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Fast Forward ISIS Brands Barack Obama ‘Mule of the Jews’
The jihadist group ISIS called on its followers to attack U.S. citizens and said President Obama was a “mule of the Jews.” ISIS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani issued a statement that said the coalition led by the United States against ISIS was the “final campaign of the crusaders.” “It will be broken and defeated, just…
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The Schmooze Sam Kass and Alex Wagner Tie Knot
Getty Images Sam Kass – the Obama family’s personal chef and President Barack Obama’s senior policy advisor – is a lucky man. When he gets married on Saturday to Alex Wagner, host of MSNBC’s “Now With Alex Wagner,” he will have some special guests: the president and the first lady. Kass is a longtime friend…
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Fast Forward U.S. Military Sent Israel Weapons Without White House Approval, Report States
Israel reportedly secured weapons shipments directly from the United States military without the Obama administration approving the deal. On July 20, days after Israel began its ground invasion in Gaza, Israel requested and received a shipment of munitions from the Pentagon, according to the Wall Street Journal. While Defense Department officials say both sides followed…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Says ‘Hard To See’ Benjamin Netanyahu Making Tough Peace Compromises
President Barack Obama suggested in a groundbreaking new interview that Benjamin Netanyahu may lack the political courage to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians. Interviewed by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, Obama said Israel doesn’t face questions about its survival but rather about how it can maintain its democratic and civic traditions,…
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Opinion 7 Ways for Bibi and Barack To Move Ahead
Getty Images (JTA) — President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are not the best of friends – that seems pretty clear by now. But following reports during the Gaza conflict of cut-off phone calls, tough talk of “demands” and eavesdropping, it may be time for them to figure out a way back to…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Calls for Gaza Truce — Backs John Kerry Push
President Barack Obama on Friday called on Hamas and Palestinian factions to release a captured Israeli soldier as a precondition for resolving tensions between Israel and Palestinians and said efforts would be made to re-establish a ceasefire that has collapsed. “If they are serious about trying to resolve this situation, that soldier needs to be…
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Fast Forward Did Barack Obama Have ‘Harsh’ Phone Chat With Benjamin Netanyahu Over Gaza?
U.S. and Israeli officials sharply denied an account of a tense conversation between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The conversation described Tuesday night on Israel’s Channel One TV allegedly was the one Obama and Netanyahu had on Sunday evening, in which the White House had said in a statement that Obama had…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Defends Israel Flight Ban as ‘Safety’ Measure
President Obama said the Federal Aviation Administration ban on Israeli flights was based purely on safety considerations. “The initial ban that was imposed by the FAA was based on Israel needing to show us that in fact it was safe for commercial airlines to fly in,” Obama said Thursday in an interview with CNBC. “They…
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