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Fast Forward Hamas Says Israel ‘Must End’ War in Gaza
The exiled leader of the Palestinian group Hamas said on Monday Israel must take the first step if it wants a truce in the conflict in Gaza. “Whoever started the war must end it,” Khaled Meshaal told a news conference in Cairo. Meshaal also said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had requested a ceasefire –…
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Fast Forward Questions Mount on Gaza Attack That Killed Family
The Israeli military on Monday said it could not yet provide an explanation about an air strike on Gaza that killed 11 Palestinian civilians, including nine members of a single family. The attack brought a three-storey home crashing down on the al-Dalu family inside and killed two of their neighbours. It was the highest number…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Media Building for Second Day
Israeli missiles blasted a tower block that houses many international media for a second straight day on Monday, targeting a computer shop in the building, witnesses said. Medics said one person died in the attack while several people were wounded. The dead man was believed to be the owner of the shop located on the…
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Fast Forward Ready for War, Israel Still Pushes for Peace
Israel bombed dozens of targets in Gaza on Monday and said that while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire from the enclave. As international pressure mounted for a truce, mediator Egypt said a deal to end the fighting…
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Fast Forward Israel Repels 44M Cyber Attacks on Web Site
Israel has repelled some 44 million cyber attacks on government websites since the start of Operation Pillar of Defense, a government minister said. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told reporters that all the attacks have been thwarted except one, which brought down a website for a short time. On Saturday, the online terror group Anonymous announced…
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Opinion No Place for Nasty
Now that the presidential election is finally over, it’s time to be blunt: The extreme nastiness of the discourse on Israel, coming mostly from those who opposed President Obama, did a great disservice to the American Jewish community. Well-funded advocacy groups, shadowy organizations and wealthy individuals poisoned the atmosphere and polarized the conversation. They resorted…
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News Amid Rubble, Resolve in Rocket-Hit Israeli Town
They pick through the tangled foliage, Orthodox men with long beards and black kipahs, wearing white gloves and bright yellow vests, searching for body parts. A few yards over and four stories up, construction workers drive drills into a bombed apartment building. They speak to each other in Arabic. Can they read the Hebrew banner…
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The Schmooze What a Boob! Kardashian Deletes Gaza Tweet
Reality television star Kim Kardashian apologized for tweeting about the Gaza conflict. Kardashian apologized after two tweets in which she first told her followers she was “Praying for everyone in Israel,” and then tweeted that she was “Praying for everyone in Palestine and across the world!” Kardashian later deleted both tweets and issued an apology:…
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