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Fast Forward Israel Approves $90 Million Plan For Socio-Economic Development of East Jerusalem
Israel’s Cabinet approved a $90 million plan for the socio-economic development of eastern Jerusalem. The plan , approved Sunday, will focus on increased security and police in eastern Jerusalem. “One of the main goals of the plan that was approved is to bring about a significant decline in violence by means of integrated activity to…
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Fast Forward Hadassah Retains Control of Jerusalem Hospital Under Debt Recovery Deal
The Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem signed an agreement with the Israeli government on a debt recovery plan. Under the terms of the agreement signed last week, the Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization will retain control of the hospital and appoint five members of a restructured nine-member board, the organization said in a statement about the…
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Fast Forward Shai Piron Apologizes for Saying Same-Sex Couples Not a Family
Israeli Education Minister Shai Piron apologized for saying that same-sex couples are not a family. Piron was interviewed on Sunday by several Israeli media outlets. In an interview aired on television stations, he said, “I am painfully convinced that my remarks were miserable. It’s not my place to decide who is a family and who…
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Opinion Brandeis Gave Up On Al Quds. Its Students Didn’t.
Yasmin Khatib and Catie Stewart of the Brandeis-Al Quds Student Dialogue Initiative Talking about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank is difficult. Seeing it firsthand is harder. Living under it is nearly impossible. We learned this while leading a trip for a group of Brandeis students to Al Quds University in the West Bank…
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Fast Forward Parents of Kidnapped Teens Visit Site of Abduction
The parents of the three kidnapped Israeli teens visited the West Bank junction from where their sons were abducted. Sunday’s visit to Gush Etzion, located south of Jerusalem, came hours before a Tel Aviv rally calling for the teens’ release attended by tens of thousands. At the junction, the parents of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar…
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Fast Forward Israel Drops Anti-Hamas Lollipops on West Bank — Just in Time for Ramadan
In two of the West Bank’s major cities, Palestinians woke up Sunday morning to a strange surprise: hundreds of lollipops filled the streets, courtesy of the Israeli army. The lollipops, distributed throughout Nablus and Ramallah, contained notes saying, “Ramadan Kareem. Here are some sweets because Hamas is making life bitter in the West Bank.” An…
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Music African Migrants Camp Out at Egypt Border After Israeli Detention Walk-Out
More than 1,000 illegal African migrants have been camping out near the border with Egypt to protest their treatment in Israel. The migrants walked out of Israel’s Holot detention center on Friday, and attempted to cross into Egypt, according to reports. The Israel Defense Forces prevented them from crossing the border. The migrants, mostly from…
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Fast Forward Israel Bombs Multiple Targets in Gaza After Rocket Attacks
Israeli aircraft attacked at least six militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, hours after rockets fired from the Palestinian territory set a factory in Israel on fire, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. Palestinian medics said two people were wounded in air strikes on eight sites. Israeli officials said only six sites were bombed….
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