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Fast Forward John Kerry Tells Congress To Ignore What Israel Says on Iran Nukes
Secretary of State John Kerry reportedly told U.S. senators to disregard Israeli reports of Iran’s progress in developing a nuclear weapon. Also, his spokeswoman dismissed an Israeli Cabinet minister’s account of a proposed deal with Iran as “inaccurate, exaggerated, and not based in reality.” Kerry’s tense meeting Wednesday with senators and Jen Psaki’s unusually blunt…
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News Gay Israeli Fathers-to-Be Find Unexpected Community in Minnesota’s Twin Cities
A new father stands up to his waist in water and accepts his tiny, naked, newborn daughter from his husband, who crouches on the tiled floor just outside the mikveh. A beit din, or Jewish court, of three rabbis, plus some new friends of the couple, fills the resounding space with song, inviting the Divine…
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Fast Forward Israel Prods France to Stick to Guns on Iran Nuclear Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed France on Friday not to weaken in its stance toward Iran in upcoming talks on the Islamic state’s nuclear programme, days before President Francois Hollande is due to visit Israel. Iran has accused France of blocking agreement last week at talks between Tehran and six world powers in Geneva….
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Opinion Remember Gaza
Gaza is more desperate than I have ever seen it. Vast stretches are ruined, trashy, derelict, little work, few consumer goods, much idleness. Construction projects half finished for lack of building materials and fuel. A huge cement factory, former employer of 114 workers, gathering dust. Geographically separated from the rest of Palestine by Israel and…
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Fast Forward Shimon Peres Urges Respect for U.S. Amid Feud With Iran on Nuclear Talks
President Shimon Peres urged Israelis on Friday to show respect for the United States, seeking to soothe relations with the country’s most powerful ally that have been strained over Iran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned a proposal, endorsed by Washington, to reduce sanctions if Iran suspends parts of its nuclear programme. Several ministers have…
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Israel News For White House, Bitter Split With Israel Undoes Years of Careful Progress
In just a few days, the Obama administration’s years-long effort to mend fences with Israel and build a working relationship with its prime minister seems to have crumbled, as Jerusalem and Washington seem caught up in a brutal and deepening exchange of mutual accusations. The disagreements erupted with the looming arrival of decision points for…
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Fast Forward CIA Declassifies Documents Relating to Camp David Accords
The Central Intelligence Agency declassified documents dealing with the Camp David Accords. The 1,400 pages of intelligence, dated from January 1977 to March 1979, were declassified on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. The documents cover the time period from before the summit to the following spring, when Egypt and Israel signed the peace treaty. President…
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Opinion Scholastic Erases Israel in ‘Stilton’ Book
Comedian Benji Lovitt made light of recent news that Scholastic had published a children’s book with a map omitting the State of Israel with a satirical blog post in The Times of Israel. He joked that Iran was behind the illustration that showed the Jewish State (as well as the West Bank and Gaza) as…
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