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Fast Forward Palestinians Launch Boycott of Israeli Goods
The Palestinian Authority said it will boycott products manufactured by six major Israeli companies. Mahmoud Al-Aloul, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, announced the boycott on Monday of products manufactured by the Strauss Group, Tnuva, Osem, Elite, Prigat and Jafora-Tabori, the Wafa-Palestine News Agency reported. The boycott will begin Wednesday. Al-Aloul told reporters that…
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Fast Forward Will Palestinian Posters Get UNESCO Honor?
A collection of Palestine posters reportedly is still under consideration for being included on a list of world heritage objects. The poster collection, which was initially accepted by an advisory board of UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Register, was not dropped as previously reported, but has been sent back to the nominator for revision,…
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Fast Forward Mideast ‘Quartet’ Urges Restart of Peace Talks
The “Quartet” of Middle East peace mediators urged a prompt resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians after a meeting in Munich on Sunday and voiced concern about the slow pace of reconstruction in Gaza, damaged in last year’s war. Talks broke down last April with the Palestinians angry at continued building of Jewish…
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Fast Forward Israel Grabs Palestinian Tax Cash — Again
Israel has for the second month in a row frozen tax revenue that it collects for the Palestinian Authority. The decision not to transfer the money, which is used to pay public sector employees, was reported Wednesday by the Jerusalem Post. The freeze is in response to the P.A.’s decision to join the International Criminal…
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Fast Forward White House and State Department Slam New West Bank Settlement Tenders
The White House and the State Department criticized Israel for reissuing tenders for the construction of 450 housing units in the West Bank. The tender announcement will “further isolate Israel internationally,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at Friday’s press briefing. “We believe that settlements are illegitimate and are counterproductive to achieving a two-state outcome,”…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian on Saturday in the occupied West Bank, the military and a Palestinian security official said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers saw two Palestinians throwing a fire bomb towards a road near the Palestinian city of Nablus and “identifying an immediate threat shot toward the suspects’ lower extremities.” The…
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Fast Forward Egyptian Court Bans Armed Wing of Hamas
An Egyptian court on Saturday banned the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas and listed it as a terrorist organization. The ruling came days after the country faced some of the bloodiest attacks on security forces in years. Hamas is an offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood which the authorities have also declared a terrorist…
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Fast Forward Israel Issues Tenders for New Settler Homes Ahead of Election
Israel published tenders on Friday for the construction of 450 new housing units in occupied Palestinian territory, a move that critics denounced as a political gesture ahead of a March general election. Ariel Rosenberg, spokesman for Israel’s Housing Ministry, said the government was simply remarketing tenders that had failed to sell when they were initially…
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