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Fast Forward White House Denies Inviting Bibi for Talks After Iran Deadline
An Israeli newspaper said President Barack Obama has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks in Washington next month after a deadline for reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran. But the White House denied the report. A spokesman for Netanyahu’s office had no immediate official comment on the report. Officials speaking on condition of…
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News Is Bernie Sanders a Lefty on Everything Except for Israel?
The scene at the town hall in the village of Cabot, Vermont last summer was chaotic: First came a question about Israel’s ongoing bombings in Gaza; then an interruption from audience members angry at Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Another interruption followed. And then, onstage, Senator Bernie Sanders, sleeves rolled to his elbows, shouted at…
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Opinion How Birthright Is Failing the Pro-Israel Cause
“So you’re going to support racist nationalism to get a free trip?” That’s the question a college housemate asked me when I returned from Birthright. She had seen the freshly uploaded photos that decorated my Facebook profile that week: my friends and I slathered in clay at the Dead Sea, riding camels in the Negev,…
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Fast Forward Police Officer Who Beat Ethiopian-Israeli Soldier Will Not Be Charged
The Israeli police officer who was caught on camera beating an Ethiopian-Israeli soldier will not be charged. Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein announced on Sunday that he was closing the case, which led to violent protests by Ethiopian-Israelis throughout Israel. Israel Police reportedly will still discipline the officer, who was suspended shortly after the April incident….
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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Backs Bill To Force-Feed Jailed Palestinians On Hunger Strike
Israel’s cabinet approved on Sunday a proposed law that would enable authorities to force-feed Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike, a practice opposed by the country’s medical association. Israel has long been concerned that hunger strikes by Palestinians in its jails could end in death and trigger waves of protests in the occupied West…
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Fast Forward Israel Issues Its Own Gaza War Report, Pre-empting U.N. Inquiry
Israel issued a report on Sunday arguing its 2014 Gaza offensive was lawful, a move aimed at pre-empting the release of findings of a U.N. war crimes investigation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scorned as a waste of time. The 277-page report, which cited Israel’s internal probes and statements from Western leaders backing its right…
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Fast Forward Caught On Tape: Israeli Soldiers Beating Unarmed Palestinian Protester
The Israeli army said it was investigating soldiers who were filmed beating an unarmed Palestinian during a protest in a West Bank refugee camp on Friday. The video posted on social media showed the Palestinian being hit with a rifle butt and wrestled to the ground, where he was punched further and a soldier’s knee…
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Fast Forward Technion Gets $50 Million Gift — Largest Ever from an American Donor
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology will receive a $50 million gift from Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi, the largest ever from an American donor. The gift to the Haifa-based university was announced on Saturday during the Technion Board of Governor’s meeting in Israel. Viterbi is the creator of the Viterbi Algorithm, a mathematical formula used in…
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