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Fast Forward Bob Simon Dies in Car Crash — Award-Winner Stoked Israel Controversy on ’60 Minutes’
Veteran CBS News correspondent Bob Simon, whose decades-long career included covering major overseas conflicts and surviving Iraqi prison, was killed in a car accident on Wednesday in New York City, police and CBS said. He was 73. A longtime member of the network’s “60 Minutes” on-air team, Simon was a passenger in a hired car…
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Israel News Why Israel Lobby Is Biggest Casualty of Feud Over Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech
The raging dispute between Benjamin Netanyahu and the White House over the Israeli prime minister’s planned speech to Congress has badly damaged relations between the two countries and destroyed any semblance of trust between the leaders of two of the closest allies on earth. But the biggest casualties may be the normally omnipotent pro-Israel lobby…
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Opinion Why Losing Jon Stewart Hurts the Middle East
Jon Stewart and Bassem Youssef on “The Daily Show” / Youtube Jon Stewart quitting “The Daily Show” is bad for the Jews. It’s bad for the Muslims. It’s bad for the entire Middle East. If you want to know why, just watch this clip of the real Jon Stewart joking around with “Egypt’s Jon Stewart,”…
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Fast Forward Fossil of 85M-Year-Old Reptile Found in Israel
The remains of an 85-million-year-old reptile — the oldest fossils ever found in Israel — were identified in the Arava Desert. Some 30 fossils belonging to the Elasmosaurus, a large carnivorous reptile, were discovered in the southern Israeli desert. The ancient reptile, a carnivore considered a “cousin” of the dinosaur, was about 8 feet long….
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Fast Forward Stanford Senate Falls 1 Vote Short on Divestment
The Stanford University student senate defeated an Israel divestment resolution. On Tuesday night, the Associated Students of Stanford University had nine votes for the measure and five against, with one abstention. But to pass, the measure required 66 percent of the senators to approve and finished with 64 percent. The resolution called on the Palo…
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Israel News Slain ISIS Hostage Kayla Mueller’s Idealistic Journey Ran Through Israel
For over a year and a half the family of Kayla Jean Mueller, a 26-year-old aid worker from Arizona, kept the fact that she was being held in ISIS captivity in Syria a secret from most everyone. While it was known the terrorist organization was holding a young female American among their hostages, the hope…
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Fast Forward Is Benjamin Netanyahu Speech to Congress ‘Propaganda’ for Israel Vote?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress can be broadcast in Israel without violating election propaganda laws, the country’s attorney general said. Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein made the ruling on Wednesday, when he rejected a petition filed by the left-wing Meretz Party with the Central Election Committee, which asked the committee to prevent media outlets…
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Fast Forward Sandstorms Blast Israel
Israel was covered with sand and dust storms, causing airports to close and many Israelis to remain indoors. Winds also reached up to 60 miles per hour on Tuesday night and Wednesday in parts of the country. The pollution levels due to the sandstorm on Wednesday were the worst measured in five years. The elderly,…
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