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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Agrees to Release 104 Prisoners in Advance of Peace Talks
Israel’s Cabinet voted to release 104 Palestinian prisoners as part of the renewed peace process. Following late-night phone calls and several hours of debate, the Cabinet in a 13-7 vote backed the release of Palestinians jailed in Israel since before the 1993 Oslo Accords. Limor Livnat and Silvan Shalom of the ruling Likud Party abstained…
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Fast Forward Ron Dermer Unanimously Approved as Ambassador to U.S. by Israeli Cabinet
Israel’s Cabinet unanimously approved the appointment of Ron Dermer as Israeli ambassador to the United States. The appointment of Dermer, a former senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was approved Sunday during the regular weekly Cabinet meeting. Dermer, who immigrated to Israel from Florida 15 years ago, succeeds Michael Oren, a New Jersey native….
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Fast Forward Israel To Make ‘Very Serious Territorial Concessions’ if Jewish State is Recognized
Israel is prepared to make “very serious territorial concessions” if the Palestinian Authority recognizes Israel’s Jewish character, a senior Israeli minister told a British newspaper. In an interview published July 25 in The Daily Telegraph, Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s International Relations Minister, told The Daily Telegraph: ”We are ready for a two states for two people…
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Fast Forward Peace Agreement To Be Voted on by National Referendum
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet convened Sunday to vote on his decision to release of 104 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails since before the 1993 Oslo Accords. Netanyahu late Saturday began calling up Likud ministers who are leaning toward voting against the move, in an effort to convince them otherwise. “There is no alternative….
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News The Jewish Face of the Immigration Reform Struggle
For 25 years, Roy Naim, an undocumented immigrant, led a secretive life. Having no identification papers, he could not drive, rent an apartment or be legally employed. Worst of all, he constantly feared being deported from his home and family. All he did was try to lie low, and somehow get by. Naim is still…
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Fast Forward Israel Set To Release 104 Palestinian Prisoners Before Peace Talks
Israeli ministers on Sunday are expected to approve the release of 104 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails since before the Oslo Accords were signed, and not 82 prisoners as was previously stated. A government official said that the number of prisoners to be released within the framework of renewed negotiations with the Palestinians…
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Opinion Could Kerry Be the One?
In certain circles, it is fashionable to dismiss John Kerry, typically by casting him as naïve, Pollyannaish. That is a major mischaracterization. Whether his current apparent success in getting the Israelis and the Palestinians to meet together bears fruit or not, Kerry is an immensely capable man with a distinguished public record that stretches back…
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Israel News Palestinians Suffer in Cell Phone Dark Ages — and Point Finger of Blame at Israel
At the upscale November Café, near Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s house, the conversation and atmosphere are relaxed, and state-of-the-art smart phones rest on tables as their young owners sip cappuccino or fruit juice. But despite the veneer of normalcy, the pinch of Israel’s 45-year-old occupation of the West Bank is palpable here. For one…
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