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Fast Forward Canada Public Split on Middle East Conflict
Canadians were evenly split in their support for Israel and the Palestinians, according to a new poll. The survey by the Toronto-based Forum Research found that 17 percent of respondents sided with Israel in the Middle East conflict, while 16 percent favored the Palestinians. Fully 64 percent said they lean toward neither side, and 3…
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Fast Forward Israel Regains ‘Free’ Designation by Freedom House in Annual Report
Israel was the only country in the Middle East with a press designated as free by a Washington think tank. The designation by the Freedom House in its annual report upgraded Israel from not free last year and put the Jewish state in the 14 percent of countries and territories throughout the world considered to…
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Fast Forward Back to Future as Two Sides Resume Mideast Feud
(JTA) — Nine months of negotiations were supposed to propel Israelis and Palestinians into a future of peace. Instead, the collapse of talks is threatening to make the future look much like the past. Israel’s decision last week to suspend negotiations – a day after the signing of a reconciliation between the Fatah faction of…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Says Mideast Peace Talks in ‘Holding Pattern’
The United States said on Friday the Israeli-Palestinian peace process had come to a standstill, all but acknowledging U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will fail to meet his goal of a peace deal by April 29. Israel on Thursday suspended the talks in response to a reconciliation pact between Fatah, the Palestinian faction that…
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Fast Forward Washington Reevaluating Role in Middle East Peace Talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Washington was evaluating whether it was worth continuing its role in Middle East peace talks, signaling his patience with the Israelis and Palestinians was running out. There was a limit to U.S. efforts if the parties themselves were unwilling to move forward, Kerry said during…
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Fast Forward Israeli College Launches Chinese Media Center — First in Middle East
A college in Israel launched a Chinese media center — the first of its kind in the Middle East. The Chinese Media Center at the College of Management-Academic Studies in Rishon Lezion is part of the School of Media Studies. According to the college, the center will maintain a “proactive dialogue” with the Chinese media…
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Fast Forward 26 Palestinian Prisoners Approved for Freedom
A committee of government ministers approved a list of 26 Palestinian prisoners to be released as part of the revived Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. It is the third round of Palestinian prisoner releases since the American-backed peace negotiations began in July. The list was published late on Saturday night on the Israel Prison Service website. Anyone…
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Opinion A Mideast Peace ‘Bridge’ Too Far?
A few weeks ago, President Barack Obama revealed that the current objective of American-led Israeli-Palestinian talks about a two-state solution is a “framework agreement.” This document, he explained, would not “address every single detail, but gets us to a point where everybody recognizes [that it is] better to move forward than [to] move backwards.” Secretary…
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