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Opinion Trump’s Israel tariffs are a BDS dream come true — can Netanyahu make him rethink them?
The most pro-Israel president in history? Um, maybe not.
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Fast Forward Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ includes 17% tariffs on Israeli imports, even as Israel cancels tariffs on US goods
The tariffs could increase prices on kosher food and Judaica
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News ‘Qatargate’ and the web of huge scandals rocking Israel, explained
Yesterday, the banner headline on one of Israel’s most-read papers blared, simply, “National Vertigo"
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Opinion In Qatargate fiasco, Netanyahu’s ‘witch hunt’ narrative takes cues from Trump
As Netanyahu decries an investigations into his aides, he’s risking regional diplomacy at a critical moment
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Fast Forward Israel announces new offensive to seize ‘broad territories’ of Gaza Strip
The offensive comes as Israel faces criticism after the United Nations said bodies of aid workers were found in a “mass grave"
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Fast Forward Yarden Bibas says ‘I am here because of Trump’ and pleads with him to stop the Gaza war
Bibas said his Hamas captors told him, ‘You’ll get a new wife, new kids. Better wife, better kids”
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News Israelis flock to Keith Siegel’s Pancake House for the former hostage’s signature hotcakes
All proceeds from the pop-up restaurant in Tel Aviv go to the Siegel family’s rehabilitation fund
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Fast Forward Stef Wertheimer, one of Israel’s richest men, dies at 98
The Israeli industrialist sold his metalworking company to Warren Buffett for $8 billion
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