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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Israel Will Remain “Forever” In Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs
Israel will remain “forever” in Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hours after an Israeli man died of wounds sustained in an attack there. “I say to all those who would uproot us from the Tomb of the Patriarchs – except for a few years in the previous century, we have…
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Fast Forward Israel Government Won’t Pay Expenses for Netanyahu Dog
Israel won’t pay the expenses for the Netanyahu family dog. The Ministry of Finance rejected a query by the Prime Minister’s Office to have the state pay up for Kaia, the Israeli investigative television news program “Uvda,” or “Fact,” reported Monday night, saying the dog is a personal expense. Kaia, who is 10 years old,…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Says ‘No Comparison’ Between Jewish and Palestinian Terror
JERUSALEM — The group of right-wing extremists captured on a wedding video showing support for the suspected assailants in the deadly firebombing of a Palestinian family’s home “certainly does not represent religious Zionism,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. But at the beginning of Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu also drew a distinction between Jewish and…
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Fast Forward Spain Lifts War Criminal Designation From Bibi, 6 Other Top Israelis
Spanish judges responsible for international affairs canceled the registration of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a war crimes suspect, which they said was a jurisdictional error. The El Diario daily reported on the recent ruling by two judges of Spain’s National Court on Netanyahu and six other Israelis, whom a judge from the same…
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Fast Forward Amnesty Slams Russian Bombing for Syrian Civilian Deaths
A day after officials announced a deal between Russia and Israel to cooperate in the war on terror, Moscow was criticized for the civilian toll its bombing in Syria has caused. Russia’s bombing of Syria has killed many civilians and may amount to a war crime, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, presenting what it said…
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Fast Forward Putin, Netanyahu Agree in Call to Coordinate Efforts to Fight Terrorism
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed in a phone call on Tuesday to coordinate their two countries’ actions to fight terrorism in the Middle East, the Kremlin said in a statement. The two leaders discussed the Syrian crisis during their conversation. “Vladimir Putin stressed that there is no…
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Fast Forward Bibi Blames Palestinians for Lack of Peace Progress in Rebuke to John Kerry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Palestinians for the lack of progress toward peace in an apparent response to statements by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. “The time has come for the international community to understand that the reason there is no negotiation and no progress toward peace is not Israel’s fault but…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Slams Bibi for Criticizing His Muslim Plan
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said it was “inappropriate” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to condemn his plan to bar Muslims from entering the United States. “He modestly condemned them, and I thought it was sort of inappropriate that he condemned them, but that’s OK. He wanted to condemn them, that’s what he does….
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