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Fast Forward Settlements Should Not Disrupt Mideast Talks, Says Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that Israel’s announcement of new settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem “were to some degree expected,” and urged Israelis and Palestinians to move head with peace talks due to resume this week. “What this underscores is the importance of getting to the table, getting…
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Opinion Bibi’s New Settlement Plan: Just Talk, Not Action
Israel’s latest announcement of permits for 1,200 new housing units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem has stirred a hornets’ nest of angry responses. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said it could undermine the negotiating process before it’s even started. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said America does “not accept the legitimacy of continued settlement…
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Fast Forward Egypt Cuts the Number of Palestinian Entries from Gaza Strip in Post Morsi Era
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Egypt has sharply cut the number of Palestinians allowed to enter from the Gaza Strip since its military ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last month, the tiny enclave’s Islamist Hamas rulers said on Monday. An Egyptian official said the curbs were “not a punishment” for Hamas’s Islamist leanings but an effort…
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Opinion Israel’s Everyday Racism — and How American Jews Turn a Blind Eye to It
The Anti-Defamation League and the rest of the American Jewish establishment owe Jesse Jackson a big apology. They put the man through the wringer, they made him apologize in every possible forum for his “Hymie” and “Hymietown” remarks back in 1984. Yet look at the kinds of things Israeli leaders — senior government ministers, chief…
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Opinion How Education Can Combat Israeli Racism
Please resist the urge to stop reading this article as soon as a certain word rears its ugly head. This is not an indictment. On the contrary — it’s a letter of commendation, a borderline puff piece. But the good news only makes sense in the context of the bad news, and I don’t know…
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Fast Forward Israel Tennis Team Fined $13K for Yom Kippur Boycott
The Israel Tennis Association has been fined more than $13,000 for refusing to play a Davis Cup match on Yom Kippur. The Israeli national tennis team had been scheduled to play against the Belgium national tennis team in Antwerp on Sept. 14, which is Yom Kippur, in the world group playoffs, the highest level of…
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Fast Forward Suicidal Jewish Dad Kills Son, 9, in Custody Visit
A Jewish father shot his 9-year-old son before turning the gun on himself during a custody visit at Sunday at a New Hampshire YWCA. Muni Savyon, 54, had recently returned from his brother’s funeral in Israel and had confided in his friend and local Chabad Rabbi Levi Krinsky that he was suicidal. Still the shooting…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Threaten To Cancel Talks Over Terms of Prisoner Release
Several days before Israeli-Palestinian talks are due to reconvene in Jerusalem, a severe crisis is in the making. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, in meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and special envoy Martin Indyk, condemned what they describe as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu violation of agreements on…
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