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Fast Forward Sequestration Budget Cuts Would Slash Aid to Israel
Sequestration could lead to cuts in military assistance to Israel, Jordan and Egypt, Secretary of State John Kerry told Congress. “Under sequestration, our security assistance accounts would face an approximately $500 million reduction, undermining our efforts around the world to prevent conflict and protect our national security,” Kerry wrote in a Feb. 11 letter to…
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Fast Forward Prisoner X Case Raises Ugly Issue of ‘Dual Loyalty’ for Australia Jews
As more details have seeped out about the mysterious life and death of Israel’s Prisoner X – identified last week by an Australian TV program as Ben Zygier – the wall of silence surrounding those who knew him has begun to show some cracks. On Tuesday, Israel released parts of a report into Zygier’s death,…
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Fast Forward Australia Zionists Deny Israel Trips Are Prisoner X-Style Mossad Recruit Front
The Zionist Federation of Australia blasted as “totally uninformed and mischievous” several claims in the media that Israel programs serve as recruitment camps for the Mossad. In a statement Wednesday,Zionist Federation of Australia President Philip Chester wrote: “Contrary to the assertions of these commentators, these programs are aimed at educating Jewish youth about their heritage…
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News Israel’s Tzipi Livni Will Face Struggle To Jumpstart Palestinian Peace Process
Tzipi Livni’s coalition pact with right-winger Benjamin Netanyahu speaks volumes about the obstacles ahead for the moderate former Israeli foreign minister in her new task of pursuing peace with the Palestinians. Expectations of a new peacemaking initiative have been raised by a planned visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan next month by U.S….
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Fast Forward Was Oscar-Nominated Palestinian Director of ‘5 Broken Cameras’ Detained in L.A.?
Michael Moore, the American film director, sent a message Wednesday on his Twitter social networking account saying that the Palestinian co-director of the film “5 Broken Cameras,” Emad Burnat, had been detained early Wednesday morning by U.S. immigration officials at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving at the airport overnight. Burnat flew to Los Angeles…
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Israel News Gays Debate ‘Pinkwashing’ as N.Y. Center Reverses Ban on Israel-Related Events
A debate over Israel is roiling New York’s gay and lesbian community. Days after barring a talk by gay scholar Sarah Schulman about her new book that criticizes Israel, a leading New York gay community center effectively reversed its decision amid heavy protest and allowed the event to go forward. Prominent gay elected officials, including…
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Opinion What Is Tzipi Livni Thinking?
Given that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hardly famed for his enthusiasm on the peace process, it’s interesting that his first signing for his new coalition is the party that ran the campaign with the strongest make-peace-with-the-Palestinians emphasis Today, Netanyahu recruited the six-seat Tzipi Livni Party, and announced that the party’s leader Tzipi Livni,…
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Fast Forward Natan Sharansky Wins Second Term as Head of Israel’s Jewish Agency
Natan Sharansky was elected today to a second four-year term as chairman of the Jewish Agency in a unanimous vote by the organization’s Board of Governors. Deputy Chairman Rany Trainin was also reelected to a second term. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking on Monday to the Board of Governors in Jerusalem, urged its members to…
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