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Fast Forward Iran Denies Involvement In Bulgaria Bomb Bombing That Killed Israeli Tourists
Iran played no part in the bombing of a bus last year that killed Israeli tourists, its ambassador to Bulgaria said on Friday, rejecting Israeli charges that it was involved in the attack. Bulgaria has accused the Iranian-backed Hezbollah of carrying out the July attack, a charge the Lebanese Shi’ite Islamist militia dismissed as part…
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Opinion Will Obama Israel Trip Be Lapid Love-In?
Is Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Israel going to turn into a Yair Lapid love-in? The Israeli daily Yedioth Araronoth, suggested in its editorial yesterday that Obama decided to come because Netanyahu is currently weak — because of the staggering success of Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party. The administration is working on the premise that…
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Fast Forward Baltimore Jews Mount Anti-Iran Car Show Protest
Baltimore Jewish groups are calling for a protest against car companies that they claim have operations in Iran, the Baltimore Jewish Times reported. The Baltimore Zionist District, along with organizations like United Against A Nuclear Iran, Shalom USA, Endowement for Middle East Truth, and a number of local synagogues will hold a protest on February…
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Fast Forward Obama Not Bringing New Peace Plan to Israel
President Obama’s visit to Israel will focus on Syria and Iran, and he will not initiate new peace moves, the White House said. “This is a trip the president looks forward to making that is timed in part because we have here obviously a second term for the president, a new administration and a new…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu: Bulgaria Bomb Probe Bares Hezbollah Terror
Bulgaria accused Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah on Tuesday of carrying out a bomb attack on a bus in the Black Sea city of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists last year. The conclusions of the Bulgarian investigation, citing a clear connection to an attack on European Union soil, might open the way for the EU…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: I’d Go Ape for Space Trip
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was ready to be the first human sent into orbit by Iran’s fledgling space programme, Iranian media reported. Iran declared last week that it had successfully launched a monkey into space and retrieved it alive, which officials hailed as a major step towards their goal of sending humans…
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Fast Forward Iran Threat Is Paramount For New Israeli Government, Says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday took on the job of forming a new government and said its most important task would be to ensure that Iran does not gain nuclear arms. President Shimon Peres formally called on Netanyahu to assemble a new coalition following the Jan. 22 general election in which Netanyahu’s rightist…
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Fast Forward Biden Raises Possibility of Direct U.S.-Iran Talks
The United States is ready to hold direct talks with Iran if it is serious about negotiations, Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday, backing bilateral contacts that many see as crucial to easing an international dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Speaking at a security conference in Munich, Biden said Iran – which says it…
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