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Fast Forward Israel and Palestinians Agree on Gaza Reconstruction
The United Nations, Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a deal to allow reconstruction work to begin in the war-torn Gaza Strip with U.N. monitoring of the use of materials, U.N. Middle East envoy Robert Serry said on Tuesday. Serry told the U.N. Security Council that the United Nations had brokered the deal “to…
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Fast Forward Belarus Museum Opens Exhibit About Ariel Sharon
The National History Museum of Belarus inaugurated an exhibition about Ariel Sharon. Titled “Profile of a Leader,” the exhibition on the late Israeli prime minister was launched Monday on the entrance floor of the state museum. The ceremony was attended by diplomats, Jewish community leaders and Israeli guests connected to Sharon’s life, including his youngest…
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Fast Forward Scottish Jews Wary of Independence Ahead of Historic Vote
(JTA) — Bright blue signs scream “Yes” while red ones urge “No, thanks” in the streets of Scotland’s largest city just days before a vote on whether to secede from the United Kingdom. But at Frank Angell’s house, his windows are empty and his yard is bare. A former local council candidate for the Scottish National…
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Opinion Meet the ‘Good Kids’ Who Refuse To Spy for Israel
Thinkstock The refusal of 43 men and women to continue their reserve duty in Israel’s elite 8200 intelligence-gathering unit has taken Israel by storm. The group published a letter on Friday, and it made its way quickly into the Israeli, American, and international headlines. The letter stated that these soldiers and officers are no longer…
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Opinion Israeli Criticism of 43 Refuseniks Couldn’t Be More Natural
Getty Images Forty-three reservists of an elite IDF corps have signed and released a letter setting out their refusal to serve Israeli “military control over the Occupied Territories” anymore. The members of Unit 8200, an intelligence unit often seen as an incubator of Israeli high tech as its soldiers move into civilian life, directly criticized…
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Fast Forward Jewish South Africa Publication Apologizes For Op-Ed Comparing Desmond Tutu to Hitler
A Jewish publication in South Africa apologized for an Op-Ed that compared Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Adolf Hitler. The online publication South African Jewish Report posted the apology Friday on its website and removed the opinion piece, written by Leon Reich, chairman of Likud South Africa. According to the Mail & Guardian newspaper, Reich in…
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Fast Forward Israeli Budget Fight Raises Questions About Defense Spending
Demands for billions of dollars of extra funding for Israel’s military have set the scene for a bruising political battle over the budget, as the country tries to balance the needs of a weakening economy with security threats from Gaza to Iran. The defense ministry is seeking nearly 70 billion shekels ($20 billion) in the…
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Fast Forward Ehud Olmert Will Remain Free Until He Exhausts Appeals, Court Rules
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will remain out of prison until he has exhausted his appeals, the country’s Supreme Court ruled. The seven other men also appealing their convictions in the Holyland affair will stay out of prison as well, the court ruled on Monday. Olmert was sentenced in May to six years in…
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Fast Forward Diplomatic ties fray further as South Africa and Israel kick out each other’s envoys
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