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Fast Forward Jimmy Carter Snubbed by Israeli Leaders on Upcoming Trip
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected invitations to meet with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. The invitations reportedly were declined after consulting with the Foreign Ministry and the National Security Council, Haaretz reported Monday. Carter, who reportedly will visit Israel in the coming weeks, has planned meetings with Israeli and Palestinian…
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Opinion On Iran, a Divide That Goes Beyond Bibi and Obama
In the mid-1990s, pundits noticed an incipient breakdown in the known world order. For centuries international affairs consisted of relationships among nation-states, in an arrangement dating back to the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Now, suddenly, it wasn’t working. The primary culprit was the rise of so-called nonstate actors — transnational entities capable of defying…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Asks for More Time To Break Coalition Logjam
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Reuven Rivlin to request an extension in forming a ruling government coalition. The two leaders are scheduled to meet on Monday at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, the President’s Office said in a statement issued Sunday afternoon. Under Israeli law, the head of the party who…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Schumer and Bibi Make Time 100 List
Ruth Bader, Diane von Furstenberg, Benjamin Netanyahu and Jill Soloway What do Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jill Soloway and Ina Garten have in common? They’re all in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list. And they’re all Jewish. The tribe made quite a showing this year, with 16 spots in various categories. Our favorite…
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Opinion Divergent Views of the Holocaust Form Root of Tension With Israel
Once upon a time, decades before the embittered encounters of Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu, an Israeli prime minister decided to publicly humiliate an American president whom he deemed disloyal. The men in question were Menachem Begin and Ronald Reagan, and the immediate cause of their confrontation in 1981 was Israel’s annexation of the Golan…
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Fast Forward Israel Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day With Sirens and Tears
Survivors of the Holocaust “have guided the entire nation,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said during Israel’s national Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony. “Today, 70 years after the liberation of the death camps, we stand before you, and we swear an oath and promise, ‘All of us, each and every one of us, have a number tattooed…
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Opinion Jews Souring on Obama — Bad News for Hillary?
In what could be a warning signal for Hillary Clinton, President Obama’s approval advantage among American Jews dipped during the first quarter of 2015 to its lowest point since he took office in 2009, according to a Gallup poll published today. Obama’s approval rating among Jews averaged 54% over the first three months of the…
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Fast Forward Will Iran Deal Spur Push for Israel Unity Government?
(Reuters) — Concerns over Iran’s nuclear negotiations and the need to repair relations with the White House may push Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek to form a national unity government with his center-left rivals. Political analysts pointed on Monday to a new position paper from the main challenger that Netanyahu beat in last…
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