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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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Opinion Trump’s Meeting With Abbas: Should We Laugh Or Cry?
“Mr. President, with you, we have hope.” So said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his joint press conference at the White House on Wednesday. As with so much in the Donald Trump era, it’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry. Hope? Trump’s Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, believes West Bank Palestinians —…
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Opinion Is Trump Visiting Israel To Praise Bibi — Or To Bury Him?
When Donald Trump visits Israel later this month, as he reportedly will do, he faces much to potentially gain and little to lose. The reverse is true of his host, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. For Trump, it’s an opportunity to show some statesmanship and gravitas — qualities he’s not widely associated with — in…
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Community Is Netanyahu Careening Towards International Isolation?
Left-wing organizations like Breaking the Silence have been controversial in Israel practically since the beginning of their existence. But this past week, they once again became the center of our attention when Germany’s Foreign Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, scheduled meetings with the left-wing organization. This resulted in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presenting Gabriel with an ultimatum:…
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Opinion BDS: Netanyahu’s Favorite Boogeyman
Fifty years have passed since the Six-Day War in 1967 and the beginning of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. For those of us who support the two state solution, and who work toward an end to the occupation, this anniversary is an opportunity for reflection and renewed focus. Fifty years of occupation…
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Fast Forward Is Netanyahu Deleting Critical Facebook Comments?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Facebook page appears to have been scrubbed of critical comments over the last several months, even those written in polite language. A Haaretz review of Netanyahu’s Facebook profile, which counts more than 2 million followers, found that dozens of comments from both left and right wing critics of the Prime…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Snubs German Diplomat Over Talks With NGO’s
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled talks on Tuesday with Germany’s visiting foreign minister after he rejected the Israeli leader’s demand not to meet left-wing groups critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians under occupation. The dispute threatened to widen a rift between Israel and Germany over the Palestinian issue. Berlin has been increasingly critical of the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Threatens To Skip German Talks If FM Meets ‘Breaking The Silence’
(REUTERS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Monday to cancel a meeting with Germany’s foreign minister if he sits down with a left-wing rights group. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel was due to meet with “civil society” groups in Israel on Tuesday, a Berlin spokeswoman said. Israeli media said Gabriel would meet with…
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