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Fast Forward Diplomats Manhandled by Israeli Troops on West Bank
Israeli soldiers manhandled European diplomats on Friday and seized a truck full of tents and emergency aid they had been trying to deliver to Palestinians whose homes were demolished this week. A Reuters reporter saw soldiers throw sound grenades at a group of diplomats, aid workers and locals in the occupied West Bank, and yank…
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Fast Forward U.N. Nuclear Group Rejects Criticism of Israel
Member states of the U.N. nuclear agency on Friday rejected an Arab resolution singling out Israel for criticism over its assumed atomic arsenal, in a diplomatic victory for Western powers that opposed the initiative. Arab states had submitted the non-binding resolution to the annual gathering in Vienna for the first time since 2010 to signal…
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Fast Forward Did Bible-Era Jews Build Holy Land ‘Roman’ Roads?
“Roads are culture, links between people, the basis for commerce. They are a whole world,” says Yigal Tepper, a member of Kibbutz Yagur, farmer and Israeli scholar. Tepper, together with his son, the archaeologist Yotam Tepper, recently finished a fascinating study of rock-hewn roads in Israel. Together with relatives and a small group of friends,…
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Fast Forward Israel Says ‘Time’s Up’ for Iran Nuclear Talks
Iran is on course to develop a nuclear bomb within six months and time has run out for further negotiations, a senior Israeli minister said. Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said Iran still believed it had room for manoeuvre in dealing with world powers, and that unless it faced a credible threat of U.S. military…
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Opinion Oslo’s Successes and Failures, 20 Years Later
We’re all on anniversary overload lately: 40 years since the Yom Kippur War, 12 years since 9/11, five years since Lehman Brothers collapsed. But there’s another event that requires urgent attention: the Rabin-Arafat handshake on the White House lawn, September 13, 1993, the moment known in Middle East diplo-speak as Oslo. It’s called Oslo because…
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Fast Forward Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Criticizes Israel As ‘Occupier’
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama may meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York next week but called for “action” rather than words from the new leader, who has sent signals he’s looking for a thaw in relations with the United States. Obama and Rouhani will be…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Brands Iran Leader’s Charm Offensive as ‘Fraudulent’
Israel said on Thursday a U.S. television interview in which Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged that Tehran would never develop nuclear weapons was an Iranian attempt to deceive the world. “One must not be fooled by the Iranian president’s fraudulent words,” said a statement issued by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. “The Iranians are spinning…
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Fast Forward Iran Leader Hassan Rouhani Suggests Peace With Israel Is Goal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a new television interview, said his country is not seeking war and that Iran wants the Middle East to have “rule by the will of the people.” His comments came during the second part of an interview with NBC News that aired on Thursday, just days before he travels to…
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