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Fast Forward Planned Site for Amona Relocation Also Claimed by Palestinians
Israel’s High Court has put the brakes on West Bank construction to house settlers relocating from the controversial Amona outpost in light of claims that the relocation site was partly built on Palestinian land. Amona itself was built on private Palestinian property. In 2014 the High Court ruled that the settlers had to evacuate their…
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Fast Forward Rudy Giuliani Will Take ‘I Like You Very Much’ Message From Trump to Netanyahu
(JTA) — Former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani said he will bring a message from President Donald Trump to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visits Israel this week. Appearing Monday morning on “Fox and Friends,” Giuliani was asked whether he will be relaying a message to Netanyahu from Trump during a business trip starting that evening….
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Fast Forward Is Trump Putting Embassy Move to Jerusalem on Back Burner?
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s team spoke often about moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. But since Trump took office, the contentious issue is more nuanced and may already be moving to the back burner. In a statement before a first post-inauguration phone call between Trump and Israeli Prime…
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Fast Forward Irish University Scraps Conference Questioning Israel’s Legitimacy
(JTA) — An Irish university cancelled a conference that questioned the legitimacy of the state of Israel after management determined the university security would not be able to handle the expected protests. The University College Cork said last week that the conference scheduled for March cannot take place at that time, the Irish Examiner reported….
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Fast Forward The Israeli Stylist Who Put the ‘Wow’ in Melania Trump’s Inauguration Hairdo
Her chic hairdo — with an unusual swept-up look — came courtesy of longtime Israeli stylist Mordechai Alvow, who has styled Trump’s hair for over a decade. Alvow told Us weekly that he let his client’s classic blue outfit dictate his approach to her hair. “The outfit had beautiful tailoring, including a super high collar…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves Hundreds of New Settlement Homes
Israel approved building permits on Sunday for hundreds of homes in three East Jerusalem settlements, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump took office, expecting him to row back on the last administration’s criticism of such projects. The housing projects, on land that the Palestinians seek as part of a future state, had been taken…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Says Trump Opposes Quick Settlement Annexation Push
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to torpedo a bill to annex the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, slated to come up for a vote Sunday in a ministerial panel. Haaretz has learned that Netanyahu spoke by phone Friday with Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Habayit Hayehudi) and asked him to postpone discussion of…
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Fast Forward How Uri Geller Convinced the CIA of His Psychic Powers — in 1973
(JTA) — Uri Geller, an Israel-born celebrity who claims to have paranormal telepathic powers, convinced CIA researchers in the 1970s that he indeed possessed such abilities. Famed for his spoon-bending skills, Geller underwent a week of experiments at the Stanford Research Institute in 1973, according to a report Thursday on Sky News based on 800,000…
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