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Fast Forward Eylon Levy, Israel’s savvy English-language spokesman, is earning admirers — and reportedly one very significant enemy
Sara Netanyahu is reportedly upset about a popular spokesman’s past comments about her husband, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Opinion Both the Israeli and Palestinian governments should be obligated to recognize the other’s right to statehood
Netanyahu explicitly rejects a Palestinian state, yet continues to receive U.S. assistance.
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Fast Forward 15 Jewish House Democrats blast Netanyahu for rejecting two-state solution
The statement signifies Democrats' growing impatience with the Israeli premier as the war with Hamas persists without an end in sight
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Fast Forward Netanyahu rejects South Africa’s claim that his quote about ‘Amalek’ was a call to genocide
South Africa showed a “deep historical ignorance” in misattributing how the Israeli prime minister referred to Amalek, his office said
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Culture In her search for truth, Hannah Arendt would have recognized the lies of Netanyahu, Putin and Trump
The philosopher examined the frailty of truth in an age of when politicians lie as naturally as they breathe
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Fast Forward On eve of genocide hearing, Netanyahu says Israel has ‘no intention’ of displacing Palestinians in Gaza
The comments followed weeks of pressure from the Biden administration to explicitly contradict the statements of ministers who called for Palestinian civilians to leave Gaza
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Opinion Netanyahu’s allies spent years slandering the man now tasked with cleaning up their mess
Netanyahu’s allies scapegoated the judge and human rights expert for years. Now, they need him at The Hague.
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News Analysis: Caught by surprise on Oct. 7, Netanyahu looks to preserve his power post-war
Israel’s prime minister is determined to lead the country during the war and after it ends
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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