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Fast Forward Sinead O’Connor Hopes To Pull Out of Israel Gig
Sinead O’Connor said she will try to back out of a scheduled performance in Israel because she was unaware that she had been asked to boycott by pro-Palestinian groups. “I was not informed by my booking agent, and was unaware myself, that a boycott of Israel had been requested by the Palestinian people,” O’Connor wrote…
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Opinion Why #BringBackOurBoys Is the Perfect Hashtag
A picture tweeted from Matisyahu’s Twitter feed In writing about the decision to adapt #BringBackOurBoys as the virtual call to action for the three kidnapped Israeli students — Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaer and Naftali Frankel — Sigal Samuel expresses her regret that the hashtag appropriates the call to action for the 200 Nigerian school girls…
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Fast Forward Arab Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi Says Kidnappers ‘Not Terrorists’
An Arab-Israeli Knesset member said in an interview that the kidnappers of three Israeli teens are not terrorists. “They are people that cannot see any way to change their reality, and they are forced to use these means until Israeli society wises up a bit and sees and feels the suffering of the other,” Hanin…
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Fast Forward Kidnapped Teens’ Families Meet for First Time
The families of the three kidnapped Israeli teens met together for the first time. The parents and other family members of Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel met Tuesday morning at the Frenkel’s home in Nof Ayalon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with the families by phone during their meeting. “We are doing…
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Fast Forward Germany and Israel Will Cooperate on Nazi Looted Art
Germany and Israel agreed to cooperate on finding the heirs to art that was stolen or looted from Jews during the Nazi era. German Minister of Culture Monika Grutters and her Israeli counterpart, Limor Livnat, signed an agreement on Sunday in Jerusalem on the terms of their cooperation aimed at correcting decades of injustice, the…
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Fast Forward Israel Detains 40 Hamas Leaders in Kidnapped Teens Search
Israeli forces detained more than 40 Hamas militants on Tuesday, the military said, in a West Bank crackdown on the Islamist group that is being conducted in tandem with a search for three missing teenagers. Israel blames Hamas for the abduction of the Jewish seminary students, who went missing last Thursday. The Islamist movement, which…
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Opinion Prayer Won’t #BringBackOurBoys
When my eldest daughter was three years old, she enjoyed a comfortable morning routine. After breakfast, if she dressed quickly, she was allowed to watch half an episode of “Sesame Street” before heading off to school. Like most three-year-olds, she enjoyed the predictability and sameness of quiet time with Elmo and Grover and Oscar the…
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Fast Forward U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem Issues West Bank Travel Advisory
American citizens should take precautions and avoid demonstrations during travel in the West Bank, the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem warned. The Security Message for U.S. Citizens was emailed Monday to American citizens living in Israel who are registered with the consulate. It follows the increased security presence and operations by Israeli and Palestinian forces throughout…
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