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Israel News Denis McDonough, Choice for Chief of Staff, Raised Hackles on Israel
With Jack Lew’s departing the White House in favor of the top cabinet post of Treasury Secretary, President Obama announced Friday that Denis McDonough will fill in his position as White House chief of staff. McDonough will be Obama’s fourth chief of staff. Two of his predecessors were Jewish: Rahm Emanuel, who is now mayor…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Unite To Foil Centrists Joining Coalition
Israeli Ultra-Orthodox parties said on Friday they would band together to fight for inclusion in any coalition government forged by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his rightist Likud party’s narrow win in a Jan. 22 parliamentary election. The move stands to complicate an already formidable process facing Netanyahu of blending two vastly different sectors of…
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News Why Israeli Vote Predictions Were Wrong, 103-Year Sentence
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward opinion editor Gal Beckerman to discuss why all the predictions for a big win by Benjamin Netanyahu were wrong. Then, staff writer Paul Berger looks at the case of ultra-Orthodox counselor Nechemya Weberman who was sentenced to 103 years in prison after…
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Fast Forward At Senate Hearing, Kerry Says Peace Talks Are Priority
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) emphasized a return to Israeli-Palestinian talks and keeping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon at Senate hearings expected to result in his confirmation as secretary of state. Reports that President Obama was giving up on Middle East peace-making were “overblown,” Kerry said Thursday. Referring to this week’s Israeli election, which saw…
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Fast Forward IAEA To Israel: Iran Nuclear Issue Must Be Resolved Peacefully
The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief has underlined to Israel’s president the need to resolve differences with Iran diplomatically, Yukiya Amano’s office said on Friday, rather than war as Israeli leaders have mooted. Israel, widely believed to be the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East, has threatened possible military action if diplomacy and sanctions fail…
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Opinion Israel’s Supposed Lurch to Right Was Just a Myth
For a few years now I’ve been carping at the widening gap between perception and reality among both critics and supporters of Israel in the United States. Now that I’ve arrived in Washington for a prolonged stay (a new job, but please don’t call it yerida), I’m just starting to see how deep the rabbit…
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Fast Forward Secretary of State Pick John Kerry Talks Tough on Iran and Economy in Senate
John Kerry urged Congress to fix the U.S. economy to ensure the country’s role as a world leader and pledged to keep pressure on Iran at a Senate hearing on Thursday that left little doubt he will win easy confirmation as secretary of state. The five-term U.S. senator and Vietnam War veteran said the “first…
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Fast Forward Push for Israeli Centrist Coalition Gains Steam as Lapid and Netanyahu Meet
Israel’s next government must heed voters and devote itself to bread-and-butter issues, not thorny foreign policy problems such as Iran’s nuclear plans and the Palestinian conflict, senior politicians said on Thursday. Israelis worried about housing, prices and taxes have reshaped parliament, forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to woo their centrist champion as his main coalition…
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