Ari Rabinovitch
By Ari Rabinovitch
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Fast Forward Netanyahu To Make ‘Significant’ Announcement On Iran
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make a televised announcement Monday evening in what his office said would be a “significant development” regarding the nuclear agreement with Iran. The announcement will be made from Israel’s military headquarters in Tel Aviv, according to a brief statement from Netanyahu’s office. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Lashes Out at UN After Anti-Occupation Resolution
Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations following the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. The vote was able to pass the 15-member council on Friday because the United States broke with a long-standing approach of diplomatically…
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Breaking News Keeping Kosher May Impose High Economic Price on All of Israel
Behind Israel’s food and tourism industries thrives a parallel economy run by rabbis and a legion of inspectors whose business it is to make sure everything is kosher. Since most Israelis prefer knowing their food is prepared according to Jewish custom, hotels, restaurants and manufacturers have little choice but to go along with the arrangement…
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Breaking News Israel Launches First Ever Cell Phone Video Distress Call Service
TEL AVIV – Israelis can now use their smartphones to make live video distress calls to emergency responders, a first-of-its-kind service that, if successful, could set a new standard for countries around the world. Video chats, texting and location detection may be humdrum features for today’s smartphone user, but they remain a puzzle to most…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Calls for Reboot of Israel/EU Relations, Slams Sweden
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the European Union of holding his country to a double standard, and reserved special criticism for Sweden, saying its call to investigate Israel was outrageous, immoral and stupid. “There is a natural tendency in the EU establishment to single out Israel and treat it in ways that…
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Breaking News Jerusalem’s Fabled Acra Fortress Unearthed After Centuries-Long Search
After a century of searching, archaeologists say they have found the remnants of an ancient Greek fortress once a center of power in Jerusalem and a stronghold used to hold off a Jewish rebellion celebrated in the scriptural Book of the Maccabees. Researchers have long debated over the location of the Acra, built more than…
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Breaking News Palestinians Torch Joseph’s Tomb in West Bank ‘Day of Rage’
Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the West Bank on Friday as the Islamist group Hamas called for a day of rage against Israel, with tensions still running high after two weeks of violence. Israel’s military said about 100 people converged on the tomb of the biblical patriarch Joseph, which is located in…
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Breaking News Shrinking Dead Sea Creates Sinkholes and Worries
A neglected grove of date palms, their leaves long fallen, trunks drooping in the searing heat at the lowest point on earth, is the latest casualty of a dramatic rise in sinkholes wreaking havoc along the coast of the Dead Sea. Workers had stopped tending the date grove, fearing the earth might swallow them up….
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