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Fast Forward White House Backs Israel’s Right of Self-Defense After Rocket Attacks
The White House said it supports Israel’s right to defend itself after Israel retaliated for strikes on the country from Gaza. “Clearly the U.S. stands with the people of Israel as they defend their people and their nation against these kind of attacks,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Sunday in Germany, where the G7…
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Fast Forward Orange CEO Says Company ‘in Israel To Stay’
The chairman of the French telecom company Orange reversed his comments about leaving Israel, saying the company “is in Israel to stay.” Stephane Richard in an interview Saturday with the French news agency AFP denied that his company’s decision to end a brand-licensing agreement with the Israeli firm Partner was a message that it was…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Condemns Renewed Rocket Fire On Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned a rocket attack from Gaza on Israel, the third attack in two weeks. “Israel holds Hamas responsible for all firing from the Gaza Strip at our territory. I have not heard anyone in the international community condemn this firing; neither has U.N. said a word. It will be interesting…
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Fast Forward Israel Launches Air Strike On Gaza After Rocket Fired at Ashkelon
Israeli aircraft struck the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled territory that hit southern Israel, the Israeli military said. The militant rocket landed in open ground and caused no damage or injuries, the army said. No casualties were reported in Gaza following the air strike, which struck…
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Fast Forward Is Telecom’s Israel Pullout Sign of Rising BDS Tide?
(JTA) — To Israel’s supporters, the decision by the French telecommunications giant Orange to dump its Israeli affiliate is not only a politically motivated divestment by a major multinational corporation, but a sign that European policymakers are being impacted by efforts to boycott the Jewish state. Citing the French government’s ownership of a quarter of Orange’s…
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News Calling All Newlyweds — Now You Can Make Birthright Your Honeymoon
(JTA) — Jay and Mikelle sat next to each other on the bus as it ascended the road to Jerusalem. Later the same day they accompanied each other on an emotional trip to Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum. The next day they planned to trek up to the desert fortress at Masada and swim together…
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Fast Forward French Telecom Company ‘Orange’ to Leave Israeli Market
A major French telecommunications company partly owned by the government confirmed that it was planning to leave the Israeli market, but said the move was strictly business. The statement by Orange comes a day after its CEO said at a news conference in Cairo that he would cut ties with an Israeli partner “tomorrow” if…
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Fast Forward French Phone Company Vows To Join Boycott of Israel
The CEO of a major French telecommunications company said he would cut ties with an Israeli partner “tomorrow” if it could do so without incurring financial penalties. Stephane Richard of Orange SA, a mobile phone firm in which the French government is a 25 percent shareholder, said at a news conference in Cairo Wednesday that…
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