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Fast Forward Is Benjamin Netanyahu Speech to Congress ‘Propaganda’ for Israel Vote?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress can be broadcast in Israel without violating election propaganda laws, the country’s attorney general said. Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein made the ruling on Wednesday, when he rejected a petition filed by the left-wing Meretz Party with the Central Election Committee, which asked the committee to prevent media outlets…
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Fast Forward Top Senator Patrick Leahy Won’t Attend ‘Tawdry’ Speech by Benjamin Netanyahu
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) called Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech to Congress “tawdry” and said he would not attend, the most senior Democrat in the Senate to say he will stay away. “The unfortunate way that House leaders have unilaterally arranged this, and then heavily politicized it, has demolished the potential constructive value of this Joint…
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Opinion Who Speaks for the Jews?
Who speaks for the Jews? Knowing how diverse and sometimes fractious Jews can be, you’d think that would be a complicated question to answer. But Joe Scarborough, the conservative morning talk show host on MSNBC, seems to know with a certainty that eludes many Jews themselves. His answer: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He’s “basically…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Insists Congress Speech Is On
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fending off criticism at home and abroad, said on Tuesday he remained determined to speak before the U.S. Congress next month on Iran’s nuclear program. “I am going to the United States not because I seek a confrontation with the President, but because I must fulfill my obligation to speak…
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Opinion Why Benjamin Netanyahu Is Right on Speech to Congress
We may never know what really went down in the warped political zone inhabited by President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Weeks into the controversy surrounding the latter’s as-yet-uncanceled March 3 speech before Congress, the only thing really clear is that politicians acting in their electoral interests will spin…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Mulls Backing Down on Speech to Republican Congress
(Reuters) — Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned address to the U.S. Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furore the Iran-focused speech has provoked. Netanyahu is due to address a joint session of Congress about Iran’s nuclear program on March 3, just two…
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Israel News Benjamin Netanyahu Backers Insist He Technically Didn’t Snub Barack Obama Over Speech
Conservative supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu are now claiming President Obama was not blindsided by the controversial speech to Congress because the Israeli premier’s office only confirmed the event after the White House was informed. Right-wing backers of Netanyahu say the timing of the official announcement — highlighted by a correction in a New York Times…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Compares Congress Speech With Trip to Paris After Terror
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to make a controversial speech to Congress and compared the appearance to his journey to Paris after last month’s terror attacks against Jews. “I went to Paris not just as the prime minister of Israel but as a representative of the entire Jewish people,” Netanyahu said during a conference…
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