Jeffrey Heller
By Jeffrey Heller
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Israel News Netanyahu Fighting For Survival As Votes Continue To Be Counted
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in a battle for political survival after exit polls following Tuesday’s election showed the race too close to call and the Israeli leader’s decade-long grip on power weakened. Netanyahu’s main election challenger, centrist party chief Benny Gantz, said on Wednesday it appeared from the exit polls that…
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem Slams Netanyahu For Polish Holocaust ‘Deceptions’
Israel’s main Holocaust memorial criticized as historically inaccurate on Thursday a joint statement by the Israeli and Polish prime ministers aimed at ending a dispute over Holocaust legislation in Poland. The Jerusalem-based center, Yad Vashem, challenged in particular the validity of the leaders’ assertion that the Polish underground and government-in-exile in World War Two came…
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Fast Forward Kushner Insists ‘Very Committed’ To Peace As Israel Talks Begin
President Trump remains “very committed” to achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace, his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of talks on Thursday. But there was little to suggest any breakthrough or significant progress towards ending a decades-old conflict is imminent as Kushner began a day of separate meetings…
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Breaking News Netanyahu To Meet Putin Amid Worries Over Iran Foothold In Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to voice opposition to what the Israeli leader charged were Iran’s attempts to establish a permanent military foothold in Syria. “In the framework of a (future peace agreement) or without one, Iran is attempting to base itself permanently in…
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Breaking News Israeli Soldier Appeals Sentence For Killing Helpless Palestinian
An Israeli soldier who was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for killing a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant appealed on Wednesday against a manslaughter conviction that could have sent him for jail for a maximum 20-year term. Three of Elor Azaria’s defense attorneys said after the appeal was announced that they were quitting. In a…
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Breaking News Is Queen Of Israel’s Far RIght Seeking To Pack The Supreme Court?
Three conservative new members have been named to Israel’s Supreme Court as part of what the ultranationalist justice minister said on Thursday was her push for a bench more representative of far right-wing Israelis. The 15-member court, widely seen as a liberal bastion, has drawn criticism from the minister, Ayelet Shaked, and other politicians on…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Praises Trump For ‘Strong Stand’ Against Anti-Semitism
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Donald Trump on Wednesday for publicly condemning anti-Semitic acts after bomb threats to Jewish community centers and vandalism in a Jewish cemetery. “It’s very important that President Trump took a strong stand against anti-Semitism and it’s important that we all continue to do so in the years ahead,”…
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Breaking News Israel’s Far Right Cheers Trump For Dumping Palestinian State
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right political allies hailed on Thursday a shift in U.S. support for a Palestinian state and shrugged off a call by President Donald Trump to curb Israeli settlements on occupied land. In his first face-to-face meeting with Netanyahu as president, Trump on Wednesday dropped a U.S. commitment to a two-state solution…
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