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Fast Forward Israeli Army Orders Investigation Into Killing Of Palestinian Teens In Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s military said on Tuesday it would launch a criminal investigation into two incidents in which its troops shot dead Palestinian teenagers taking part in protests along the Gaza border. The inquiry into the deaths of Abed Nabi, 18, on March 30, and 15-year-old Othman Helles on July 13 was the first…
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Fast Forward Israeli Minister Sees End To ‘Stupid’ Airport Grilling Of Leftists
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli security cabinet minister on Thursday denounced the interrogation of left-wing activists at the country’s main airport, and predicted that it would end after the singling-out of a visiting U.S. Jewish columnist stirred controversy. The questioning of Peter Beinart at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday prompted the Israeli security agency Shin…
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Fast Forward Israel And Hamas Agree To Gaza Truce
Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, agreed on a truce on Thursday, two Palestinian officials said, an understanding that would end an escalation in fighting that has drawn mutual threats of war. There was no formal comment from Israel, but an Israeli official who spoke on condition of anonymity denied…
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Fast Forward Gaza Rockets Hit Near Israeli City Of Beersheba As Fighting Flares
A long-range rocket fired from Gaza struck an uninhabited area outside the largest city in southern Israel on Thursday, Israeli Army Radio reported, hours after a Palestinian official said an end to a surge in cross-border fighting could be near. Army Radio said the rocket was a long-range Grad capable of reaching Israel’s heartland and…
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Fast Forward 9 Israelis Wounded In Hamas Rocket Salvo — Palestinian Mom And Baby Killed In Retaliatory Strikes
At least 9 Israelis were wounded when Gaza militants fired scores of rockets into Israel and the Israeli military responded with air strikes on Wednesday despite talk from both sides of progress towards a possible truce to avert a fourth war in a decade. A senior member of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls…
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Fast Forward Jeremy Corbyn Vows To Root Out ‘Real Problem’ Of Anti-Semitism
The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said on Friday there was a “real problem” of anti-Semitism in his party which he would root out, but he also hit back at strong criticism of Labour from Jewish newspapers. In an article written for The Guardian newspaper, Corbyn stopped short of agreeing to adopt…
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Fast Forward Cohen Says Trump Knew About Meeting With Russians At Trump Tower
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that Trump knew in advance about a June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower at which Russians offered to provide damaging information about his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, CNN reported on Thursday. CNN, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter, said Cohen…
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Fast Forward Republican Lawmakers Move To Impeach Justice Department’s Rod Rosenstein
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of Republican lawmakers on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment to remove Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, escalating a fight over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Representatives Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows, who belong to the conservative House Freedom Caucus,…
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