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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Slams John Kerry Speech as ‘Skewed Against Israel’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Middle East speech on Wednesday was biased against Israel. In a statement in English issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu said: “Like the Security Council resolution that Secretary Kerry advanced in the U.N., his speech tonight was skewed against Israel.” The Israeli leader…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Makes Impassioned Plea To Keep Two-State Solution Alive
Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Wednesday that Israel’s building of settlements in occupied territory was endangering Middle East peace, expressing unusually frank frustration with the longtime American ally. In a swiftly issued statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Kerry of showing bias. He said Israel did not need to be lectured to…
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Community It’s More Important Than Ever to Support Israeli NGOs
Since the election of Donald Trump I have encountered long-time American donors to Israel who, alarmed by his discriminatory rhetoric and policy proposals, are redirecting some of their philanthropy to U.S. organizations that promote inclusion, diversity and equality. Executives and development officers of Israeli NGOs I talk to hear similar rumblings. We are concerned about…
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The Schmooze Sizzling Pictures of Israeli Women Soldiers Heat Up Instagram
For those looking to warm up during these cold winter months, look no further than the Hot Israeli Army Girls instagram. The account, which has amassed 55,200 followers, features ridiculously photogenic female IDF soldiers posing both in and out of their uniforms. Mostly it’s bikini shots galore, but there’s also groups shots of the women…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Tells Israel ‘Stay Strong’ in Tweetstorm — Slams Obama
(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump slammed President Barack Obama for treating Israel with “total disdain and disrespect,” referencing Obama’s decision not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement building. We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. They used to have a great friend in the…
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Fast Forward Did Joe Biden Urge Ukraine To Back UN Resolution on Israeli Settlements
JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to pressure him to support the United Nations Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements, a “highly placed” Israeli official told Tablet Magazine. “Did Biden put pressure on the Ukrainians? Categorically yes,” the source said, according to Tablet’s report Tuesday. “That Biden told them…
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Fast Forward Israel Bares 200,000 Documents in Yemeni Baby-Kidnapping Scandal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel inaugurated an online database of some 200,000 pages of declassified documents about the long-controversial “Yemenite children affair” in a ceremony in this city. By making the documents public Wednesday, the state hopes to end the controversy, which has persisted in Israel for decades. Since the 1950, more than 1,000 Israelis families have alleged their…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Will Lay Out ‘Comprehensive’ Two-State Vision for Mideast Peace — Israel Worried
Secretary of State John Kerry will lay out his vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a speech on Wednesday, days after the United States cleared the way for a U.N. resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements. The speech, less than a month before President Barack Obama leaves office, is expected to be the…
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