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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Receives Support To Form Next Government
Benjamin Netanyahu has received a slim majority of 61 Knesset members supporting his right to form the next government, Israel’s 34th. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday continued the process of consulting with representatives of each party elected to serve in the 20th Knesset. On Sunday, Netanyahu had received 51 mandates in support of his…
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Fast Forward United States Will Not Take Floor At U.N. Rights Debate on Israel, Palestinians
The United States will not take the floor at the main U.N. human rights forum on Monday during the annual debate on violations committed in the Palestinian territories, a U.S. spokesman told Reuters. The move at the 47-member state forum where Washington unfailingly defends Israel, follows signals that the Obama administration is undertaking a “reassessment”…
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Israel News Netanyahu’s Reelection Pushes J Street to the Left
Emboldened by President Obama’s public rebuke of Israel’s recently re-elected leader Benjamin Netanyahu, the dovish lobby J Street is stepping up its criticism of the prime minister and, at the same time, highlighting the differences between its views and those of mainstream Jewish community organizations. The 3,000 activists gathered in Washington over the weekend for…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Allies Blame White House Criticism on Misunderstanding
Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies acknowledged on Sunday that his election-eve disavowal of a Palestinian state had caused a rift with the White House, but blamed U.S. President Barack Obama’s unprecedented criticism on a misunderstanding. In the United States, where relations with Netanyahu have become a partisan issue after generations in which support for Israel was a…
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Fast Forward McCain: U.S. Should Rethink U.N. Funding If Palestinian Resolution Approved
The U.S. Congress should reconsider funding for the United Nations if the Security Council approves a resolution on Palestinian statehood, Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday. McCain, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” show, said President Barack Obama should not even be considering such a resolution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
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Fast Forward U.N. Commission On Women Singles Out Israel for Condemnation
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women approved a resolution blaming “the Israeli occupation” for the lack of advancement of Palestinian women in their society. The vote taken Friday, on the last day of the commission’s two-week meeting, was one of four draft resolutions acted on by the commission, and the only to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Dems Demand Apology from Iowa’s King for Questioning Their Faith
Jewish Democrats demanded an apology from Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) for saying many American Jews are “Democrats first and Jews second.” King, a conservative Republican who is important to Republican viers for the presidential nomination in part because of his influence in Iowa, the first caucus state, was asked Friday by Boston Herald Radio about…
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Fast Forward E.U. May Sanction Israel Over Settlements, Says Leaked Report
Sanctions may be imposed on Israel for its increased settlement in the eastern part of Jerusalem, a leaked European Union report warns. The report, as described by the Guardian on Friday, blames Israeli settlement in eastern Jerusalem for a “vicious cycle of violence … increasingly threatening the viability of the two-state solution.” It said Jerusalem…
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