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Fast Forward Israel Names Lebanon Veteran as New Military Chief
Israel on Saturday announced the appointment of a new chief of staff of its armed forces, Major-General Gadi Eisenkot, who has spent much of his operational career confronting Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon. Eisenkot, 54, currently deputy to incumbent chief of staff, Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, will take over in February when Gantz completes his four-year…
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Israel News Israeli Arabs Stamp Facebook Photos With ‘Second–Class Citizen’
(Haaretz) — Hundreds of Arab citizens in Israel have replaced their Facebook profile photo with one that is stamped “second–class citizen,” in a protest against the proposed Jewish nation–state law. It was black humor that prompted Sana Jamalia, a graphic designer in Haifa, to launch the protest. In a conversation with a friend, she recounts,…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Labour Party Voices Objection to Israel Boycott
Britain’s Labour Party reiterated its opposition to boycotting Israel after a municipality voted to support one. The Midlands Council passed a motion earlier this week resolving to remove goods from the “Israeli Occupied Territories” and condemning Israel for “continuing to ignore and breach international law,” Jewishnews.co.uk reported Wednesday. The council is made up overwhelmingly of…
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Fast Forward Eyeing Deadline, France To Back Palestinian State If Peace Talks Fail
(Reuters) — France warned on Friday it would recognize a Palestinian state if a final international effort to overcome the impasse between Israelis and Palestinians failed, and proposed a two-year timeframe to end the conflict through a U.N.-backed resolution. Lawmakers will hold a symbolic parliamentary vote on Dec. 2 on whether the French government should recognize…
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Fast Forward Offer Israeli Arabs Money To Move to Palestinian State: Lieberman
(Reuters) — Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman proposed on Friday that Arab citizens of Israel be offered financial incentives to leave the country and relocate to a future Palestinian state. Lieberman, whose ultra-nationalist party is a core part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, has previously spoken about redrawing borders but not about using sweeteners to…
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Fast Forward Peres: Nation-State Bill Risks Religious Conflagration
Former Israeli president Shimon Peres criticized a bill proclaiming Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people. Peres, a dovish former prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose presidential term ended earlier this year, said the bill, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports, could spark a “religious upheaval.” “The controversy surrounding what’s now…
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Opinion Will France Recognize a Palestinian State?
‘Le moment venu” — when the moment is right. This has long been the default response of the French minister of foreign affairs when asked if and when his government will officially recognize the Palestinian state. Over the past few weeks, forces both domestic and foreign have brought this particular moment ever closer. But it…
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Israel News Can Women Make Up 50% of Israel’s Coders By 2024?
(Haaretz) — The setting couldn’t be further from the startup nation stereotype: a low-ceilinged bungalow classroom in sleepy Givat Haviva in northern Israel, a litter of kittens meandering in and out, and not quite enough electricity outlets to charge your laptop, but the 40 or so Israeli women crowding the tables are making high-tech history. This…
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