Tag Archives: Benjamin Netanyahu

“After weeks of confused answers, Trump admin breaks from decades of U.S. policy to back Israel”

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

FREE BEACON Trump Admin Declares Jerusalem Part of Israel in Major Policy Shift by Adam Kredo May 22, 2017 The Trump administration declared the president is in “Jerusalem, Israel,” on Monday for a series of meetings with Israeli officials, a … Continue reading →

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Bibi: Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem “would not harm the peace process” and, “on the contrary, would advance it by correcting a historic injustice”

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

NEW YORK SUN Tillerson on Jerusalem Editorial May 14, 2017 It is discouraging that at this stage of the game Secretary of State Tillerson is equivocating in respect of whether to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. It … Continue reading →

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What does it even mean if Abbas “makes a deal” with Israel?

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

JERUSALEM POST ‘Abbas has decided to sign peace deal with Israel’ by Yaakov Katz May 12, 2017 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has crossed the Rubicon and voiced “unprecedented” readiness to reach a peace deal with Israel, sources close to … Continue reading →

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“In bitter Holocaust Remembrance Day speech citing new UN documents, Netanyahu castigates global indifference 75 years ago, says it persists today” [VIDEO]

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

JTA Allies could have saved 4 million Jews, Netanyahu says at Holocaust remembrance ceremony April 23, 2017 Israel opened its Holocaust Remembrance Day with a ceremony during which six Israeli Holocaust survivors lit torches in memory of the six million Jews … Continue reading →

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“That convergence of concern between Israel, the Sunni Arab states and Trump administration creates the possibility for real coordination and cooperation between Israel and the Arab world”

Posted on April 21, 2017 by

PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL Israel develops new ties with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states by Linda Gradstein April 19, 2017 Israel and Saudi Arabia have no diplomatic relations. And yet, recently, Saudi officials have been willing to meet Israeli officials … Continue reading →

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Yair Lapid, perhaps Israel’s next PM, on Palestinian peace process timing: “15-20 years, the main element of which is security arrangements” [VIDEO]

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

JNS Stop denying the Israeli consensus on the Palestinians by Jonathan S. Tobin March 30, 2017 Yair Lapid is the current favorite to become prime minister the next time the Israeli people go to the polls to elect a new … Continue reading →

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“Former diplomat Itamar Rabinovich paints a dark ‘j’accuse’ against the Israeli right, leading up to and following Rabin assassination”

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

TIMES OF ISRAEL Netanyahu lambasted for incitement in insider’s Rabin biography by JP O’Malley March 19, 2017 …In 1976, Rabinovich recalls, Rabin had expressed his contempt for the hardcore settlers political movement. In an off-the-record interview, he called it a … Continue reading →

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