Haaretz/Barak Ravid
By Haaretz/Barak Ravid
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Breaking News Israel Asks American Jews and Israeli Ex-Pats: Where Do Your Loyalties Lie?
Two sensitive and potentially explosive issues have always clouded the relationship between the Jewish community in the United States and the State of Israel. The first relates to claims of “dual allegiance” to both Israel and the United States; the other concerns the pro-Israel, American “Jewish lobby.” Many of those raising such claims against American…
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Breaking News Netanyahu To Ask Obama To Not Lift Iran Sanctions, Says Official
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is to meet today with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, is expected to ask at the meeting that international sanctions on Iran not be lifted. A senior Israeli official, who is familiar with the details of preparations for the meeting, said that while previous meetings between Netanyahu…
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Breaking News Fifteen Former EU Leaders Urge Officials To Not Soften on Settlement Guidelines
A group of 15 former senior European officials has urged the European Union not to soften or delay new settlement guidelines slated to take effect on January 1, and in particular to ensure they apply to the Horizon 2020 scientific cooperation program. The letter, dated September 16, was sent to all EU foreign ministers by…
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Breaking News Kerry Heading To Israel To Update Netanyahu on Syria Deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Israel on Sunday, and he will update Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on developments in securing a deal for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons. Over the weekend, Kerry will continue with talks in Geneva with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, in an attempt to confirm…
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Breaking News Israel Won’t Ratify Chemical Arms Treaty Before Its Neighbors Do, Officials Say
With Moscow and Washington now discussing a diplomatic deal that would rid Syria of its chemical weapons, officials in Jerusalem are preparing for the possibility that Israel will be asked to submit to supervision of the chemical weapons that foreign reports say it possesses. In the past few days, Foreign Ministry officials note, senior Russian…
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Breaking News Russia Slams Israeli Military Over Secret Missile Test
Russia’s defense ministry has reprimanded Israel’s military attache there over last week’s missile test in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which was conducted as the U.S. was preparing for a possible military action against Syria. Israel tested its anti-missile defense systems in coordination with the U.S last Tuesday, despite the rising tensions over the Syria crisis….
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Breaking News EU Guidelines on Settlements Will Undermine Talks, Says Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Monday that the European Union’s new guidelines on Israel’s settlements in the West Bank undercut the freshly resumed peace process and strengthen the Palestinian position. In a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, where he was recovering from a recent hernia…
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Breaking News Israeli Ministers Are the Terrorists, Not Prisoners Says Palestinian Foreign Minister
Over the past two weeks, since the Israeli government’s decision to release 104 pre-Oslo Palestinian prisoners involved in murdering Israelis, the Palestinian Authority has been conducting a political and PR campaign focused on this issue. Palestinian ambassadors around the world were asked to relay letters to foreign ministries in the countries where they are serving,…
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