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Fast Forward Netanyahu Aide: Boston Will Boost Israel Support
Ron Dermer, a diplomatic advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and candidate for the post of Israeli ambassador to Washington, told a closed meeting of U.S. Jewish leaders in New York last week that the Boston marathon bombings would increase American support for Israel – just as that support increased following the attacks on Sept….
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Fast Forward Chuck Hagel Calls $10B Arms Deal a Warning To Iran
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Sunday a $10 billion arms deal under discussion with Washington’s Arab and Israeli allies sent a “very clear signal” to Tehran the military option remains on the table over its nuclear programme. “The bottom line is that Iran is a threat, a real threat,” said Hagel, who arrived in…
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Fast Forward Israeli Airline Workers Strike Over ‘Open Skies’
Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved an open skies agreement that aims to boost airline traffic to and from Europe, defying a strike by workers at El Al and two smaller airlines who fear for their jobs due to higher competition from foreign airlines. Supporters of the open skies deal – which will go into effect…
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Israel News Natan Sharansky’s Kotel Compromise Gives Him New Heft as Liaison to Diaspora
Fueled by his success in brokering an unlikely deal on women’s prayer at the Western Wall, Natan Sharansky could be entering a new phase in his career as the key interlocutor between Israel and American Jews, a task viewed as urgent on both sides of the Jewish world’s divide. Once the celebrated champion of the…
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Opinion In Israel, Guns Signal Failure Not Strength
You know, I really do think the alliance that has emerged over the past generation between the American right and the State of Israel is a good thing. Having been born a dual citizen of Israel and America, and having spent the past two decades living in Israel and speaking Hebrew, I can understand the…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Activists Tried To Derail Major Jerusalem Documentary
Palestinian activists tried to derail an ambitious European documentary shot in Jerusalem this week, complaining that the film would reinforce an image of Israeli sovereignty over the deeply divided city. Producers of the Franco-German “24h Jerusalem”, which sets out to depict a day-in-the-life of the troubled city, said on Friday that their plans had been…
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News U.S. Offers Mideast Allies $10 Billion Arms Deal To Fight Iran Threat
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hopes to finalize a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates during a visit to the Middle East this week, and also discuss fresh military supplies to Israel, an Israeli official said on Friday. The accord is worth $10 billion and will help the three countries…
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Fast Forward Roger Waters Still ‘Considering’ Call to Fellow Musicians To Boycott Israel
Pink Floyd guitarist Roger Waters said he was still considering whether to call on musicians to boycott Israel. “I am considering my position,” Waters said in a filmed interview published online on Monday by The Huffington Post. “The letter asking my fellow musicians to boycott Israel has never appeared. I’m thinking it all through extremely…
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