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Fast Forward Gaza Rocket Hits Israeli Kibuutz
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in a kibbutz near Gaza without causing casualties or damage. The rocket that exploded Friday morning was the third Palestinian terrorists fired at Israel since the end of Israel’s 50-day assault on Hamas in Gaza, Army Radio reported. The operation, launched by Israel after rocket launches from…
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Fast Forward Theater J Fires Outspoken Director Ari Roth
Ari Roth, the longtime director at Theater J, is leaving the theater after a period of tension over plays dealing with Israel’s history. The Washington Post and the Washington Jewish Week each reported late Thursday that Roth is saying the Washington DC Jewish Community Center, which oversees the theater, fired him after he refused to…
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Opinion Israel Never Would’ve Killed ‘The Interview’ — So Why Did We?
As a liberal, I generally find American culture to be on testosterone overload. On average, we are a macho, gun-toting, exceptionalist nation that prizes its cowboys and cops. Generally speaking, this is more true the more conservative a place you’re in, but it permeates the culture, with its exhortation to “man up” and its denigration…
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Fast Forward Harvard Stops Buying SodaStream Amid Protests
Harvard University Dining Service has halted purchases of SodaStream equipment, after Palestinian students and their supporters protested. The dining service had been purchasing water machines from a company acquired by the Israeli company SodaStream, which has been a target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement due to its factory located in Maale Adumim, a…
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Fast Forward French Immigration to Israel Soars to All-Time High
Jewish immigration from France to Israel reached an all-time record of 6,655 newcomers, in the first 11 months of 2014. The figure, which appears in a Jewish Agency document compiled this month, may guarantee that France will be this year’s number one source for aliyah, or immigration by Jews and their relatives to Israel. The…
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Fast Forward Israel Dismisses U.N. Push for End to Occupation of Palestinian Lands as ‘Gimmick’
Israel’s foreign minister on Thursday described as a gimmick a Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for a peace deal within a year and an end to the occupation of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017. Palestinians seek a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, areas Israel captured…
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Fast Forward Jordan Submits ‘Palestine’ Plan to Security Council
Jordan formally submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday a draft resolution calling for peace between Israel and the Palestinians within one year that “fulfills the vision of two independent democratic and prosperous states.” The Palestinian-drafted resolution was formally submitted to the 15-member council, which means it could be put to a vote…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Insists ‘No Determination’ on U.N. ‘Palestine’ Resolution
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday the United States had made “no determinations” about any possible U.N. Security Council resolutions on Palestinian statehood. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he had sought reassurances from Kerry that Washington would block efforts by Palestinians and Europeans to set a time frame for…
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