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Breaking News Bibi Says Iran Nuclear Deal Getting Even Worse
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that concessions to Iran are increasing as it approaches the deadline for its nuclear talks with world powers. Netanyahu referred to the June 30 deadline addressing the 163rd Pilots Course Graduation Ceremony on Thursday at the Hatzerim Israel Air Force base in Israel’s south. “The foremost threat that endangers…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Slams French Peace Initiative As ‘Dictate’ That Hurts Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prefaced talks about a French-led peace initiative on Sunday by saying foreign powers were trying to dictate to Israel a deal with the Palestinians. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, on a two-day visit to the Middle East, was due to meet Palestinian leaders in the occupied West Bank before seeing Netanyahu…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Rejects Attack on Reform Judaism by Shas Minister
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected comments attributed to the country’s religious services minister in which he attacked Reform Judaism. The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement Wednesday night saying that Netanyahu “strongly disagrees” with the comments of David Azoulay of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas Party, in which he reportedly called Reform…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Condemns Renewed Rocket Fire On Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned a rocket attack from Gaza on Israel, the third attack in two weeks. “Israel holds Hamas responsible for all firing from the Gaza Strip at our territory. I have not heard anyone in the international community condemn this firing; neither has U.N. said a word. It will be interesting…
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Breaking News How Bibi Alienated All His Jewish Allies at the White House
(JTA) — When David Axelrod, then a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, first learned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly had referred to him and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel as “self-hating Jews,” he remembers feeling stung. “For people to suggest that I would be anti-Israel or worse, anti-Semitic – it…
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Breaking News Barack Obama Says Bibi’s Hard Line Leaves Scant Hope for Peace
President Barack Obama said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline stance against a Palestinian state meant Israel had lost international credibility as a potential peacemaker. Obama also suggested that continued U.S. diplomatic defense for Israel at the United Nations over the Palestine dispute may be reviewed, while reaffirming U.S. support for Israeli security in a…
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Breaking News Bibi to David Blatt: ‘All of Israel is Behind Cavaliers’
Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt told local media that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contacted him to offer him Israel’s support in the NBA finals. “He said all of Israel is behind the Cavaliers,” Blatt said Sunday, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “That was great. This is the first year that Blatt, who holds…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Sends Condolences to Biden Over Son’s Death
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his condolences to Vice President Joe Biden on the death of his son, Beau. Beau Biden, the attorney general of Delaware, died Sunday of brain cancer. He was 46. “Vice President Biden spoke many times to me about Beau over the years, we’ve known each other for many, many…
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