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Fast Forward Israeli Arabs Protest in Front of Egyptian Embassy In Aftermath of Bloodshed
JERUSALEM — Dozens of Israeli Arabs protested in front of the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv following clashes in Egypt between government security forces and protesters backing deposed President Mohamed Morsi. More than 200 protesters affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood were killed and more than 2000 injured throughout Egypt on Wednesday after government security forces…
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Fast Forward Israel Airlifts 17 Yemeni Jews To Holy Land in Covert Mission
In a covert cross-continental operation, the Jewish Agency airlifted 17 Yemeni Jews to Israel on Wednesday, reuniting members of several families who had been separated for two years. The group included four adults and one small child flown in directly from Yemen to Ben-Gurion International Airport where they were reunited with their family members who…
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Fast Forward Hezbollah Claims Responsibility for Strike Wounding Israeli Soldiers
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah claimed responsibility on Wednesday for explosions which wounded four Israeli soldiers who infiltrated into southern Lebanon last week. Nasrallah told Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen television that Hezbollah fighters planted bombs in an area they knew in advance Israeli soldiers would pass through, and detonated one of them when a first group of…
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Fast Forward Apple Buying Israeli Startup Matcha.tv for an Estimated $1.5 Million
Apple is buying the Israeli start-up Matcha.tv, reported the website VentureBeat, a move that would make Matcha the multinational’s second acquisition in Israel. Matcha, which was founded by Guy Piekarz, is being bought for a relatively small sum of about $1 million to $1.5 million, VentureBeat said, citing an unnamed source. But speculators say the…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Cell Phone Generation Gets Younger
Kids are growing up faster than they used to, or at least they are certainly getting cell phones earlier, according to a July survey commissioned by the cell phone company Pelephone. The survey of 920 mothers representative of the general Israeli population found that 25% of children between the ages of 6 and 8 surveyed…
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Fast Forward Rockets Fired From Gaza as Israel Starts Releasing First Palestinian Prisoners
JERUSALEM — Rockets were fired from Gaza at southern Israel as Palestinian prisoners being released by Israel were being transported to the border. One rocket fired Tuesday night at Sderot fell short of its target and is believed to have landed in side Gaza. A second rocket landed in the nearby Sha’ar Hanegev region in…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Struggles To Contain Damage From Israeli Settlement Building
Secretary of State John Kerry sought on Tuesday to prevent the fracturing of his Middle East peace initiative, which faces its greatest threat to date from a series of Israeli announcements of new settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Even as he was making his first visit to South America as secretary of…
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Fast Forward El Al Flight Turns Back for 11-Year-Old Cancer Kid
A New York-bound El Al flight returned to the terminal gate after its official departure to collect an 11-year-old girl who had been removed from the airplane after she mislaid her passport. On Wednesday, August 7, Inbar Chomsky of Rehovot was headed to Camp Simcha – Chai Lifeline’s summer camp program for pediatric cancer patients…
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