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Opinion Israel is in a moment of crisis. Why was the speech its president gave to Congress so out of touch?
Isaac Herzog did not mention the massive protests roiling Israel until the very, very end of his 49-minute speech
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders boycotted President Herzog’s speech to protest Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians
Sanders joined five members of the 'Squad' who skipped the speech to mark the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Israel alliance
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Fast Forward Biden’s message to Netanyahu: Stop now or the damage to Israel and U.S. relations won’t be repaired
Biden told Thomas Friedman, The New York Times columnist, that he has wishes for Israel's leaders to find a 'broad consensus' before moving forward with the judicial overhaul
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Fast Forward Herzog: Israel should take Biden’s concerns about judicial overhaul into consideration
Herzog’s advice was unusual in a foreign leader insisting that the United States had a role to play in a matter of internal debate
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Fast Forward Netanyahu ousts Likud party activist for telling protesters he wishes ‘another 6 million would burn’
His comments, which were condemned by a wide range of senior Likud politicians, were a crude allusion to a perceived ethnic split in Israel between supporters and opponents of the judicial overhaul
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News Abe Foxman: Biden should stop snubbing Netanyahu
Foxman, former longtime head of the Anti-Defamation League, said he’s worried the US-Israeli relationship is off-kilter
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Fast Forward As protests rage across Israel, Diaspora minister accuses Biden of colluding with Israeli opposition and ‘inflaming’ unrest
'President Biden’s statements are scheduled with Lapid and Ehud Barak,' Amichai Chikli said
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Fast Forward Israeli government revives judicial overhaul push by advancing a bill to limit Supreme Court’s power
Protest organizers say Tuesday’s demonstrations against the judicial overhaul will be far bigger than those of recent days
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