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Opinion Druze Soldier’s Body Found After 7 Years
A few days before the anniversary of Gilad Shalit’s return home from captivity in Gaza, the story of another missing Israeli soldier has come to an altogether more tragic end. Majdy Halabi, an ethnic Druze, disappeared in May 2005 near his home in northern Israel. Today, in a brief statement, the Israeli military said that…
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Fast Forward ADL Boycotts Interfaith Meeting Over Israel Letter
The Anti-Defamation League withdrew from participating in a national Jewish-Christian interfaith dialogue after church leaders asked Congress to reevaluate U.S. military aid to Israel. The ADL in a statement called the request “a serious breach of trust by mainline Protestant Church leaders” participating in the annual interfaith meeting, which will be held on Oct. 22….
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Israel News Netanyahu Planted Seeds for Early Vote at U.N.
Nobody outside his inner circle knew it yet, but when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations late last month, it was the start of his election campaign. He talked tough on Iran in the September 27 speech, presenting himself to Israelis as a leader who has the confidence to make demands for…
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Fast Forward Jordan’s King Abdullah Prepares for Elections
Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed reformist politician Abdullah Ensour as Prime Minister on Wednesday to prepare for the country’s first post-Arab Spring parliamentary election, due by early next year, a palace statement said. The monarch had dissolved Jordan’s tribally dominated parliament last week, half-way through its four-year term, paving the way for the election that should…
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Fast Forward Ehud Olmert May Take On Bibi in Election
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will decide whether or not he intends run in the upcoming elections in the next few days, with political sources indicating on Wednesday that former IDF chief Gazi Ashkenazi was considering to align himself with the former premier. Consultations with legal advisers have reportedly “paved the way” for Olmert’s possible…
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Culture Patrick Tyler’s Skewed Agenda Sabotages Book
Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country — and Why They Can’t Make Peace By Patrick Tyler Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 576 pages, $35 Veteran Washington Post and New York Times journalist Patrick Tyler has written a comprehensive, well-researched 500-page survey of Israel’s encounters with war and peace from…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Heavily Favored in Snap Election
sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Tuesday for an early election, eager to strengthen his political position after signalling that any military action against Iran could be months away. Opinion polls suggest Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party will be the frontrunner in the national vote likely to be held in January or February, some eight…
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Fast Forward Study: Iran Would Need 2-4 Months to Amass Bomb Material
Iran would currently need at least two to four months to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for one nuclear bomb, and additional time to make the device itself, a U.S. security institute said on Monday. Estimates of how quickly Iran could enrich its uranium to the fissile level required for bombs are closely watched as they…
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