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Fast Forward Netanyahu Says Israel Can Stand on Own Against Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played up Israel’s ability to take on its enemies alone on Sunday after Washington delayed attacking Syria in a surprise move that prompted some Israelis to question their main ally’s resolve on Iran. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he would ask Congress to vote on whether to launch strikes to…
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Opinion Syria in the Crosshairs, All Outcomes Terrible
Rosh Hashanah, tradition teaches, is the birthday of the world, the mother of all new beginnings. This year, alas, you’d be forgiven for feeling as though it’s more like the end of the world. If so, it’s somehow fitting that it’s ending right where it began, somewhere east of Eden in the Fertile Crescent, in…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Delays U.S. Strike on Syria
President Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from an imminent military strike against Syria to seek the approval of the U.S. Congress, in a decision that likely delays U.S. action for at least 10 days. Obama, in a statement from the White House Rose Garden, said he had authorized the use of military force to…
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Fast Forward Weapons Experts Leave Syria as U.S. Attack Looms
U.N. experts left Syria on Saturday after investigating a poison gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians, and the United States said it was planning a limited response to punish Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad for the “brutal and flagrant” assault. U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States, which has five cruise-missile equipped destroyers in…
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Fast Forward Israelis Jostle for Gas Masks as Syria Tensions Rise
(JTA) — Daniela Hayoum arrived at a Tel Aviv post office at 7 a.m. and took a number. The line of people waiting for gas masks was long and Hayoum stepped away to run errands. She returned in the afternoon to find hundreds of Israelis crowding under a hot sun on the building’s wide steps,…
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Fast Forward Israel Readies Defenses as Possible Syria Strike Looms
Israel is deploying all of its missile defences as a precaution against possible Syrian retaliatory attacks should Western powers carry out threatened strikes on Syria, Israeli Army Radio said on Wednesday. Citing secrecy requirements, it did not give details on the number or locations of the interceptor batteries. Systems employed by Israel’s air defence corps…
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News Jewish Community Cautious as U.S. Attack on Syria Looms Large
America’s organized Jewish community has long been united in its abhorrence of the dictatorship ruling Syria. Yet it has been notably hesitant and, at times, muted in reacting to the large-scale chemical weapons attack allegedly carried out by loyalists of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad. Despite the community’s strong opposition to any use of nonconventional weapons,…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Defend Itself Against Syrian Attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was not involved in Syria’s civil war, but would respond forcefully to any attempts to attack it. “The state of Israel is prepared for any scenario,” Netanyahu said in a statement after holding security consultations in Tel Aviv. “We are not a party to this…
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