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Fast Forward Saudi King ‘Enthusiastically Supports’ Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts
Saudi King Abdullah offered his “enthusiastic support” to U.S. efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday. The U.S. diplomat made the comment after some two hours and 40 minutes of talks with the Arab monarch, who in 2002 floated a plan to try to bring peace to…
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Fast Forward Path To Peace Is Becoming Clearer, Says Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the Israelis and Palestinians were making some progress in peace talks, though there was still a chance no accord would be reached. Speaking before he flew to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to brief their rulers about his 10th visit to the region to see Israeli Prime…
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Fast Forward Israeli Bus Bomb Resembles Boston Marathon Set Up
The bomb that exploded last month on a public bus in Bat Yam after the passengers had been evacuated closely resembled the bomb used in the Boston Marathon attack. The bomb was enclosed in a pressure cooker and was activated by a cell phone, according to the Shin Bet security service, the Times of Israel…
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Fast Forward Thousands of African Asylum Seekers Protest Israel’s Expulsion Bill
Thousands of African migrants in Israel, who are seeking asylum in the Jewish State, protested against the government for ignoring their asylum requests and placing then in detention facilities. The African migrants, from Sudan and Eritrea, marched through Tel Aviv on Sunday, and held a protest at Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv. Another 300…
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Fast Forward Pope Announces Trip to Israel, Territories and Jordan in May 2014
Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will visit Holy Land sites in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories in May, his first trip to the area as pontiff. The May 24-26 trip to Amman, Jerusalem and Bethlehem will mark the 50th anniversary of a landmark trip there by Pope Paul VI in 1964, the…
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Fast Forward Ariel Sharon’s Treatment Costs Israel $456K a Year — Raising Thorny Questions
(Haaretz) — For the past eight years, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been lying comatose in Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center, after he sufferred a severe stroke. For much of this time, his medical condition has not wavered – and neither has the public’s keen interest in the details surrounding his hospitalization, despite…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Cites Progress to ‘Framework’ Peace Deal
Israel and the Palestinians are making progress towards reaching a framework peace agreement but they are not there yet, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on Saturday. Kerry spoke after about three hours of talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, the Palestinian seat of government in the West Bank. “I am…
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Opinion For a Two-State Solution? Boycott Ariel
A while back, I wrote a column in which I urged people to boycott Ariel. An explanation is in order here: Ariel is a town of some 18,000 people that juts 16 kilometers (10 miles) beyond the Green Line. It is, in other words, rather deep within the West Bank. It is 25 miles from…
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