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Israel News Israeli Settler Leaders Will Flock to Trump Inauguration
Israeli settlers and their American evangelical supporters are among the invitees to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on January 20. Yehuda Glick, a Brooklyn-born rabbi and member of the Israeli parliament’s ruling Likud party confirmed that he will be attending the inauguration with fellow Likud lawmaker Sharren Haskel. They will be joined by Atlanta-born Israeli rabbi…
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Israel News 68% of Israelis Support Two-State Solution: J Street Poll
Apparently, the the two state solution isn’t dead just yet. That’s according to a poll conducted by the dovish pro Israel lobby J Street, which found that 68% of Israelis favor an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, reported by Haaretz. Pundits have been sounding the death knell for the two state solution for years. That…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson’s Israeli Newspaper Lost $190 Million in First Seven Years
Israel Hayom, the free Israeli daily financed by American casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, lost $190 million from its inception in 2007 to 2014. That comes out to one shekel, or about 26 cents, per paper printed, Haaretz reported. Israel Hayom is the largest circulation newspaper in Israel. Known for its favorable coverage of Israeli Prime…
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Opinion EXPLAINED: Could Netanyahu Be Ousted Over Talks With Sheldon Adelson’s Media Rival?
It’s a revelation that’s shaking up Israel’s political and media worlds as intensely as reports of a proposed secret deal between Donald Trump, CNN and Fox News would rock the United States. In a wide-reaching investigation by Israel Police of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it was revealed Sunday that a tape exists of a conversation…
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Israel News Netanyahu Tried To Cut an Illegal Deal With Israel’s Largest Paid Newspaper
New details have come to light on the alleged bribery deal discussed between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Yedioth Ahronoth and Ynet publisher Arnon Mozes. The proposed deal included a sharp change in the coverage of the prime minister by the Yedioth Ahronoth group in exchange for Netanyahu’s promise to promote legislation that would…
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Opinion John Kerry’s Leaned Over Backward to Praise Israel — and the Numbers Prove It
Israel’s prime minister has claimed that John Kerry’s recent speech, given in response to U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334, was “unbalanced and anti-Israeli.” A quantitative and qualitative review of the the December 28 speech, however, shows the opposite. From the very beginning, Kerry was clearly making the case for Israel. During the speech, “Israel” received…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Offered To Act Against Paper’s Competition in Exchange for Good Press
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under police investigation for suspected corruption, was caught on tape negotiating mutual benefits with an arch-foe, the owner of one of Israel’s largest- selling newspapers, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The report, which Israeli media outlets described as “an earthquake” that could have implications for Netanyahu’s political future, drew no immediate…
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News Israel’s Netanyahu Blows Off Illegal Cigar Charges
As Israeli police grill Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over gifts of cigars and champagne from billionaire friend Arnon Milchan, Netanyahu’s lawyer Yehuda Weinroth blew off the charges. “Any reasonable person knows that there is nothing remotely criminal involved when a close friend gives his friend a gift of cigars,” the attorney told the Times of…
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