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Fast Forward Israeli General Admits Illicit Sex in Plea Bargain
JERUSALEM — An Israeli general was convicted of prohibited sexual relations and sexual offenses as part of a plea bargain. Brig.-Gen. Ofek Buchris, 47, was convicted on Sunday in military court in Tel Aviv. Under the deal, Buchris was convicted of prohibited sexual relations by consent instead of three counts of rape. He will be demoted…
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Fast Forward 20 Latin American Universities Sign Deals With Hebrew University
RIO DE JANEIRO — Twenty rectors from leading universities across Latin America signed agreements with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem during a first-of-its-kind conference signaling growing academic cooperation. The university’s president, Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, welcomed the representatives from institutions in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay,…
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Fast Forward For Israel Ambassador, Trump Had His Pick of a Dizzying Array of David Friedmans
Donald Trump announced the appointment Thursday of David Friedman as America’s next ambassador to Israel. But which David Friedman? Our probable new envoy does have some of the most common first and last names for Jews. We fired up the search engine, and we found a dizzying array of them, thanks mainly to the website…
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Fast Forward ‘Israeli MIT’ Triples Arab Enrollment in Decade
Despite a persistent divide in educational attainment between Jews and Arabs in Israel, Haifa’s Technion University has managed to triple the enrollment of Arab students over the past decade. Referred to as Israel’s MIT, and reputed for its math and science talent, the Haifa school now has a student body that’s 20 percent of Arab…
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Fast Forward U.N. Chief Pleads With Israel To Reconsider Settlement Land Grab Bill
Outgoing United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Israeli lawmakers to reconsider a bill to legalize Israeli settlement homes on private Palestinian land as Arab states mull putting forward a Security Council resolution on settlements. The Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, areas Israel captured in a…
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Fast Forward David Friedman Raised Millions for Radical West Bank Jewish Settlers
David Friedman, who has been named America’s next ambassador to Israel, heads a fundraising organization that has raised tens of millions of dollars for one of the most radical settlements in the West Bank. According its tax forms, American Friends of Beit El Institutions, which was established in 1988, raises about $2 million in tax-deductible…
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News Meet David Friedman, Bankruptcy Lawyer Turned Possible Israel Ambassador
President-elect Donald Trump chose David Friedman to be his ambassador to Israel on Thursday. He’s a unique choice for the role, breaking with a long held policy consensus in denouncing the two state solution and backing settlements. Here are five facts about him. 1. New Yorker Friedman grew up in Woodmere, New York as the…
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Fast Forward Dovish Groups Worried Over David Friedman as Trump’s Israel Ambassador — Hawks Cheer
— Dovish Jewish groups spoke of their concern over Donald Trump’s nomination of David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, but their more hawkish counterparts celebrated it as momentous. Friedman, a bankruptcy lawyer who has for years worked for the Republican president elect and his real estate development business, has expressed hardline right-wing views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,…
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