’s rabbinical organization, met with Netanyahu on…
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Fast Forward Bibi Backs General in ‘Empty the Magazine’ Dispute Over Palestinian Violence
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s military chief on Sunday after the general was criticized for saying he would not want soldiers confronting a wave of Palestinian stabbings to “empty a magazine” into a girl wielding scissors. One member of Netanyahu’s right-wing cabinet said Lieutenant-General Gadi Eisenkot’s remarks last week could be misinterpreted by Israel’s…
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Fast Forward Bibi Furious That Arab-Israeli Lawmakers Met With Palestinian Attackers’ Families
JERUSALEM — Three Arab-Israeli lawmakers who met with the families of Palestinians who killed or attempted to kill Israelis could be facing Knesset sanctions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Knesset officials what steps can be taken to punish the three Joint Arab List parliament members. Jamal Zahalka, Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas met…
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Fast Forward Bibi Rejects Criticism of Chelsea Clinton’s Mixed Marriage and Reform Jews
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu firmly rejected statements by government ministers and members of the Knesset in the wake of this week’s approval of an egalitarian section at the Western Wall. “I reject the recent disparaging and divisive remarks by ministers and members of Knesset about Reform Jews,” Netanyahu said in a statement…
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Fast Forward Israelis Near Gaza Fear Hamas is Tunneling Beneath Them
PRI GAN, Israel – Nissim Hakmon and his neighbors say they hear banging and clattering at night. They are convinced it can only mean one thing: Hamas is tunneling under their homes from Gaza and will one day emerge, guns blazing, to attack or kidnap them. The Israeli government says its investigations have not come…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Open To Talks, Rejects French ‘Threat’ on Palestinian Statehood
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for a more “sober” approach towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in dismissing a French peace initiative as only encouraging Palestinians to shun compromise. The proposal on Friday by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius for an international peace conference was the latest sign of Western frustration over…
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