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Breaking News ANALYSIS: Benjamin Netanyahu Rolls the Dice With Push To ‘Legalize’ Illegal Settlements
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s support for a bill that would legalize Israeli settlement homes on private Palestinian land in the West Bank is seen in Israel as another feint in a power struggle within his ruling right-wing coalition. But critics in Israel and abroad who are alarmed by the legislation fear Netanyahu’s machinations aimed at…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Says Western Wall Prayer Deal ‘Going To Take Time’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed coalition politics for the delay in implementing a deal reached earlier this year to create a designated prayer section for non-Orthodox worshipers at the Western Wall. “Anti-Semitism is a fringe element in the United States,whether on the right or the left,” said Netanyahu. “I don’t think it…
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Opinion The ‘Real’ Benjamin Netanyahu Shows Brusque Side — and Steps on His Own Message
Jerusalem — Those who know Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu far better than I do said that the real Bibi was on display as he addressed the International Jewish Media Summit in Jerusalem Tuesday night. In that case, Netanyahu — the only Israeli elected prime minister three times in a row, the man who says…
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Opinion Bibi and Barack Agree 100% — on Bagels!
Jerusalem — Scoff if you like, but this is something I do. I’m a Jewish journalist. We care about our food. At the end of my White House interview last year with President Obama, I asked him for his favorite flavor of bagel. How could I not ask the same thing of the prime minister of…
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Israel News Mysterious Golden Netanyahu Statue ‘Toppled’ in Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A golden statue of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared overnight in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, only to be knocked down hours later by Israelis. Israeli sculptor Itay Zalait placed the sculpture mounted on a white platform as a political statement and called on the public to “topple” it. He said it was…
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Breaking News Golden ‘King Bibi’ Statue Toppled in Tel Aviv — You Got a Problem With That?
A gilded statue of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, dubbed “King Bibi” by its creator, stirred condemnation from Israel’s culture minister and was toppled by an onlooker after a brief public appearance on Tuesday. Sculptor Itay Zalait told reporters he had placed the four meter (13 foot) tall effigy of Netanyahu on a white pedestal in…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Vows To Lobby Donald Trump on ‘Bad’ Iran Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he looked forward to speaking to Donald Trump about what to do about the “bad” Iran deal, once Trump is president. “As far as President-elect Trump, I look forward to speaking to him about what to do about this bad deal,” Netanyahu said Sunday, addressing the…
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Community You Won’t Believe This Anti-Semitic Swedish Cartoon
A Facebook friend from Sweden shared a post criticizing this cartoon. The image was published Nov 20 on Dagens Nyheter, one of Sweden’s leading newspapers. Usually I would not react to these types of provocations, but this particular one made me gag in my mouth a little bit extra. Antisemitic comic strip in large Swedish…
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