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Fast Forward Donald Trump Says Jared Kushner Will Be Middle East Peace Broker
President-elect Donald Trump said that he would appoint Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, to broker a Middle East peace deal, The Times of London newspaper reported Sunday. Trump also urged Britain to veto any new UN Security Council resolution critical of Israel and repeated his criticism of President Obama’s handling of the Iran nuclear deal. Trump…
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Fast Forward Edging Closer to Trump, Britain Says Paris Peace Communique May ‘Harden’ Positions
Britain said on Sunday it had reservations about the outcome of a Middle East peace conference in Paris, saying it risked “hardening positions.” “We have particular reservations about an international conference intended to advance peace between the parties that does not involve them – indeed which is taking place against the wishes of the Israelis…
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Israel News 68% of Israelis Support Two-State Solution: J Street Poll
Apparently, the the two state solution isn’t dead just yet. That’s according to a poll conducted by the dovish pro Israel lobby J Street, which found that 68% of Israelis favor an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, reported by Haaretz. Pundits have been sounding the death knell for the two state solution for years. That…
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Fast Forward World Warns Trump Not To Dump Two-State Solution at Paris Peace Conference
Some 70 countries on Sunday reaffirmed that only a two-state solution could resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and warned they would not recognize any unilateral steps by either side that could prejudge negotiations. The final communique of a one-day international Middle East peace conference in Paris shied away from explicitly criticizing plans by U.S. president-elect Donald…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Calls for New Peace Talks After Meeting Mahmoud Abbas
ROME (JTA) – Pope Francis and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for renewed direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority during a meeting at the Vatican. Abbas warned against moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, telling reporters: “If this is the decision, to transfer the embassy to Jerusalem, it will not help peace and…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Reassures Israel About Paris Peace Conference
Israel said on Sunday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had sought to reassure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a Middle East peace conference being held in Paris, which neither Israel nor the Palestinians are attending. Some 70 countries, including key European and Arab states as well as the permanent members of the…
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Fast Forward Polish President Meets Jewish Leaders Ahead of Israel Trip
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Polish President Andrzej Duda met with representatives of the country’s Jewish community, ahead of an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Duda, during his meeting with Jewish officials on Thursday explained that this year there was no traditional Hanukkah meeting at the presidential palace because Hanukkah coincided with Christmas….
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Derides Paris Peace Talks as ‘Yesterday’s World’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu derided the Paris conference at the weekly cabinet meeting, calling it a “futile conference.” Netanyahu said that the event, which brings together 70 nations, was actually a plot hatched up by the Palestinians — and suggested President-elect Donald Trump would force a new approach. “These are the death throes of…
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