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Fast Forward Israel Divestment Move Fails at University of California at Davis
The student senate at the University of California, Davis did not approve a divestment resolution targeting Israel. The vote at 2 a.m. on Thursday ended in a tie, with five student senators voting in favor, five opposed and two abstaining. The student government vice president, Maxwell Kappes, declined to break the tie, abstaining instead. The…
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Fast Forward Israel Fires Back in Talks Collapse Blame Game
Israel fired back on Friday at a senior U.S. official, who blamed Jewish settlement construction in part for the breakdown of peacemaking with the Palestinians, saying he himself had done nothing to help the negotiations. The blunt riposte signalled continued, deep tensions between Israel and Washington over the U.S.-led talks, which collapsed last month amid…
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Fast Forward Israeli Army Radio Sorry for ‘Cannibal’ Jibe Aimed at Ultra-Orthodox
An Israeli public radio station apologized for airing offensive statements about Haredi Orthodox Jews. In a satirical bit on Army Radio’s late night program, comedian Niv Majar recommended controlling overpopulation through cannibalism. “We should go ahead and depopulate,” Majar said. “But there’s a paradox here because the people whose population I would like most to…
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Fast Forward ‘Hardcore’ Radical Settlers Can Torpedo Peace Push
Israel’s justice minister and chief negotiator with the Palestinians, Tzipi Livni, said the peace process may fail because of radical settlers. “This is a hardcore ideological group whose center is in a certain settlement in Judea and Samaria, which does not accept any authority,” Livni, the leader of the Hatnua Party, said Friday in an…
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Fast Forward Israel Military Wants Longer-Term Aid Deal With U.S.
Budget-strapped Israel is pressing the United States to conclude a deal extending defence aid beyond 2017, when Washington’s current $3 billion annual payouts to its Middle East ally expire, officials said on Friday. They said a swift agreement on future U.S. grants would help Israel’s military draft a five-year austerity plan accommodating Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Fast Forward Martin Indyk Seeks To Spread Blame for Peace Talks Collapse
Israeli and Palestinian leaders were unwilling to make the “gut-wrenching” compromises needed for peace, a top U.S. official said on Thursday, faulting both sides for the collapse of talks last month. Offering his first public account of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s failed, nine-month effort to strike a peace deal by April 29, U.S….
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Israel News IRS Is Coming for American Tax Evaders in Israel
Israel may still be a safe haven for Jews around the world, but it is no longer their tax shelter. Thanks to a new agreement signed on May 1, Israel will turn over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service information on all American citizens holding accounts in Israeli banks. As a result, Americans trying to…
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Fast Forward Will Sarah Silverman Join Israel’s First Family?
The U.S.-born entrepreneur Yosef Abramowitz officially announced today that he is throwing his name into the ring for Israel’s upcoming presidential race. Politicians will select a new president, to take over from Shimon Peres this summer, and Abramowitz, the man who brought large-scale solar fields to Israel is to stand, competing with candidates with a…
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