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Fast Forward U.S. Senator: Iran Nuclear Deal Does Not Threaten Israel
A nuclear framework agreement reached between world powers and Iran does not threaten the survival of Israel, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Sunday. Feinstein, a leading Democratic voice on foreign affairs as vice chairman of the Senate select committee on intelligence, was responding to comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticizing the deal….
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Fast Forward Young Man Trampled to Death at His Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi’s Funeral
One man was killed and at least three critically injured during a funeral for a senior haredi rabbi. Nearly 100,000 people came to B’nei Brak early Sunday morning for the funeral procession for Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner. Wosner died on Friday night at a B’nei Brak hospital, where he had been hospitalized since March, shortly…
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Fast Forward Will Rwanda Take Israel’s African Migrants in Exchange for Favorable Contracts?
Israel and Rwanda are discussing a deal in which the East African nation would take in illegal migrants from the Jewish state in exchange for favorable contracts. Under the proposed agreement, which has come under scrutiny by human rights organizations, Israel would send hundreds of Eritrean and Sudanese nationals, many of them asylum-seekers, to Rwanda…
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Fast Forward Rwanda Eyes Deal With Israel To Accept Refugees in Exchange for Cash and Contracts
Israel and Rwanda are discussing a deal in which the East African nation would take in illegal migrants from the Jewish state in exchange for favorable contracts. Under the proposed agreement, which has come under scrutiny by human rights organizations, Israel would send hundreds of Eritrean and Sudanese nationals, many of them asylum-seekers, to Rwanda…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Set To Deepen Feud With Barack Obama Over Iran Deal
(JTA) — For President Obama, the framework agreement reached Thursday with Iran is a “historic understanding” that does more to roll back Tehran’s nuclear program than any possible alternative and avoids the risk of a destructive war in the Middle East. To Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it’s the complete opposite: a pact that “threatens the…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Now Demands Iran Recognize Israel as Part of Nuclear Deal
(Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that any final nuclear deal with Iran must include a commitment from Tehran recognizing Israel’s right to exist. Netanyahu, whose address to the U.S. Congress last month failed to stop the United States and five other major powers agreeing a framework accord with Tehran on…
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Fast Forward Loyola Chief Rejects Push for Israel Divestment
Loyola University will not address the issue of divestment from Israel despite the student government’s passage of a resolution to divest from companies that do business with Israel, the university president said. Loyola University President Father Michael Garanzini sent an open letter by email to students and the university community on Tuesday morning that said:…
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Fast Forward Toulouse Bans Boycott Israel ‘Apartheid’ Event
The City of Toulouse banned an event organized by far-left activists promoting a boycott of Israel. The canceled event was a lecture by Farid Esack, a South African university lecturer and activist, titled “Apartheid, from South Africa to Israel.” He was scheduled to speak at a municipal event hall on March 31 at an address…
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