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Fast Forward Rabbis Urge Action Against Arab Attacks on Mount of Olives
More than 100 Orthodox rabbis, mostly from the United States, are urging action against ongoing Arab attacks on the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The rabbis signed a petition organized by Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn, president and chairman, of the Religious Zionists of America – Philadelphia Chapter, together with Rabbi…
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Fast Forward Knesset Approves Life Sentence Without Parole for Murderers
A Knesset committee approved a bill that would allow murderers to be sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation passed the bill Sunday by a vote of 7 to 3. Committee members from the Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu and Jewish Home parties voted in favor of the bill, committee members from…
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Israel News Supreme Court Orders Israel To Involve Palestinians in West Bank Building Plans
Israel’s frequent destruction of Palestinian homes, schools and mosques in the occupied West Bank is about to be put to an important test in the country’s Supreme Court. And for at least some Palestinians, the outcome is seen as even more important than statehood. On April 28, the court gave Israel’s defense and security agencies…
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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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