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Fast Forward Hungary Far Right Targets ‘Israeli’ Lawmaker
A lawmaker for Hungary’s ultra-nationalist Jobbik party has demanded a fellow lawmaker resign because she has Israeli citizenship. Elod Novak said during a news conference Nov. 29 that Katalin Ertsey of the opposition LMP Party should step down because she had an Israeli passport in addition to her Hungarian nationality. Index, a Hungarian news portal,…
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Fast Forward Israel Refuses To Give Revenues to Palestinians
Israel said on Sunday it was withholding this month’s transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, after the United Nations’ de facto recognition of a Palestinian state. Under interim peace deals, which Israel says the Palestinians violated by unilaterally seeking an upgrade of their status at the United Nations, it collects about $100 million…
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Fast Forward Jonathan Pollard Collapses in Jail Cell
Convicted spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard collapsed in his jail cell and was hospitalized. Pollard reportedly collapsed Saturday. He reportedly had been complaining of being in serious pain for several weeks. Pollard’s wife, Esther, told the Israeli news site Ynet that she has been updated on her husband’s condition and asked people to pray for…
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Culture ‘Iron Dome’ Has Roots in Zionist Past
If Israel has had a hero in its mini-war with Hamas, it was not, as many commentators have observed, a person, but a surface-to-air anti-missile system known as Iron Dome — or in Hebrew, kipat barzel. With nearly a 90% interception rate of rockets heading for populated Israeli areas from Gaza, Iron Dome, never tested…
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Fast Forward Settlement Plan Slammed by Britain and France
Britain and France condemned on Saturday a plan by Israel to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, saying international confidence in its desire to make peace with the Palestinians was at risk. Stung by a UN vote according de facto recognition to a Palestinian state, Israel on Friday said it would…
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Fast Forward Israel Kills Another Gaza Palestinian Along Border
Hamas accused Israel on Saturday of violating the shaky, Egyptian-brokered Gaza truce of Nov. 21 after Israeli troops killed a Palestinian taking part in a protest at the enclave’s border fence. Medical officials said the 21-year-old man had been among six Palestinians wounded by gunfire during Friday’s demonstration near southern Rafah, and had later died…
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News Tea Party’s Rand Paul Will Join Trip to Israel
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a skeptic of assistance to Israel who also is considering a 2016 presidential run, will travel to Israel. Paul will be accompanied by Christian and Jewish leaders, a report Friday on the Christian Broadcasting Network website, and will also visit Jordan. He will meet with leaders in both countries, as well…
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Fast Forward Germany’s Merkel Assures Israel of Backing
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reassured Israel of her country’s support on Saturday, two days after Berlin disappointed the Jewish state by abstaining in a U.N. vote on the Palestinians’ status. Germany, which will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and many of his ministers next week, abstained in Thursday’s vote in the U.N. General Assembly…
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