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Fast Forward Gaza Truce Talks Start in Cairo
Egyptian mediators began separate talks on Monday with Hamas and with Israel to flesh out details of a ceasefire agreed last week that ended eight days of fighting in the Gaza Strip. An Egyptian official told Reuters the talks would discuss Palestinian demands for the opening of more Israeli crossings into Gaza – a move…
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Opinion Who Will Pay the Bills?
A week ago, I spent part of the day scrambling in ditches in the south of Israel as rocket alarms sounded when I was on the road. Today, the situation is calm and the children are back at school. But residents are left wondering who will foot the bill. They aren’t talking about the cost…
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Food Keep Calm and Cupcake On
The atmosphere in Tel Aviv last week, as residents ran to bomb shelters in response to incoming missile warning sirens, was far from pleasant. So Danielle Levy, proprietor of I Love Cupcakes, did her part to try to lighten the tense mood that had settled over the city by offering her customers some Operation Pillar…
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Fast Forward Facing Election Defeat, Barak Quit Before Vote
Ehud Barak understood that he had no chance of crossing the electoral threshold in the January election so instead of conducting a campaign that would end in public humiliation and debts, he decided to cut his losses and forgo contending as the head of the Atzmaut party. If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants him as…
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Fast Forward Hamas Backs Palestinian U.N. Statehood Bid
The Islamist group Hamas said on Monday it was backing President Mahmoud Abbas’s attempt to win more clout for Palestinians at the United Nations, the latest sign of a rapprochement between the political rivals. The Palestinians are registered as an observer entity at the U.N. and Abbas wants to see them upgraded to a “non-member…
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Fast Forward Angela Merkel Vows To Battle Anti-Semitism
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has renewed her pledge to stand up for Jewish life in Germany and for Israel’s right to self-defense. Sunday night’s address was the first time that any German chancellor had visited the annual assembly of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. Sharing the podium with Central Council President Dieter Graumann,…
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Fast Forward Ehud Barak Will Quit Politics
Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday he was quitting politics, a surprise decision that deepens uncertainty over how Israel will confront Iran’s nuclear programme. Barak’s political fortunes appeared to be on the rise after Israel’s eight-day offensive in the Gaza Strip ended in a truce, but polls predicted his centrist party, a junior…
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Life Being A Mom in the Midst of War
To protect has always seemed to me to be the first duty of the parent. Living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with my husband and three young children, I knew what it was I wanted to shield my children from: violence, fear, social disorder so profound that it would unsettle their very sense of safety in…
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