Jeffrey Heller
By Jeffrey Heller
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Set for First Meeting With President Obama Since Iran Flap
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet on Monday for the first time since the Israeli leader lost his battle against the Iran nuclear deal, with Washington seeking his re-commitment to a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Netanyahu, who infuriated the White House by urging Congress, in an address in March at the…
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Breaking News U.S. Hits Back at Israel Media Guru Over Anti-American Comments
The United States takes offense at comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new communications director accusing President Barack Obama of anti-Semitism and suggesting that Secretary of State John Kerry had the mental abilities of a 12-year-old, the State Department said on Thursday. It said Kerry had spoken to the Israeli leader on Thursday and…
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Breaking News ‘Excessive’ Force Criticism Irks Israelis Ahead of John Kerry Trip
State Department suggestions that Israel might be using excessive force to confront a wave of Palestinian stabbing attacks drew sharp criticism on Thursday from senior Israeli cabinet ministers. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon accused Washington of “misreading” the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and he said shooting knife-wielding Palestinians was self-defense. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan called the U.S….
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Breaking News Palestinians Kill 3 Israelis in ‘Day of Rage’ — Netanyahu Slams ‘Incitement’
Palestinian men armed with knives and a gun killed at least three people and wounded several others in a string of attacks in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv on Tuesday, police said, on a “Day of Rage” declared by Palestinian groups. With the worst unrest in years in Israel and the Palestinian territories showing no…
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Breaking News Israel Ministers Banned From Temple Mount in Bid To Calm Violence
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned Israeli cabinet ministers and legislators from visiting a sensitive Jerusalem holy site where rising tensions have spilled over into a wave of Palestinian attacks. In the latest incident, a Palestinian stabbed and wounded a Jewish seminary student on a main road in Jerusalem on Thursday and the assailant was…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Insists Americans Back Him on Iran Deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Thursday most Americans agreed with Israel over dangers posed by Iran, even as he lost a battle to persuade the U.S. Congress to reject Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers including Washington. In remarks at a Jewish New Year’s reception at the Foreign Ministry, Netanyahu made no direct mention…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Threatens Shoot-To-Kill Crackdown on Stone-Throwers
Israel is considering giving its security forces a freer hand to shoot at young Palestinian stone-throwers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday. Under standing orders, Israeli soldiers facing violent Palestinian protests can open fire with live bullets only in life-threatening situations. That effectively bans firing at Palestinians who flee after hurling a rock…
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Breaking News Israel Cuts Funds From Critical Palestinian Theater
Israel froze state funding on Tuesday for an Arab theater whose play about jailed Palestinians angered the right, fueling accusations that the government aims to suppress productions it deems pro-Palestinian. Culture Minister Miri Regev, who has threatened to divert money from institutions seeking to “hurt the state,” said that irregularities discovered in al-Midan theater’s finances…
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