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Fast Forward United States Could Ease Sanctions Quickly if Iran Acts on Nuclear Promises
GENEVA, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The United States held out the prospect of quick sanctions relief for Iran on Monday if Tehran moves swiftly to allay concerns about its nuclear programme, although both countries said any deal would be complex and take time. Six world powers – the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and…
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Fast Forward StandWithUs Counters Anti-Israel Ads With Vancouver Transit Campaign
An Israel advocacy group has launched a transit campaign in opposition to anti-Israel ads on Vancouver buses and light rail stations. StandWithUs, a right-leaning Israel advocacy group, began running two advertisements on Monday meant to combat the ads put up by the Palestine Awareness Committee. The pro-Israel ads include one series of three maps purporting…
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Opinion Pew Findings on Israel Show Criticism Has Entered Jewish Mainstream
The new Pew Center study on Jewish American life has been the subject of much handwringing since it came out last week, as the results show a weakening of connection to Jewish life among the non-Orthodox, as well as a weakening connection to Israel. For many years now, the lament of the organized Jewish community…
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Life More Than A Fashion Statement
Two new feminist t-shirts entered the world this past month and I am not sure which will incite more scandal, considering the context. One is a tight, black, short-sleeved v-neck tee that has “’Daughters of Israel, Do Not Dress Provocatively” printed across it in Hebrew. This is the same language women find on signs posted…
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Fast Forward Iran Jews Plead With Barack Obama To Grab Chance for Detente
The leader of Tehran’s Jewish community has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to take advantage of the “unrepeatable” opportunity to repair relations with Iran, AFP reported on Monday. “If the U.S. and the international community do not make the best of this golden and perhaps unrepeatable opportunity, then it will be in the benefit of…
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Opinion Knesset Returns To Work — At Last
The Knesset returned to work today, after its exceedingly long summer break, and all indications are that we’re in for a session full of passion, arguments, and anger. The key issues on the table divide Israel along its various social and electoral cleavages: religious, ethnic, dove-hawk, and left-right on domestic matters. And of course, this…
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Fast Forward Facebook Buys 3-Year-Old Israeli Start-Up Onavo for Up to $200M
Facebook has acquired an Israeli start-up company for between $100 million and $200 million. Tel Aviv-based Onavo, a mobile analytics company founded in 2010, announced the purchase on Monday. The company will remain based in Israel, and its Tel Aviv office “will become Facebook’s new Israeli office,” the company said in a blog post published…
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Fast Forward 3,000-Year-Old Palestinian Village Faces Eviction
His mother gave birth to him “under the sheep,” says Ribhi Al Battat, 60, hence his unique ability to translate the animal’s every bleating and gesture. I forgot to ask him at the end of my visit if this was a metaphor. However, one thing is certain – his mother gave birth to him in…
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