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Fast Forward White House Denies Inviting Bibi for Talks After Iran Deadline
An Israeli newspaper said President Barack Obama has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks in Washington next month after a deadline for reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran. But the White House denied the report. A spokesman for Netanyahu’s office had no immediate official comment on the report. Officials speaking on condition of…
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Fast Forward How Bibi Alienated All His Jewish Allies at the White House
(JTA) — When David Axelrod, then a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, first learned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly had referred to him and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel as “self-hating Jews,” he remembers feeling stung. “For people to suggest that I would be anti-Israel or worse, anti-Semitic – it…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Says Bibi’s Hard Line Leaves Scant Hope for Peace
President Barack Obama said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline stance against a Palestinian state meant Israel had lost international credibility as a potential peacemaker. Obama also suggested that continued U.S. diplomatic defense for Israel at the United Nations over the Palestine dispute may be reviewed, while reaffirming U.S. support for Israeli security in a…
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News Barack Obama Says Israel Criticism Is Tough Love
Standing on the bimah and donning a white kippah on his head, Barack Obama passed his first synagogue appearance as president with flying colors. Obama chose a complex and subtle message for his Jewish American Heritage Month address at Adas Israel congregation, Washington’s prime Conservative synagogue, where many of the city’s Jewish government official, high…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Says Criticism of Israel Comes WIth Job
Open disagreement with Israel on some of its policies is a necessary component of the U.S. defense of Israel in the international community, President Barack Obama said. Obama, in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg posted Thursday on The Atlantic’s website, singled out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Election Day appeal in March to his followers…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu Still Feud — With Little Hope for Improvement
Obama administration officials have long contended that the friction between the U.S. president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not personal and that American support for Israel remains as robust as ever — and arguably even more robust by some metrics. But a year of tense and angry exchanges between President Barack Obama and…
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Fast Forward President Obama Lauds New Government — Presses for 2-State Solution
President Barack Obama in his message congratulating Benjamin Netanyahu on forming a new Israeli government emphasized the “importance” of a two-state solution. “President Obama looks forward to working with Prime Minister Netanyahu and his new government,” the statement released Thursday said. “As the president has emphasized, the United States places great importance on our close…
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Fast Forward Israeli Singer Calls for Death of President Obama in Song
The popular Israeli singer Amir Benayoun released a song that wishes for the death of President Barack Obama, whom he refers to as a “treacherous creature.” Benayoun, who previously has been accused of racism and incitement, posted the song Monday on Facebook. He deleted it after receiving negative feedback on his page. “I was glad…
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