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Culture Fear, Trembling and Madness After Bibi’s Re-Election
I’m in Tel Aviv. I love Tel Aviv. Who doesn’t? I’m in a boutique hotel on Gordon Street, facing the Gordon Beach, and I’m ready for breakfast. “What would you like to order?” asks the waiter. I like the waiters at this hotel. They are young and handsome, they look intellectual, and all of them…
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Breaking News Marco Rubio, Israel Hawk, Enters 2016 Republican Race for White House
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a hawk on pro-Israel issues, declared his bid for the Republican presidential candidacy. Rubio, 43, spoke Monday with donors, according to various media reports, and said his campaign would emphasize his biography: The child of refugees from the Cuban dictatorship who made good in America. He was due to make a…
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Breaking News 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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Breaking News Will Miliband Family Feud Hurt British Candidate?
(Reuters) — Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives accused opposition Labor Party leader Ed Miliband on Thursday of preparing to stab Britain in the back by scrapping its nuclear deterrent in a deal with Scottish nationalists to win power after a May 7 election. Conservative Defense Secretary Michael Fallon made the allegation, forcefully rejected by Miliband,…
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Breaking News Israel Split Evenly on Bibi Arab ‘Droves’ Remark
Israel dismissed celebration of a nuclear framework deal between major powers and Iran on Thursday, calling it detached from reality, and vowed to continue lobbying to prevent a “bad” final agreement. Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said in a statement after the announcements in Switzerland: “The smiles in Lausanne are detached from wretched reality in…
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Breaking News 79 Democrats Urge President Obama To Keep Pushing for Two-State Solution
Seventy-nine Democratic members of Congress told President Barack Obama that he should “persevere” in his efforts for a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a letter sent to Obama on Tuesday, the lawmakers wrote that they were concerned with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-election comments “dismissing the possibility of a two-state solution” and appreciated…
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Opinion Between Obama and Netanyahu, It’s Personal
So the tension between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu isn’t personal. That’s what the president said during his March 24 press briefing. Those of us who favor close U.S.-Israeli relations can breathe a sign of relief. Or start seriously worrying, depending on your viewpoint. On one hand, if it’s not personal then we needn’t…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu ‘Regrets’ Offending Israel’s Arabs With ‘Racist’ Comment
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he regretted offending Israel’s Arabs during a rallying call on election day last week that his critics had denounced as racist. In a video clip posted on his Facebook page, Netanyahu told representatives of Israel’s Arab community: “I know that the things I said a few days…
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