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Opinion How Trump Pleased Bibi Netanyahu And David Duke Alike
What was noteworthy about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent summit with President Trump was that the leaders’ press conference had little to do with Israel. An Israeli reporter asked Trump the following question: “Mr. President, since your election campaign and even after your victory, we’ve seen a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the United…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Claims Alliance With America Has Become ‘Even Stronger’ With Trump
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The alliance between Israel and the United States has become “even stronger,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu made the remarks on Sunday during the regular weekly Cabinet meeting, his first meeting with government ministers since returning on Friday from meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and members of…
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Fast Forward Trump & Netanyahu: ‘No Daylight’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there would be “no daylight” between the United States and Israel and planned to set up a number of working groups in areas of bilateral security and economic interests. Like their joint news conference prior to the leaders meeting on Wednesday, the joint…
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Community The Latest Trend In Zionism? Anti-Semitism.
“The truth,” writes Bernard Henri-Levy in his recent book, The Genius of Judaism, “is that one can now be anti-Semitic only by being anti-Zionist; anti-Zionism is the required path for any anti-Semitism that wishes to expand its recruiting pool beyond those still nostalgic for the discredited brotherhoods.” Is that true, or has the ancient virus…
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Fast Forward Awkward Greetings As The Trumps and Netanyahus Meet
Yesterday’s White House greeting between the Trumps and the Netanyahus was rife with awkward moments between the two first couples. It started out with a stilted exchange between President Trump and First Lady Netanyahu and ended with Melania Trump’s hand on Sara’s Netanyahu’s behind. Trump cozied up to Netanyahu at Wednesday’s meeting between the world…
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News Right-Wing Writers Celebrate Trump Retreat On Two-State Solution
An off-the-cuff comment from President Trump on Israel has set off a flurry of cautious excitement from conservative commentators. During a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, Trump said he was “looking” at both one-state and two-state solutions. “I like the one that both parties like,” he added. “I can live…
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News Trump Dumps Two-State Solution — Or Was He Just Happy To See Bibi?
Did President Trump just toss decades of American policy on the Middle East in the trash — or was Donald just being the Donald? A seemingly off-the-cuff comment by the new president could mean the world for Israelis and Palestinians, or just represent an easy-breezy can-do approach to the conflict from a billionaire who prides…
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News 4 Ways Bibi’s Bromance With The Donald Could Hit The Skids
WASHINGTON (JTA) – One state! Flexibility! Two states! Hold back on settlements! Stop Iran! When President Donald Trump met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — What a press conference! But wait. In the Age of Trump, every post-event analysis requires a double take: Not so much “did he mean what he said?” – he appears to…
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