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Fast Forward Missing Israeli Soldier Lured to Death in West Bank
An Israeli soldier has been killed by a Palestinian who lured him to a village in the West Bank and wanted to trade the soldier’s body for the release of his imprisoned brother, Israeli security officials said on Saturday. The soldier, who went missing on Friday, drove together with the man, who had previously worked…
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Fast Forward White House Seeks To Ease Israel Worries About Iran Thaw
Even as it crafts a response to overtures from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the Obama administration is working to reassure Israeli officials there will be no easing of sanctions on Tehran unless it first takes tangible steps to limit its nuclear program, U.S. and diplomatic sources said. Private discussions taking place at various levels both…
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Israel News Can ‘Student Villages’ Turn Tide of Poverty in Israeli City of Lod?
Fifteen minutes from the beaches, hotels, and leafy neighborhoods of north Tel Aviv, the city of Lod has become synonymous with failure, decay, and neglect. While new towns like Modi’in and Beit Shemesh have become home to middle-class Israelis working in the Gush and Jerusalem, Lod and its sister town Ramle continue to suffer higher…
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Israel News AIPAC Draws Red Lines on Talks With Iran
Talks of a renewed diplomatic effort to reach a deal with Iran have caused some unease in Israel and among its supporters in the United States. As Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu warned against falling for the Iranian charm offensive as “the Iranians are continuing to deceive so that the centrifuges continue spinning,” the pro-Israel lobby…
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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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