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Opinion Ex-Mossad Chief: Time for a New Obama Peace Bid
Just about everybody who follows Israeli affairs with any seriousness these days agrees that the peace process is dead, that the two sides are too far apart for any deal and besides there’s nobody to talk to. The one big exception is the Israeli intelligence and defense establishment, which remains a stronghold of optimism that…
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Fast Forward Gaza Marathon Scrapped as Hamas Bans Women
The main United Nations agency in Gaza has cancelled the annual marathon in the small Palestinian territory after ruling Hamas Islamists banned women from the race. Hamas said having women in the annual event, scheduled for April 10, contravened Islamic tradition even though dozens of Palestinian schoolgirls had started the two previous marathons. “This disappointing…
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Fast Forward First Gaza Rocket in Months Hits Israel
A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in Israel on Tuesday, the first such attack since a November truce, and a militant group said it launched the strike to retaliate for the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli jail. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s West Bank-based Fatah movement, called…
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News Forward’s Larry Cohler-Esses Wins Prize for Hamas Interview
Larry Cohler-Esses, assistant managing editor of the Forward, has won the second annual David Twersky Journalism Award for his April 19, 2012, exclusive Cairo interview with Mousa Abu Marzook, Hamas’s second-highest-ranking official. Established in honor of Twersky’s distinguished life in journalism, the award recognizes the work of journalists at the Forward and at the New…
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Fast Forward Larry Cohler-Esses Wins Twersky Award for Hamas Scoop
Larry Cohler-Esses of the Forward won the 2013 David Twersky Journalism Award. The prize was awarded to Cohler-Esses, assistant managing editor of the Forward, for his April 19, 2012 exclusive Cairo interview with Mousa Abu Marzook, Hamas’s second-highest-ranking official. It is the second year that the prize, named for the former editor of the New…
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Fast Forward Was Prisoner X Part of Botched Israeli Assassination of Hamas Man in Dubai?
The suspected Israeli double agent dubbed Prisoner X is not the same man as a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai , a forensic report commissioned by Reuters has determined. Israel has released few details on the case of Melbourne-born Ben Zygier, reported to have been a Mossad recruit found dead…
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Fast Forward Photo Analysis Casts Doubt On Australian’s Reported Hit Squad Link
A forensic report commissioned by Reuters said on Friday that a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai and a deceased Australian immigrant, reported to have been an Israeli spy, were not the same man. Israel has released few details on the case of Melbourne-born Ben Zygier, reported to have been a…
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Fast Forward Hamas To Teach More ‘Enemy Language’ Hebrew in Gaza Schools
Islamist Hamas authorities plan to expand Hebrew-language classes in the Gaza Strip’s high schools to help Palestinians know their enemy in times of conflict with Israel. Far from a sign that peace will soon break out, Hamas’s promotion of Hebrew learning in the Israeli-blockaded Mediterranean enclave aims to make linguistic skill a useful new front…
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