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Opinion Is It Even Possible to Vote Against Israeli Occupation?
Getty Images In the latest news to come out of this already-strange Israeli election, the Jewish Press stated on Sunday that the ballots for the upcoming election will be printed in Karnei Shomron by Yisrapot, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank considered illegal under international law. The pro-settler writer at that publication claimed that…
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Israel News Can Israel’s New Arab List Make History?
At 6 p.m. on a Saturday in mid February — while Jewish Israel was just powering back on after the Sabbath — about 2,000 Arab Israelis gathered in a ballroom in Nazareth’s industrial zone. The occasion was the campaign kickoff of a unified bloc of Arab political factions running together on one list for the…
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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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