Jeffrey Heller
By Jeffrey Heller
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Breaking News Israel President Reuven Rivlin Calls Anti-Arab Survey Results ‘Wake Up Call’
President Reuven Rivlin called the findings of the landmark Pew survey a “wake-up call for Israeli society.” The poll released on Tuesday by the Washington-based Pew Research Center, a non-partisan think tank, also found that many Israelis – Jews and Arabs – appeared to have lost hope for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict….
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Blames Snub of Obama on Presidential Campaign
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cancellation of a proposed meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama put more strain on their troubled ties on Tuesday just before a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden. The White House said on Monday it was “surprised” to learn first from Israeli media that Netanyahu had decided against…
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Breaking News Bibi Backs General in ‘Empty the Magazine’ Dispute Over Palestinian Violence
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s military chief on Sunday after the general was criticized for saying he would not want soldiers confronting a wave of Palestinian stabbings to “empty a magazine” into a girl wielding scissors. One member of Netanyahu’s right-wing cabinet said Lieutenant-General Gadi Eisenkot’s remarks last week could be misinterpreted by Israel’s…
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Breaking News Bibi Pushes Ahead With Bill Aimed at Human Rights Groups
A bill that opponents say targets Israeli human rights groups critical of Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians was set to win initial approval in parliament on Monday with the support of the country’s right-wing. Called a “transparency bill” by its sponsor, far-right Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, the legislation would require NGOs to give details of…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Open To Talks, Rejects French ‘Threat’ on Palestinian Statehood
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for a more “sober” approach towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in dismissing a French peace initiative as only encouraging Palestinians to shun compromise. The proposal on Friday by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius for an international peace conference was the latest sign of Western frustration over…
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Breaking News 2 Palestinians Shot Dead After Stabbing 2 Israeli Women
JERUSALEM — Two Palestinians were shot dead after stabbing two Israeli women on Monday in the West Bank, police said, in an emerging pattern of assaults inside Jewish settlements in the occupied territory. One of the women was in critical condition and the other sustained moderate wounds after the attack in Beit Horon, a settlement…
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Breaking News Ehud Olmert’s Bribery Sentence Cut to 18 Months
JERUSALEM — Israel’s top court slashed former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s prison sentence to 18 months from six years on Tuesday after overturning the main count in his 2014 bribery conviction. Olmert, 70, will begin serving his term on Feb. 15, according to live reports from the Jerusalem courtroom, making him the first former head…
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Breaking News Jewish Extremists Suspected in Tear Gas Attack on Palestinian Home
JERUSALEM — Tear gas grenades were thrown into a Palestinian home on Tuesday in what Israeli police believe was an attack by Jewish militants angered by the detention of comrades suspected of killing a Palestinian toddler and his parents in July. No one was hurt in the incident overnight in the village of Beitillu in…
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