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The Schmooze Lady Gaga Greets Tel Aviv Fans With ‘Shalom’ Video
Lady Gaga issued a short video in advance of her performance in Tel Aviv, greeting her fans with “Shalom.” “Shalom, Israel,” the American pop star said in the 10-second video. “I’m so excited to perform my new tour in Tel Aviv.” The performer’s manager announced Sunday that the Sept. 13 concert would go on as…
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Fast Forward Syrian Rebels Make Demands For Release of U.N. Peacekeepers in Golan Heights
Syrian rebels have issued a list of demands for the release of United Nations peacekeepers stationed on the Golan Heights between Syria and Israel. The 45 Fijian troops from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force have been held captive for five days in an unknown location. The rebels from the Nusra Front, which has ties…
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Fast Forward Open Letter: Jews in Turkey Can Stay Silent on Israel Operation in Gaza
Jews in Turkey are under no obligation to comment on Israel’s operation in Gaza, a group of Jewish intellectuals in Turkey said. The open letter issued Friday was in response to calls for the Jewish community to denounce the operation, as well as a campaign claiming the Jews of Turkey are responsible for Israel’s actions…
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Fast Forward SodaStream Considering Closing Its West Bank Factory
The Israeli firm SodaStream, which has been a target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, is considering closing its West Bank factory. CEO Daniel Birnbaum told the Israeli economic publication The Marker that the company, which makes home soft drink machines, will make a decision in the next two months. Birnbaum said the decision…
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Fast Forward Police Ends Search for Terrorist Infiltrator in Central Israel
Police set up roadblocks in central Israel following intelligence information that a Palestinian terrorist may have infiltrated Israel near Netanya. At least one man from the Israeli-Arab community of Tayibe, located in central Israel near Kfar Saba, was arrested during the late Tuesday morning search. The search was called off after their arrest, Ynet reported….
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Opinion So You Really Think Liberal Zionism Is Dead?
There are many ways to describe this summer’s conflict between Israel and Hamas: accidental, inevitable, horrific, unnecessary, lopsided, tragic. Take your pick — each captures part of the truth. There’s one thing it wasn’t, though, despite what some pundits have been declaring: a death-knell for liberal Zionism. That characterization isn’t just wrong; it’s weirdly off-base….
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Israel News Sprawling Abu Khdeir Family Spreads Deep Roots in Jerusalem — and U.S.
Every summer, the Abu Khdeir family is visited by dozens of cousins from the United States. The largest family in Shuafat — there are more than 800 members — includes dozens of people who hold U.S. passports and green cards. And it’s common knowledge in this East Jerusalem neighborhood that the Abu Khdeirs speak great…
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Fast Forward U.S. Urges Israel To Reverse Planned West Bank Land Appropriation
(Reuters) — The United States sees Israel’s announcement on Sunday of a land appropriation for possible settlement construction in the occupied West Bank as “counterproductive” to peace efforts and urges the Israeli government to reverse the decision, a State Department official said. Israel laid claim to nearly a thousand acres (400 hectares) in the Etzion…
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