MONTREUX, Switzerland (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday, March 4, defended the P5+1 talks with Iran following a negotiating session. While he did not mention Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by name, his comments addressed some of the issues Netanyahu raised on March 4 in his address to Congress SECRETARY […]
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Middle East, USABy Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org “There was nothing new in it.” With those six words, President Barack Obama tried to dismiss the significance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on March 3. But there was, in fact, something very new and very important in the speech—something which Mr. Obama understandably wants to keep out
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By U.S. Reps Peter Roskam, Lee Zeldin, Doug Lamborn and Leonard Lance WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a thoughtful and urgent message to the world community through the bully pulpit of the House Chamber: Israel, the United States and global forces for peace can find a solution to Iran’s march toward a
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)– While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referenced several cultural, political, and historical figures throughout his highly-anticipated speech to Congress on Tuesday March 3 – including Harry S. Truman, Queen Esther, Robert Frost, and Elie Wiesel – he concluded his historical address with the biblical figure of the prophet Moses. The
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Middle East, USAIDF 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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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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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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