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Fast Forward ‘The Golden Girls’ joked about ‘giving the Palestinians Greenland’ — 4 decades before Trump’s gambits
“With the proper clothes, they’ll be fine,” Betty White’s character joked on the episode “Empty Nests"
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Opinion Yes, Trump’s Gaza plan is outrageous. It could also be just what the Middle East needs
After a century of Palestinian leaders rejecting a two-state-solution, Trump’s proposal could be a wakeup call that peace is the only solution
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BINTEL BRIEF May a Jewish nonprofit talk about something besides Israel and antisemitism?
Bintel says you owe it to those who care about your mission to try
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Fast Forward Netanyahu endorses voluntary migration of Gaza Palestinians: ‘A remarkable idea’
His comments came as the White House walked back Trump’s pledge to ‘take over’ Gaza
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Culture SNL has been joking about Israel for 50 years
Saturday Night Live’s first episode featured a short fake news reel by Albert Brooks that had Israel and Georgia switch places
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Fast Forward Trump: ‘The US will take over the Gaza Strip’
“We’ll own it, and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings,” he said
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Fast Forward ‘Israel is Ready’ for Saudi peace, blare billboards in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and DC
The signs appeared as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump
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Fast Forward Netanyahu heads to Washington for what Trump says are ‘very big meetings’
The future of the Gaza war ceasefire — and possibly Netanyahu’s coalition — potentially hangs in the balance
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