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Fast Forward No Tisha B’Av Fast for Israeli Soldiers in Gaza
Israeli soldiers talking part in the Gaza operation are exempted from fasting on Tisha b’Av, the chief rabbis of Israel ruled. Rabbis David Lau (Ashkenazi) and Yitzhak Yosef (Sephardi) presented their ruling on Jewish law, or halachah, on Monday — the fast was to begin at sundown. “As IDF soldiers are standing on the frontline…
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The Schmooze What Media Bias? Stephen Colbert on the War in Gaza
Everyone seems to be divided over Gaza — One Direction has all but lost its identity over the issue. And the media is no exception. In a segment on The Colbert Report devoted to the conflict, Stephen Colbert lamented the current state of affairs. “This conflict in Israel has been going on for — What is…
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Opinion Is Gaza Carnage Just the Start?
(Reuters) — The existential vise in which the state of Israel lives is tightening as the civilian body count and property destruction in the Gaza Strip mount. The latest war between Israel and Hamas is further testament to the historical fact that Israel’s forefathers had to conquer the land that today’s Israelis dwell in and…
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Fast Forward Britain May Halt Arms Sales to Israel Over Gaza
Britain is reviewing all arms export licenses to Israel in response to the Jewish state’s escalating conflict with Hamas in Gaza, a government spokeswoman said on Monday. Israel launched an offensive against Hamas almost four weeks ago following a surge in cross-border rocket salvoes. Gaza officials say 1,797 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been…
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Fast Forward Israeli Dance Troupe Scraps Scotland Tour Over Protest Fears
A student dance company from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has cancelled its participation in a festival in Scotland over security concerns. The students were scheduled to dance during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Aug. 9 to Aug. 12. The university made the decision to pull its dance company over concerns about plans by anti-Israel protesters,…
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Fast Forward $6B Pricetag Placed on Reconstruction of Gaza
Reconstruction in Gaza, where heavy Israeli bombardment in a war with Islamist militants has caused widespread devastation and displaced half a million people, will cost at least $6 billion, the Palestinian deputy prime minister says. This time, Mohammed Mustafa said, Palestinians hope future donors will make good on aid pledges. In 2009, only a fraction…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Accuse Israel of Breaking Truce With Attack That Kills Girl
Palestinians accused Israel of breaking its own ceasefire on Monday by launching a bomb attack on a refugee camp in Gaza City that killed an eight-year-old girl and wounded 29 other people. Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra said the strike on a house in Shati camp took place after the truce was scheduled to…
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Fast Forward France Suggests World Should Impose 2-State Solution on Middle East
World powers should impose from outside a political solution to halt the conflict between Israel and Hamas that has killed hundreds in Gaza, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday. Fabius issued the statement after a Palestinian official said an Israeli air strike killed 10 people and wounded about 30 on Sunday in a…
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