IDF chief says Israel must meet maritime threats (JNS.org) The Israeli Naval Academy held its 130th graduation ceremony on Tuesday. Welcoming the new naval officers, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot said the past few years “have seen the Middle East change in a way that mandated the IDF and its […]
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Neither the President of the United States nor the New York Times found Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress last Tuesday very original. Of course, it was naïve of them to expect it. The purpose of the Netanyahu spectacle in Washington wasn’t so much to solve the Iranian problem as to
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By Leah Golembesky SAN DIEGO — This morning via television coverage we witnessed a historic visit from the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he addressed a joint session in Congress. Despite the controversy over his address Netanyahu received a warm welcome from the office of the Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and was escorted
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Hans Christian Anderson’s famous parable, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” tells a story about two swindling weavers who promised to make an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. After the swindlers present him
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohi) issued the following statement after the address by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint meeting of Congress “This was a speech the American people needed to hear, plain and simple. It addressed the gravity of the threats we face and why we cannot
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KFAR GILADI, Israel (Press Release) — Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin made the keynote address at the state memorial ceremony for Joseph Trumpeldor and the defenders of Tel-Hai on Monday, March 2, marking 95 years since they fell. The President laid a wreath at the foot of the ‘Roaring Lion’ monument in Kfar Giladi. Also participating in the
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Editor’s Note: The U.S. State Department posted this column by Bernadette Meehan, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council, on Monday, March 2, a day before the speech of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a join meeting of Congress. By Bernadette Meehan WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Since Israel’s founding in 1948, the United States has
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — President Barack Obama met with reporters on Tuesday, March 3, to tell his reactions to the speech that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered to a joint meeting of Congress. Following his statement, the President met with Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter at the White House. Here is a transcript
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the Joint Meeting of Congress: “The unbreakable bonds between the United States and Israel are rooted in our shared values, our common ideals and mutual interests. Ours is a deep and abiding friendship that
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WASHINGTON, D.C (SDJW)– Reactions to the speech given by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, March 3, were diverse. Following are some of them as compiled by San Diego Jewish World: American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) commends the overwhelmingly bipartisan attendance and positive response to
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Middle East, USA
By Sean Savage/JNS.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — In perhaps the most widely debated address ever given by a foreign leader to Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described a “fateful crossroads” on the Iranian nuclear threat and said that the emerging deal between Iran and world powers is paving the way for a Middle East
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Middle East, USAPM Netanyahu’s Speech to a Joint Session of the US Congress (Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser) March 3, 2015 “Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Pro Tem Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, And House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, I also want to acknowledge Senator,
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Middle East, USAObama: ‘less concerned’ with Bibi speech than Congress undermining Iran talks (JNS.org) Hours before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech in the U.S. Congress, President Barack Obama said in an interview that such a deal would be reached if Iran can agree to freeze its sensitive nuclear activity for at least a decade in
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Bibi remains the leading choice to be prime minister, even though Likud has been losing ground. Buji is below Bibi in polls asking preferences for Prime Minister, but Labor/Zionist Union has moved one or two seats ahead. However, its obvious partners are still below the obvious partners of Likud. Washington
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