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Fast Forward Kerry and Netanyahu To Meet in Rome To Discuss Peace Talks and Iran
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Rome with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss talks with the Palestinians and Iran. Kerry will meet Oct. 23 with Netanyahu to “discuss ongoing final status negotiations with the Palestinians, along with Iran, Syria, and other issues of mutual concern,” a State Department release said…
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Fast Forward ‘Racist’ Likud Campaign Ads Banned By Central Election Committee
The Central Election Committee on Thursday banned campaign ads used by Likud candidates in the Carmiel and Tel Aviv municipal elections, saying they were racist and offensive. Central Election Committee Chairman Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran ordered the candidates to stop the campaigns immediately, deeming them “racist and almost certain to hurt the feelings of…
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Fast Forward Palestinan Smashes Through Army Base With Bulldozer, Killed By IDF
A Palestinian was killed by the Israel Defense Forces Thursday evening after smashing through the perimeter fence of the A-Ram army base driving a bulldozer. When soldiers stationed at the entrance to the base, located near the West Bank town of Qalandiyah, spotted the intruder, they began the standard procedure for arresting a suspect. But…
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Fast Forward Avi Weiss Letter Vouching for American Couple Dismissed By Chief Rabbinate
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel rejected a letter vouching for the Jewishness of an American couple marrying in Israel written by well-known Orthodox Rabbi Avi Weiss, as well as at least 10 rabbis in other cases, The New York Jewish Week reported. Weiss, the longtime spiritual leader of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in New…
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Fast Forward Hundreds of Indian Citizens With Jewish Heritage To Arrive in Israel
Hundreds of Indian citizens who claim to be Jews descended from the biblical tribe of Menashe will begin arriving in Israel in December. The aliyah of 899 Indians, known as Bnei Menashe, was approved by Israel’s Knesset this week and will last for a year, according to Shavei Israel, an organization that tries to find…
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Fast Forward Famed Jehoash’s Tablet Returned to Israeli Antiquities Owner
An Israeli antiquities collector on Thursday bested the state in a decade-long wrestling match, regaining possession of Jehoash’s Tablet, a unique stone inscription dated to 9 BCE that corresponds to biblical account of renovations to the First Temple by Jehoash, King of Judea. The Supreme Court restored the sandstone artifact which the state had confiscated…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Aide Pushing Plan To Avert Diplomatic Pressure on Settlements
Gabi Kadosh, the prime minister’s adviser on settlement issues, is advancing a plan to exempt officially urban settlements from being obliged to publicize tenders for marketing lands. The goal is to reduce the diplomatic pressures that results from publicizing such tenders. In the West Bank, as in Israel, there are two types of communities –…
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Fast Forward Jewish Settlement Construction Up by 70% This Year, Says Peace Now Report
Housing starts in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank are up by 70 percent this year, the anti-settlement Peace Now group said on Thursday, despite reports Israel has been quietly delaying new construction. The figure related to the first six months of 2013 – before Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed in July – and was…
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