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Fast Forward IDF Shoots and Wounds 5 Palestinians on Gaza Border
Israeli troops patrolling the border with the Gaza strip on Friday shot and wounded five Palestinians who were in an area on the Gaza side which Israel deems off limits, the Israeli army and Gaza medics said. Gaza medical officials said the five agricultural workers suffered light to moderate wounds and were not in a…
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Fast Forward South Africa’s Ruling Party Endorses BDS Campaign Against Israel
JSouth Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, voted to make boycotts, divestment and sanctions of Israel part of its official policy. In a resolution passed Thursday night, at the tail end of its conference this week, the ANC proclaimed it was “unapologetic in its view that the Palestinians are the victims and the oppressed…
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Fast Forward Toulouse Jewish Students Tour Israel
The Jewish Agency brought to Israel a group of students from the school in Toulouse where an Islamist militant killed four Jews earlier this year. Yaffa Monsonego, who lost her daughter Miriam Hanna, 8, in the attack on March 19, accompanied the students. The students from Ohr Hatorah school came to Israel as part of…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Outline Israel Isolation Strategy
The Palestinian Authority is considering a multi-pronged strategy to isolate Israel, including seeking redress in international courts and ceasing security cooperation. The Associated Press reported on the strategy in a story published Thursday. Palestinian officials told the AP that they will first press for renewed talks after Israel’s Jan. 22 elections but will insist on…
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Israel News BJ Rabbis Offer Another Statement on Palestine
The turmoil appears to be continuing at one of Manhattan’s most prominent synagogues following a public statement by its rabbis embracing the recent United Nations resolution recognizing Palestine as a nonmember observer state. Rabbi Rolando Matalon, one of three co-rabbis at B’nai Jeshurun, read from the pulpit a carefully worded apology for the recent email…
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Fast Forward Lining Up on Both Sides of Chuck Hagel Debate
A leading pro-Israel political action committee urged its members to prevent Chuck Hagel from being nominated defense secretary, while a group of former U.S. diplomats endorsed him. “The most outstanding thing about the Senator’s record on the threats America and its allies face is the consistent solicitude he has shown toward Iran and the terrorist…
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Opinion Hamas Gains Popularity After Gaza
Hours after Operation Pillar of Defense came to an end last month, here at the Forward we published an article suggesting that the campaign could boost Hamas. It was early days, but new polling seems to indicate that this scenario is panning out. The independent Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) has just…
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Fast Forward Israel Strike on Gaza Media Illegal: Watchdog
Israel’s killing of two Palestinian journalists and attacks on media facilities during its Gaza offensive last month violated the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. Two cameramen working for al-Aqsa TV, a station affiliated with Gaza’s Hamas-run government, were killed by Israeli air strikes on their car on Nov. 20. Israeli planes…
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