Ofer Aderet (Haaretz Service)
By Ofer Aderet (Haaretz Service)
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Fast Forward WikiLeaks: Israel NGO Pressured U.S. To Force Settlement Evacuations
Israeli left-wing non-government organization Peace Now has urged the U.S. to pressure Israel into evacuating West Bank outposts, according to an American diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks, adding that the group regularly updated both Washington and the Defense Ministry on ongoing settlement construction. A 2006 U.S. diplomatic cable quoted Peace Now head Yariv Oppenheimer as…
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Fast Forward Ukraine Gives Yad Vashem Access to Holocaust-Era Archives
In a modest ceremony, with no media presence, a trailblazing agreement was signed last month between Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Authority and the archives of the Ukrainian KGB. The agreement is expected to upgrade historical research on the fate of hundreds of thousands of Jews who were persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust in…
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