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Fast Forward Snowstorm Bears Down on Israel
The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv warned Americans in Israel to prepare for snow and stormy conditions. Along with the snow, rain, heavy winds and freezing temperatures are predicted for throughout Israel this week. As much as a foot of snow is expected in some areas. “We advise you to monitor the weather conditions, plan…
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Fast Forward French Anti-Semitism Fighter Will Immigrate to Israel
Sammy Ghozlan, founder of France’s National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, announced he would immigrate to Israel, calling it “a message.” Ghozlan, a former police commissioner whose organization is one of France’s leading watchdog groups on anti-Semitism, announced his departure on Monday – shortly after the annual roundup of the Jewish Agency showed that 2014…
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Fast Forward Arabs and Jews Share Israeli Pride — and Shaky Faith in Government
Both Jews and Arabs are proud to be Israeli, but neither has great faith in the government, an annual poll showed. Some 86 percent of Jewish citizens and 65 percent of Arab citizens are “proud” or “quite proud” to be Israelis, according to the survey released Sunday by the Israel Democracy Institute. In 2013, some…
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Fast Forward Abbas Seeks To Resubmit Statehood Bid to U.N. Security Council
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he was discussing with Jordan plans to resubmit to the United Nations Security Council a resolution calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state that failed to win enough votes last week. Jordan remains a member of the Security Council while several other countries with revolving membership were…
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Fast Forward Arab-Israeli Lawmaker Ahmed Tibi Raises Palestinian Flag On Temple Mount
Ahmed Tibi, an Arab-Israeli Knesset member, raised the Palestinian flag on the Temple Mount. Tibi on Saturday led a procession of hundreds of eastern Jerusalem Palestinians to the site in honor of the birthday of the prophet Muhammad. The United Arab List-Taal party lawmaker called for “an end to the occupation” and said that “the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Vows To Save Israeli Soldiers from International Criminal Court
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “will not sit idly by” in the wake of Palestinian efforts to join the International Criminal Court. “The Palestinian Authority has chosen confrontation with Israel,” Netanyahu said Sunday morning at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting. “We will not allow IDF soldiers and commanders to be hauled…
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Fast Forward Israel Arrests Palestinian Militants Inspired by Islamic State
Israeli forces have detained three Islamic State-inspired militants in the occupied West Bank, the first known Palestinian cell linked to the Syria- and Iraq-based insurgent group, the Shin Bet internal security service said on Sunday. It said the three men, all in their early 20s and from Hebron, were arrested in November and told interrogators…
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Fast Forward Jordan Suspends Talks On $15 Billion Gas Deal With Israel
Jordan has suspended negotiations with Israel on a $15 billion deal to import natural gas. The head of the Jordanian House of Representatives Energy Committee, Jamal Gamouh, told the Israeli business daily Globes that there can be no deal until it is clear who will own the Leviathan gas field, one of Israel’s largest gas…
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