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Fast Forward World Soccer Chief Pushes Back Against Suspending Israel
The president of FIFA reiterated that Israel will not be suspended from international soccer’s governing body. Sepp Blatter made his remarks in a meeting Wednesday with the heads of Israel’s soccer association at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. According to a FIFA news release, Blatter “reiterated his position that any member association that is fulfilling its…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Clinches Israel Coalition Deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched a deal to form a new government on Wednesday just before a deadline expired, but his coalition will rule by the slimmest of majorities in Israel’s turbulent parliament. “Israel now has a government,” Naftali Bennett, the head of the far-right Jewish Home party announced at parliament after hours of haggling…
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The Schmooze 5 Things We Learned From Natalie Portman’s Hollywood Reporter Interview
Natalie Portman, queen of the Jews, is on the of the Hollywood Reporter. From the start, the 33-year-old Israeli-born actress warned reporter Stephen Galloway that she was going to be blunt. And blunt she was. The Dior spokeswoman dished on everything from John Galliano to what she thinks of the recent Israeli elections, to living…
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Fast Forward Ethiopians Plan New Israel Racism Protests
Ethiopian-Israelis have set new protests against police brutality with the theme “No to violence, yes to dialogue.” One rally is scheduled for Thursday in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, Haaretz reported, and simultaneous demonstrations are planned for Saturday night throughout the country. A demonstration by Ethiopian-Israelis and their supporters on Sunday in Tel Aviv…
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Fast Forward Denmark Group Pushes for Labels on Settlement Products
A Danish pro-Palestinian group will step up its campaign to label goods produced in Jewish settlements after its ads were dropped from public buses. Fathi el-Abed, the chairman of the Danish Palestinian Friendship Association, vowed that his group will continue to urge Danes to boycott West Bank settlement goods. Last week Movia, the public transportation…
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Fast Forward Israel Scrambles To Avoid Suspension From World Soccer
Israel’s top soccer administrators will meet FIFA President Sepp Blatter in Zurich on Wednesday in a late bid to avert a vote called by the Palestinians to suspend Israel from the world body. An official from Israel’s FA told Reuters that chairman Ofer Eini and chief executive Rotem Kamer would urge Blatter to use his…
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Fast Forward Real Threat to Israel Is Iran’s Allies — Not Nukes
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thunders against a looming Iranian nuclear deal, his defense chiefs see a more pressing menace from Tehran’s guerrilla allies. Chief among these is Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia that fought Israeli forces to a stand-still in their 2006 war and has since expanded its arsenal and honed its skills helping…
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Fast Forward Lauryn Hill Scraps Show in Israel — Cites Palestinians
R&B singer Lauryn Hill cancelled a performance in Israel three days ahead of the scheduled concert. She said in a statement posted on her Facebook page that she cancelled the concert because she was unable to schedule a similar concert for the same trip in Palestinian-controlled Ramallah in the West Bank. Hill was scheduled to…
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