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Fast Forward Palestinian Firm Is First in Line To Buy Natural Gas From Israel’s Leviathan
A Palestinian electric company was the first to sign an agreement to buy gas from Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field. The Palestine Power Generation Company signed a 20-year deal to purchase $1.2 billion worth of gas, some 4.75 billion cubic meters, from the Leviathan group, according to reports. The Leviathan partners informed the Tel Aviv…
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Opinion Orthodox Rabbis Stand by Avi Weiss — Sort Of
(JTA) — The Rabbinical Council of America is standing behind Rabbi Avi Weiss of Riverdale, N.Y., in his dispute with Israel’s Chief Rabbinate — sort of. Last week, the Rabbinate for the first time offered its reasons for deciding several months ago that Weiss, an Orthodox rabbi and RCA member, wasn’t kosher enough to affirm…
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Fast Forward Israel To Name Anti-Missile Facility for Pro-Israel Senator of Hawaii
Israel will name an Arrow anti-missile facility for Daniel Inouye, the longtime Hawaii senator who championed Israel in the U.S. Senate. The Jerusalem Post first reported the naming last week, saying it was the first time that Israel had named a military facility for a non-Israeli. The naming will take place Jan. 14. Inouye, who…
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Israel News Anger and Indifference as Africans Immigrants March in Tel Aviv
(JTA) — They marched down Allenby Street today, past the market and the traffic jam of buses and cabs, their chants echoing around buildings and into courtyards. “What we want?” one man yelled. “Freedom!” hundreds chanted. “No more prison!” Most of them Eritrean, most of them men, the crowd swelled as it reached the beach…
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The Schmooze You Won’t Believe What Ayelet Ben-Shahar Was Shoplifting
Move over Winona! Ayelet Ben-Shahar, who played a high end jewelry dealer on Showtime’s “House of Lies,” was busted for allegedly stealing $400 worth of groceries from a Gelson’s Market in Studio City, California. Yes, groceries. According to TMZ, the 27-year-old was placed under citizens arrest. The Israeli-born actress grew up in Rehovot, Israel and…
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Fast Forward Thousands of Africans March on U.S. Embassy in Israel Demanding Freedom
Several thousand African migrants protested outside Western embassies in Tel Aviv on Monday, demanding freedom for compatriots jailed by Israel in a desert facility under a new open-ended detention law. “No more prison,” chanted the crowd that packed a Mediterranean beachfront promenade across from the U.S. embassy. Protesters also marched to the French, Italian, British,…
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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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