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Fast Forward Netanyahu Calls For Chance To Debate His Accusers On Live TV
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a chance to take on his accusers on live television. Speaking Monday night, the prime minister said that during investigations into the corruption cases against him he “demanded a face-to-face confrontation with states’ witnesses.” He said he was denied several times. “Today I repeat that demand,…
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Fast Forward Pompeo To Netanyahu: US Exit From Syria Does Not End Cooperation In Region
(JTA) — The United States’ withdrawal of some 2,000 ground troops from Syria does not signal the end of the U.S. commitment to Israel’s security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Pompeo made the statement Tuesday at the start of a meeting in Brazil with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The leaders are both attending…
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Fast Forward Honduras May Move Israel Embassy To Jerusalem
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israel’s prime minister, Honduras’ president and the U.S. secretary of state discussed plans to move the Central American nation’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Benjamin Netanyahu, Juan Orlando Hernandez and Michael Pompeo met Tuesday in Brasilia where they attended the inauguration of Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro. The three…
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Fast Forward France’s Arab World Institute Takes Down Photo Of Blood-Stained Netanyahu
(JTA) — Following protests, a French government institute devoted to promoting Arab culture removed from its website a picture depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding up bloody hands. The picture, showing protesters wearing Netanyahu masks at a rally while holding up their red painted palms, was featured this month on the Arab World Institute’s…
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Fast Forward Trump: Israel Does ‘Good Job’ Of Protecting Itself From Syria — With U.S. Aid
(JTA) — Israel does a fine job of defending itself thanks to aid from the United States, and will be “good” after U.S. troops leave Syria, President Trump said. “I spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I told Bibi, you know we give Israel 4.5 billion dollars a year. And they are doing very well…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Could Cut Unprecedented Brazil Visit Over Politics At Home
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may cut his five-day visit to Brazil short over the political developments in Israel. Both Israeli and Brazilian media reported on the possibility of a shortened trip on Tuesday evening, more than a day after the ruling coalition agreed to dissolve the government and go…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s Coalition Dissolves, Israeli Elections Planned For Spring
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis will soon be heading toward the polls after the heads of all six coalition parties announced that they were dissolving the government, forcing new elections. “Out of national and budgetary responsibility, the leaders of the coalition parties decided, unanimously and unanimously, to dissolve the Knesset and go to new elections at…
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Opinion Trump Tweeted His Way Out Of Syria. Will He Blindside Israel Too?
President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to announce the withdrawal of 2,000 American personnel from Syria immediately provoked reactions comparing his approach to Syria to President Obama’s: “Mr. Trump’s view that American forces cannot alter the strategic balance in the Middle East, and should not be there, was fundamentally shared by his immediate predecessor, Barack Obama,”…
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