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Fast Forward Netanyahu Corruption Investigations Are Complete, According To Police
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The police have completed three corruption investigations into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit likely will make a decision on whether to indict Netanyahu in one or all of the cases in the first four months of 2019, Hadashot news reported Wednesday. The timetable for the recommendations “will surprise everyone,”…
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Fast Forward Trump Told Macron He Can Be ‘Tough With Bibi’ When It Comes To Peace Plan
President Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron last month that he is willing to convince Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept his forthcoming Middle East peace plan, Axios reported. Trump specifically noted how the U.S. gives Israel billions of dollars in aid every year, according to four Western diplomats with knowledge of the meeting….
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Calls For Increased Safety Measures For Electric Bikes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for increased safety regulations for electric bicycles after the death of the son of a prominent Israeli director. Ari Nesher, son of director Avi Nesher, was killed in a hit-and-run accident while riding his electric bicycle in Tel Aviv last week. He died on Thursday, three…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Rejects Invitation To UN-Sponsored Anti-Semitism Conference
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an invitation to participate in a United Nations conference on Anti-Semitism. The conference was held on Wednesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, on the sidelines of the U.N. General…
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Opinion Liberal Jews And Israelis Must Stand Together Against Trump And Netanyahu
Today, just hours after a UN speech that drew mocking laughter from world leaders, President Trump emerged from a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu saying, “We are with Israel 100%.” As the saying goes, with friends like these, you don’t need enemies. As Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump systematically work to dismantle liberal democracy…
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Fast Forward Trump And Netanyahu Will Meet At UN
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is one of six world leaders who will have bilateral meetings with President Donald Trump next week at the United Nations General Assembly. Trump will meet between Sept. 24 -26 with Netanyahu, a White House schedule released Thursday said, as well as with the leaders of five…
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Fast Forward Julia Salazar Accuses Netanyahu Spokesman Of Sex Assault
Julia Salazar, the controversial candidate for a New York state senate seat in Brooklyn, is claiming she was sexually assaulted in 2013 by a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Salazar, who has been dogged by controversy over a number of issues, says she is speaking out because news reports were poised to name…
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The Schmooze Netanyahu Stars In Charming Rosh Hashanah Greeting, Days After ‘Slaughter’ Speech
In a holiday greeting video with production value to rival a Coca-Cola Christmas commercial, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extolled the success of the Jewish state in 5778. The longtime leader’s crackling charm is on full display in the short, comic video that stands in contrast to the politician’s most recently notable efforts at diplomacy,…
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