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Community Why Netanyahu’s Australia Visit Is Troubling — And Three Questions We Must Ask While He’s Here
A version of this article originally appeared on Plus61J, an Australian-Jewish publication. For years the Australian Jewish community, and the growing community of Israeli expats, have eagerly anticipated a visit by an Israeli prime minister or president. No Israeli Prime Minister has yet visited Australia and the last visit by an Israeli president was Moshe…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Dodges Question About Two-State Solution As He Departs For Trump Meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sidestepped a question on whether he still supports the creation of a Palestinian state as he left for the United States on Monday on his first visit since President Donald Trump took office. Netanyahu has never publicly abandoned his conditional backing for Palestinian statehood, which he first stated in 2009,…
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Fast Forward Israel’s President Backs One-State Solution — With Equal Rights for Palestinians
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said Palestinians should be granted Israeli citizenship should Israel annex the West Bank. Speaking at the pro-settlement B’Sheva Jerusalem Conference on Monday, Rivlin said that “Zion is entirely ours,” including the territory where Palestinians hope to build a state, according to the Times of Israel. Rivlin warned against a piecemeal annexation…
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Opinion Despite the Smiles, Trump And Bibi May Be Headed For A Clash
A shroud of uncertainty hangs over Wednesday’s meeting when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Donald Trump as president for the first time. And uncertainty is no friend of the fraught American-Israeli relationship, no matter how many Israelis cheered Trump’s election as the coming of the Messiah. To begin with, both men drag a suitcase…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Vows To Push ‘Responsible Policies’ in Meeting With Trump
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would present “responsible policies” in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, signaling to the Israeli far-right to curb its territorial demands in the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu leaves for Washington on Monday and will see Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first meeting since…
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Opinion Netanyahu To Liberal American Jews: Drop Dead
The breach between American Jews and the State of Israel is a major preoccupation of the Jewish chattering classes, although the actual data about this question is less clear. A 2016 Pew study found “a solid majority” of Jewish Americans “say they are either ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ attached to Israel and that caring about Israel…
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Fast Forward 4 Things That Could Go Right When Netanyahu Meets Trump — or Very Wrong
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Benjamin Netanyahu is going to stride in through the White House front door. Donald Trump is not going to grimace while Netanyahu lectures. The talk in Washington this week, at least in Israel-obsessive circles, is about how the Bibi-Donald bromance, taking center stage Feb. 15 at a White House summit, is going…
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Fast Forward Israel Targeted in Suit That Invokes Law Created To Help 9/11 Victims
A U.S. law passed to help families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia is now being used against Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, according to a report in Politico. American attorney Martin F. McMahon filed suit on February 1 against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pro-settlement charities linked to Donald Trump’s Israel envoy…
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