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Fast Forward France Appoints Jewish Woman as New Culture Minister
France has named a Jewish woman as its new culture minister. Audrey Azoulay was named last week during a Cabinet reshuffle. She is the daughter of Andre Azoulay, an adviser to Moroccan King Mohammed VI, and writer Katia Brami. She is a native of Morocco. In 2014, Azoulay, 43, was named culture and communications adviser…
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Fast Forward France Presents Plan for Israel-Palestinian Peace Push
France has presented Israel and the Palestinians with a proposal for an international peace conference. French Ambassador to Israel Patrick Maisonnave met Tuesday morning with the head of the Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic office Alon Ushpiz. During the meeting, Maisonnave disclosed details of the French initiative to bring Israel and the Palestinians together for an international…
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Fast Forward Most French Muslims Wouldn’t Object to Daughter Dating Jew
A majority of French Muslims said they would react positively if their daughter married a Jew, a survey found. The results were part of a document comprising three reports published Sunday by the polling firm Ipsos based on opinion polls and interviews conducted over 2014 and 2015 with several partner organizations, including the Foundation of…
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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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Fast Forward Israel Warms To France’s Offer for Peace Talks With Palestinians
JERUSALEM – Israel would consider a French invitation to peace talks with the Palestinians, but believes France has made a mistake by saying it will recognize a Palestinian state if the talks fail, an Israeli government official said on Saturday. “If and when we get an invitation to a conference, we will examine it and…
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Fast Forward France May Soon Recognize Palestinian State, Foreign Minister Says
France will recognize a Palestinian state if its efforts in coming weeks to try to break the deadlock between Israelis and Palestinians fail, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday. “France will engage in the coming weeks in the preparation of an international conference bringing together the parties and their main partners, American, European, Arab,…
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Fast Forward French Jews Slam Iran President’s Visit on Holocaust Remembrance Day
French Jews protested against the arrival to Paris of Iran’s president, saying it was particularly unacceptable because it fell on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Hassan Rouhani, who was supposed to visit France in November but postponed his arrival because of terrorist attacks that killed 130 in Paris that month, landed in the French capital on…
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Fast Forward French Jews, Struggling After Aliyah, Consider Saying ‘Au Revoir, Israel’
RAANANA, Israel (JTA) – Before she traded her native France for Israel, Catherine Berdah ran a successful drug store in an affluent suburb on the eastern edge of Paris. A 50-year-old pharmacist with a master’s degree in business and decades of experience, Berdah earned over $6,000 per month and presided over an expanding business with…
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