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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Poised for 67-Seat Coalition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to lead a heavily right-leaning coalition government with control of 67 of parliament’s 120 seats, according to final election results released on Thursday. Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party won 30 seats, compared with 24 for his main rival, the center-left Zionist Union. It was a huge gain from the…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Vows To Talk Peace With Any Israeli Leader Who Backs 2-State Solution
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he will talk to any Israeli government that accepts a two-state solution as the basis for negotiations. “It doesn’t matter to us who the next prime minister of Israel is, what we expect from this government is to recognize the two-state solution,” Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said Wednesday…
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Fast Forward Israel Ex-Generals Challenge Bibi on Security
(JTA) — Against a soundtrack of dramatic music, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lists his government’s security accomplishments, declaring over the shouts of opposition lawmakers that his Likud Party has stopped terrorists, stood up to Iran and secured Israel’s borders. Released Wednesday, the video is the latest in a string of Likud campaign ads to hammer…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Insists He Gave ‘Practical Alternative’ on Iran
(Reuters) — Pushing back against President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he had presented a practical alternative in Washington to a “deeply flawed” nuclear accord being negotiated with Iran. Returning to Israel after addressing the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Netanyahu voiced satisfaction with the speech that Obama said had offered…
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News What’s Behind Bill de Blasio’s Concern For European Jews?
Bill de Blasio seems to be spending a lot of time worrying about Jews in Europe. The New York City mayor has visited two different Upper East Side synagogues in the past month to deliver addresses about attacks on French Jews. He went to Paris for less than 24 hours in January to lay wreaths…
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Fast Forward Netanyahus Accused of Improperly Wasting State Funds on Household
A report by Israel’s state auditor found on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had improperly used state funds for his family, firing up center-left opponents before a parliamentary election next month. The comptroller’s report, drawn up after complaints by members of parliament about spending by Netanyahu and his wife, found a series of infractions,…
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Opinion Who Speaks for the Jews?
Who speaks for the Jews? Knowing how diverse and sometimes fractious Jews can be, you’d think that would be a complicated question to answer. But Joe Scarborough, the conservative morning talk show host on MSNBC, seems to know with a certainty that eludes many Jews themselves. His answer: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He’s “basically…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Defends Decision Not To Meet With Benjamin Netanyahu
President Barack Obama on Monday defended his decision not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his upcoming Washington visit as following basic protocol of not meeting with world leaders just weeks before an election. “We have a practice of not meeting with leaders right before their elections,” Obama said at a joint news…
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