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Breaking News Trump Says He Loves Israel, but Does Israel Love Him?
JERUSALEM – “I love the people in this room. I love Israel. I love Israel,” Donald Trump told a convention of pro-Israel lobbyists in Washington this week. But the feeling still isn’t quite mutual. At least not yet. In Israel, where distrust of Democratic President Barack Obama runs deep and conservative Benjamin Netanyahu is in…
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Breaking News AIPAC Apologizes for Donald Trump’s Attack on President Obama
WASHINGTON — In an emotional apology, the AIPAC leadership expressed regret to President Barack Obama for an attack on him from its stage by Donald Trump, and for the loud applause it earned. “While we may have policy differences, we deeply respect the office of the President of the United States and our President Barack…
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News WATCH: Donald Trump Vows Strong U.S. Ties With Israel, Wows AIPAC
(Editor’s Note: Donald Trump’s speech Monday night at the AIPAC Policy Conference begins at the 1:29:00 mark in the video.) WASHINGTON – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday vowed an unbreakable U.S. alliance with Israel if he is elected president in November, seeking to clear up confusion over his repeated pledges to remain neutral…
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Breaking News Trump Implies Israel Will Pay Back Military Assistance
Donald Trump seemed to imply Monday that Israel will pay back military assistance it has received from the U.S. After being asked about his past condemnations of countries who he said received defense aid from the U.S., he was asked during a press conference whether the same statement should apply to Israel. “I think Israel…
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Opinion Opposing Trump at AIPAC Is No Partisan Stance — It’s Jewish and All-American Patriotism
This evening, at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference, Donald Trump will take the stage, bringing with him messages of hate, intolerance and violence. I will not sit idly by. I refuse to sit, and in that refusal I am united with my fellow rabbis against the politics of hate and its implications….
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Breaking News READ: Letter From Orthodox Rabbis Urges Donald Trump To Repudiate Racism
Forty modern Orthodox rabbis in an open letter called on Donald Trump to repudiate racism during his speech to the AIPAC policy conference. The rabbis from throughout the United States, who said in the letter posted online Friday that they “care deeply not only about America’s relationship with Israel, but the values and character of…
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Breaking News Hillary Clinton Slams Donald Trump’s Israel Policy As ‘Dangerously Wrong’
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton derided Donald Trump as a feckless negotiator and told AIPAC that “walking away” from the Middle East was not an option for the United States, a broadside against the Republican front-runner that signaled her general election strategy. “We need steady hands, not a president who says he is neutral on…
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Breaking News VIDEO: Joe Biden at AIPAC Scolds Israel for Expanding Settlements
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden called on Israel’s government on Sunday to demonstrate its commitment to a two-state solution to end the conflict with the Palestinians and said settlement expansion is weakening prospects for peace. “Israel’s government’s steady and systematic process of expanding settlements, legalizing outposts, seizing land, is eroding in my view the…
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