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Fast Forward EXPLAINED: 5 Reasons Israel Is Alarmed By Trump’s Leak Of Its Intel To Russia
Israeli intelligence officials did not mince words in describing the negative repercussions of President Donald Trump’s sharing secret information provided by Israel with the Russians. The Israelis’ “worst fears [were] confirmed,” an Israel intelligence source told BuzzFeed. Here’s why revealing the details provided by Israel to the U.S. is so disturbing to Israelis. 1. Compromising…
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Fast Forward Ukraine’s Jewish Prime Minister Meets With Netanyahu In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of Ukraine met with Israeli officials, including his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, after an earlier visit was canceled over Ukraine’s support of a United Nations resolution condemning settlements. Groysman, his nation’s first Jewish prime minister, met Monday with Netanyahu in Jerusalem. They are the only Jewish prime ministers in the…
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Fast Forward White House: Our Staffer’s Claim That Western Wall Isn’t In Israel Was Wrong
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Reported remarks by a Trump administration official rejecting Israel’s claim to the Western Wall were “unauthorized” and do not represent the position of President Donald Trump, the White House said. “The comments about the Western Wall were not authorized communication and they do not represent the position of the United States and…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Denies Claim That He Told Trump Not To Move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu’s office responded to a tweet by a Fox News correspondent which asserted that the Israeli prime minister asked President Donald Trump not to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. “The claims posted by a Fox News correspondent are false,” read the statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, which then went on…
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Israel News Shouting Match Erupts After Trump Official Says Western Wall Is ‘Not Your Territory’
Planning for President Trump’s upcoming trip to Israel descended into chaos Monday when a U.S. official reportedly told Israeli counterparts that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could not accompany the president on his visit to the Western Wall. The American official suggested that the holy site is “not your territory. It’s part of the West Bank,”…
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Fast Forward Adelsons Face Police Questions In Netanyahu Corruption Case
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Billionaire and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson and his wife will testify in Israel in a corruption investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s Channel 2 news first reported Sunday evening that the Adelsons will testify next week during their visit to Israel. The couple is arriving in Israel ahead of the visit of…
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Fast Forward With Two Hours Notice, Israel’s Old Newscast Goes Dark
Israel’s oldest news show was yanked off the air on Tuesday after journalists were given just two hours notice that the government was shutting down Channel 1’s nightly news broadcast. In a teary goodbye, anchor Geula Even announced the ending of the show which had run for 49 years. She was joined In her send-off…
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Fast Forward Did Right Wingers Ruin Ron Lauder’s Dinner With Mahmoud Abbas?
Ron Lauder, cosmetics heir and president of the World Jewish Congress, prepped Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his meeting with President Trump last week, a move that irked right-wingers and may have even led them to ruin the leaders’ dinner plans, according to a report in Israel’s Maariv newspaper. The report said that Lauder’s office…
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