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Fast Forward Netanyahus Accused of Improperly Wasting State Funds on Household
A report by Israel’s state auditor found on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had improperly used state funds for his family, firing up center-left opponents before a parliamentary election next month. The comptroller’s report, drawn up after complaints by members of parliament about spending by Netanyahu and his wife, found a series of infractions,…
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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 Barack Obama Defends Decision Not To Meet With Benjamin Netanyahu
President Barack Obama on Monday defended his decision not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his upcoming Washington visit as following basic protocol of not meeting with world leaders just weeks before an election. “We have a practice of not meeting with leaders right before their elections,” Obama said at a joint news…
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Fast Forward Israeli Candidates Stump for ‘Caviar Vote’ After Lieberman Party Corruption Scandal
(Reuters) — In this seaside city once ruled by the Greeks and Phoenicians but now largely populated by Russians, the talk in the caviar-stocked delis and jewelry stores is of upcoming elections and Israel’s powerful Russian vote. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, more than one million Russian speakers moved to…
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Israel News Is V15 a Conduit for American Funds to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Opponents?
“This is an organized campaign, funded by foreign actors and by not-for-profit organizations, and it is clearly against the law,” Likud Knesset member Ofir Akunis declared, holding up to the cameras a printout of a Facebook page. Akunis was speaking at a well-attended press conference in Tel Aviv. And he claimed his printout proved that…
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Fast Forward Mr. Tough Guy Image Boosts Benjamin Netanyahu With Israel Voters
(Reuters) — Israeli voters’ security concerns have boosted Benjamin Netanyahu’s popularity in the past month, helping him to skirt criticism of a widened rift with the White House as he aims for a fourth election success. With violence on the Lebanese border and worries about Iran’s nuclear program high on voters’ minds, the conservative leader’s…
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Opinion Should I Fly Home To Vote in Israeli Elections?
Illustration by Lior Zaltzman I was exactly 18 the first time I voted in the Israeli elections. I was a newly minted soldier, uniform all fresh and stiff, with the dent of the strap of my M16 on my shoulder, waiting in line at an army base. More than anything I was welling up, filled…
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Opinion Guide to Israeli Elections as Read by a MacBook
MacBook’s Dictation function / Apple So, while messing around with my MacBook Pro, I must have inadvertently hit the “fn” button twice, thus triggering the computer’s Dictation function. I’d never tried it before, so I spoke a few sentences into it. It’s actually astoundingly good at converting speech into text. In advance of the upcoming…
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