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Fast Forward Israel Balks at Releasing Palestinian Prisoners
Israel told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday it might not carry out a final stage of a Palestinian prisoner release unless he commits to prolonging peace talks beyond a U.S.-set April deadline for a deal. Israel’s chief negotiator, Tzipi Livni, issued the warning just a day after Abbas, at a White House meeting with…
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Opinion Peace Now Video Advances Mockery, Not Peace
A new plea for Israelis to push toward an agreement with the Palestinians has been launched in the form of a Purim video sponsored by the Israeli group Peace Now. Called “It’s fun to be a rightist” and set to the song “Got my mind set on you,” the video is an unsubtle sendup of…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Says ‘No Time’ To Waste After Peace Talks With President Obama
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, meeting with President Obama to discuss the peace talks with Israel, said “time is not on our side.” “We don’t have any time to waste,” Abbas said Monday while greeting Obama in the White House Oval Office, according to pool reports distributed by the White House. “Time is not on…
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Opinion Were Students Punished for Protesting Israel?
A member of Students for Justice in Palestine protests in Washington, D.C. / Getty Images Debate about Israel and Palestine on college campuses is coming to a head this week, with over 200 activists expected to rally in solidarity with Northeastern University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on Tuesday. Northeastern formally suspended…
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Opinion Only One Way To Change Hillel: Leave
This just keeps happening. Institution after institution cancels, boycotts, bans, and otherwise excludes speakers who don’t toe the right line on Israel. Hillel International is beginning to recognize that it cannot both engage all Jewish students and inculcate a politically defined love of the state of Israel — and is choosing the latter. The Ramaz…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Cheer Mahmoud Abbas on Eve of U.S. Visit
Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets on Monday to show their support for President Mahmoud Abbas, who is under heavy pressure as he prepares to meet U.S. President Barack Obama. Abbas, scheduled to see Obama later in the day in Washington, complained last week that he had come under great duress during U.S.-brokered peace…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Pushes Mahmoud Abbas To Make Compromises for Peace
Secretary of State John Kerry urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday “to make the tough decisions that will be necessary” before an April 29 deadline for a peace deal with Israel, a U.S. official said. President Barack Obama meets Abbas on Monday, nearly two weeks after the U.S. leader sat down with Israeli Prime…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Youths Throw Stones at Israeli Police on Temple Mount
Israeli police were pelted with stones at the Temple Mount for the third time in two months. Palestinian youth threw the stones Sunday morning near the Mughrabi Gate, where non-Muslims enter the holy site, according to the Times of Israel. No policemen were injured. The incident follows two riots in February at the Mughrabi Gate….
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