Tag Archives: Benjamin Netanyahu

“Billionaire president of World Jewish Congress detained en route to Peres’s funeral”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Police question Jewsh leader Lauder as part of PM probe by Staff October 4, 2016 Police called in World Jewish Congress President Ron Lauder for questioning as part of an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday … Continue reading

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Bibi in NYC for UN, meets with Hillary and Donald on Sunday

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu to ask Clinton, Trump not to back imposing a diplomatic solution on Israel by Herb Keinon September 24, 2016 …Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet separately in New York on Sunday with both Democratic candidate … Continue reading

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Obama-Israel MOU: “You know the White House pressured them into writing that letter,” Graham said. “It is a level of antagonism against Israel that I can’t understand”

WASHINGTON POST Obama and Israel cut Congress out of the aid game by Josh Rogin September 15, 2016 As part of a 10-year U.S.-Israel security aid agreement, the Israeli government has signed a letter promising to give back any additional … Continue reading

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And this should encourage us to vote for Hillary Clinton ?

JEWISH NEWS SERVICE Dennis Ross: If Elected, Clinton Should Seek More Israeli Concessions by Rafael Medoff September 12, 2016 If Hillary Clinton is elected U.S. president, she should launch a behind the scenes initiative to bring about changes in Israel’s … Continue reading

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Extraordinarily good times in the relationship between Israel and Egypt

THE HILL The Israel-Egypt partnership deepens by Oren Kessler August 5, 2016 Egypt last week marked Revolution Day, the day commemorating the 1952 Free Officers’ revolt that toppled the playboy King Farouk. Next door in Israel, the Egyptian embassy threw … Continue reading

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Obama adminstration “accusing Israel of destroying prospects for peace when it is clear to everyone – including Obama’s own negotiators – that the only side unwilling to make peace is the Palestinians”

JERUSALEM POST Obama builds his legacy by Caroline Glick August 5, 2016 Why did the Obama administration decide to escalate its attacks against Israel last week? What was the purpose of the State Department’s shockingly hostile assault last Wednesday following … Continue reading

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“Israel’s burgeoning relations with Africa obviously stem partly from something beyond its control: the rise of Islamist terror”

COMMENTARY Israel’s Strategy Shift Bears Fruit by Evelyn Gordon July 23, 2016 Wednesday’s announcement that Guinea is resuming ties with Israel almost half a century after severing them is a nontrivial piece of good news. Granted, Guinea is a poor … Continue reading

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“Why the widely loathed Netanyahu was able to defeat [defense establishment] the most respected institution in Israel…experts will never be able to persuade voters to disregard the lessons of their own lived experience”

COMMENTARY Why Bibi Defeated the Generals by Evelyn Gordon July 10, 2016 …[Israel’s] defense establishment consists “mostly of men who grew up in the strongholds of the left-leaning Israeli Labor Party” and hold dovish views. Thus they were understandably appalled by … Continue reading

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Netanyahu says “no thanks” to French peace process

TIMES OF ISRAEL Netanyahu tells French PM he rejects Paris peace bid, but offers to meet Abbas by Raoul Wootliff May 23, 2016 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Monday the French initiative for an multinational conference to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace … Continue reading

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Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer is the closest thing to actually having the prime minister in Washington

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu’s Man in DC by Herb Keinon May 14, 2016 …I think the “problem” that you have among some American Jews when it comes to Israel is that if you are not over the age of 75, you … Continue reading

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