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The officer who was responsible for the police 100 emergency hotline during the hotline's tragic blunder in the murder of Naftali Frenkel (16), Gilad Sha'ar (16), and Eyal Yifrah (19) by Hamas terrorists in the summer of 2014 is set to be promoted. At the conclusion of a hearing of the officer, it was decided to promote him by a rank, against the recommendation of the police investigative committee which specifically called to fire him, reports Channel 10 on Thursday. The officer's lawyer, attorney Yehuda Shushan, welcomed the decision, saying, "justice has been done and we are happy with the...

September 18, 2009 President Obama Blow As US Fails To Secure Israel Peace Talks Progress Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem and Giles Whittell in Washington A frantic effort by the US Middle East envoy to wrest an agreement that would restart peace talks appeared to have ended in failure yesterday, inflicting President Obama’s first important foreign policy setback. George Mitchell shuttled between Jerusalem and the West Bank attempting to wrest an agreement on settlement building before the UN General Assembly meeting next week. US officials had hoped that Israeli and Palestinian leaders would meet on the sidelines of the assembly, kick-starting...