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Fast Forward U.S. Suggests There Will Be a ‘Framework Agreement’ in Peace Talks
Amid simmering tensions over Iran policy, the Obama and Netanyahu governments appear to have quietly forged common ground in recent weeks on Israeli-Palestinian talks, with the United States accepting that a possible “framework” agreement might not address every outstanding issue in the negotiations. Such an agreement, the United States and Israel seem to agree, would…
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Fast Forward Left-Wing Groups Propose Alliance With ‘Right-Wing Opponents’ of Israel Bedouin Plan
(JTA) — They can’t agree on the project’s goal. They can’t agree on who supports it. They can’t even agree on its name. But when it comes to the Israeli government’s plan to relocate 30,000 Negev Bedouin, representatives and allies of the Bedouin community agree with the right wing on one thing: the Prawer plan must…
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Life Pressure for Mastectomies
The recent New York Times story about breast cancer in Israel focused, in part, on the low percentage of women who undergo the surgery after being told they’ve tested positive for BRCA1 or 2, which indicate a much greater risk for breast cancer. The story suggests that this is in part because doctors in Israel…
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Fast Forward Hillel Issues Warning to Swarthmore Chapter About Flouting Israel Guidelines
Hillel International warned its Swarthmore College chapter that it cannot use the Hillel name if it flouts the international Jewish campus group’s Israel guidelines. Hillel delivered the warning Tuesday in a sharply worded letter following the Swarthmore chapter student board’s decision to repudiate Hillel guidelines prohibiting partnerships with groups deemed hostile toward Israel. In his…
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Opinion An Open Left?
In recent years, the Israeli left has argued strongly for freedom of expression and open debate, often in the face of calls from the right for the silencing of such-and-such an NGO, conference, or political event. But it seems that open-mindedness isn’t universal across the left. Einat Wilf, a former lawmaker for the Labor and…
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Fast Forward Israel Facing International Pressure to Renounce Chemical Weapons
Israel, Egypt and North Korea should renounce chemical weapons, especially after Syria joined the convention banning them and three other nations plan to do so, the chief of an international watchdog said on Tuesday. Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), said Angola, Myanmar and South…
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Fast Forward Israel Allowed To Detain Illegal Immigrants for a Year Before Trial, Says New Law
Israel’s Knesset passed legislation that will allow the state to detain illegal migrants without trial for one year. The legislation, an amendment to the Anti-Infiltration Law, passed its final readings in the Israeli parliament late Monday night by a vote of 30-15 following a lengthy discussion. It also allows the state to operate a detention…
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Fast Forward Kerry To Return To Israel for Second Time in Two Weeks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will return this week to Jerusalem and Ramallah, his second visit in two weeks. Kerry will discuss Iran and the current Israeli-Palestinian negotiations during a meeting Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. State Department Jen Psaki said in a statement Monday. He will discuss the peace negotiations…
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