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Fast Forward Is John Kerry Wasting Time With Quixotic Middle East Peace Push?
Four months into his term, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying, simultaneously, to end two of the world’s most intractable conflicts: the Syrian civil war and the struggle between Israel and the Palestinians. The two issues, according to an aide, have consumed the vast majority of Kerry’s time and energy – he has…
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Fast Forward Are Kerry’s Efforts To Renew Peace Negotiations Too Little, Too late?
A few months before the 20th anniversary of the Oslo Accords, and with a renewed effort about to be made to kick-start the peace talks − it’s useful to pause for a moment and examine what has happened in the West Bank these past two decades. A series of visits there reinforces the impression that,…
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Fast Forward Kerry to Russia: Arming Assad Will Hurt Peace and Israel
The United States and Germany on Friday warned Russia that arming President Bashar Assad’s forces would hurt efforts to bring Syria’s warring parties together for peace talks. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking after talks with his German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, said Russian plans to send a sophisticated air defense system to Assad also…
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Fast Forward Israel To Allow Non-Orthodox Rabbis To Serve in State-Funded Positions for First Time
Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services will, for the first time, allow non-Orthodox rabbis to serve in communal positions with state-funded salaries. The announcement on Thursday of the intention to change current policy follows a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court filed in January by the Reform and Conservative movements arguing that it was discriminatory for…
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The Schmooze Stars Are Pressuring Alicia Keys to Cancel Israel Tour
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and “The Color Purple” author Alice Walker have written open letters to R&B star Alicia Keys urging her to cancel her Tel Aviv concert. “Dear Alicia Keys, I have learned today that you are due to perform in Israel very soon. We have never met, though I believe we are mutually…
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Fast Forward No TIAA-CREF Vote Needed on Push To Boycott Israel Occupation
The College Retirement Equities Fund can ignore a controversial customer proposal calling for it to end investments in companies that support “Israel’s occupation,” the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled. In a May 10 letter and a follow-up reconsideration letter, the SEC said it would take “no action” against CREF for declining to put…
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Fast Forward Alice Walker Asks Alicia Keys To Scrap Israel Show and Join Cultural Boycott
Novelist Alice Walker, who is slated to speak at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y, called on singer Alicia Keys to boycott Israel and cancel a scheduled concert there. In an open letter posted on her website, Walker wrote, “It would grieve me to know you are putting yourself in danger (soul danger) by performing in an…
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Fast Forward Amusement Park Apartheid Furor Grows in Israel
A furore over perceived racism in Israel broke out on Thursday after it emerged that a popular amusement park had a policy of hosting segregated outings for Jewish and Arab schools. The practice came to attention after an Arab secondary school teacher, in an interview with Israeli Army Radio, said the Superland park near Tel…
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