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Fast Forward Washington Post Reporter Detained by Israel Police
Washington Post Jerusalem bureau chief William Booth was detained by Border Police in Jerusalem. Booth was detained at the Damascus Gate outside of the Old City of Jerusalem on accusations of “incitement” and released an hour later after questioning at a nearby police station, the Times of Israel reported, citing a police spokesman. Booth and…
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Fast Forward France Presents Plan for Israel-Palestinian Peace Push
France has presented Israel and the Palestinians with a proposal for an international peace conference. French Ambassador to Israel Patrick Maisonnave met Tuesday morning with the head of the Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic office Alon Ushpiz. During the meeting, Maisonnave disclosed details of the French initiative to bring Israel and the Palestinians together for an international…
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Fast Forward Samantha Power Visits Israel and Palestinians — Scant Progress Seen
Samantha Power, the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations, is visiting Israel in part to try to improve prospects for a two-state solution. Power arrived in Israel on Saturday for a four-day visit to the Palestinian Authority, her first as the UN ambassador. “Power will discuss a range of regional and bilateral issues, including…
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Opinion Why Does Israel’s Liberal Opposition Leader Say There’s No Prospect of a Peace Deal?
Israel’s Knesset gave preliminary approval February 9 to a controversial bill aimed at shaming human rights organizations that get funding from foreign governments. The bill, a top priority of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, requires not-for-profits getting more than half their budgets from foreign governments — mostly European — to post a warning of their foreign links…
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Fast Forward Britain Bars Local Governments From Boycotting Israel
Publicly funded authorities in Britain will be prevented from boycotting Israeli goods under new government procurement guidelines. The new regulations will be announced by Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock during an upcoming visit to Israel, the Guardian reported Monday. According to the guidelines, such boycotts are considered by the government ministers to be “inappropriate, outside…
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Fast Forward Israel Seeks To Put Ties With Europe ‘Back on Track’
Israel and the European Union have agreed to put relations “back on track,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu and top European Union official Federica Mogherini in a weekend conversation discussed tension between Israel and the EU. European-Israeli relations have deteriorated since November, when the EU adopted long-discussed guidelines to label products made in…
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Fast Forward Yanush Ben-Gal, Yom Kippur War Hero, Dies at 79
Yom Kippur War hero Maj.-Gen. Avigdor ‘Yanush’ Ben-Gal was buried in Israel’s Kiryat Shaul military cemetery. Ben-Gal, credited with holding Syria back during the war in 1973, died on Saturday at the age of 79 and was buried on Sunday. “During the darkest days of the Yom Kippur War, when the fate of Israel hung…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden Plans Visit to Israel — Bibi Readies Red Carpet
Vice President Joe Biden is “considering coming to Israel in the coming days,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. A date for the visit has yet to be determined, Netanyahu said Sunday at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting. “But it is clear that Vice President Biden is a welcome guest in Israel anytime…
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