Tag Archives: Benjamin Netanyahu

“Netanyahu holds emergency meeting with AIPAC officials, who called the [Wall and conversion] decisions “damaging” to relations between Israel and U.S. Jewry”

ISRAEL HAYOM AIPAC considers congressional letter over Western Wall crisis by Shlomo Cesana and Yori Yalon June 30, 2017 …At the meeting, the AIPAC officials reportedly expressed their discontent with Netanyahu’s moves and said that they were undermining the values … Continue reading

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“Decision to suspend the plan prompted warnings that it may spark a crisis with Diaspora Jews, especially in the US” [VIDEO]

ISRAEL HAYOM Decision to nix Western Wall compromise riles Diaspora by Shlomo Cesana, Mati Tuchfeld, Yehuda Shlezinger, Yori Yalon and Staff June 26, 2017 The government on Sunday shelved a long-overdue plan to open a mixed-gender prayer area at the Western … Continue reading

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“Trump has given Netanyahu support as he has walked away from the failed policy paradigm of the Obama years”

REAL CLEAR POLITICS Burying Obama’s Legacy by Caroline Glick June 16, 2017 It may very well be that this week was the week that Israel and the US put to rest former president Barack Obama’s policies and positions on Israel … Continue reading

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Israel Channel 2: Trump screamed at Abbas

TIMES OF ISRAEL Trump yelled at Abbas: ‘You tricked me in DC,’ Israeli TV reports by Staff May 28, 2017 On the surface, US President Donald Trump’s relations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have been surprisingly warm, but that … Continue reading

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Trump repeating old mistakes: “The two-state model has failed repeatedly and consistently for nearly a hundred years”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu’s Challenge with Trump by Caroline B. Glick May 25, 2017 …Tillerson went on to explain why Trump is so keen to make a deal. “We solve the Israeli-Palestinian peace dilemma, we start solving a lot of the … Continue reading

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

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”

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?

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]

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”

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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