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| May 7, 2017
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State of Ohio Makes Historic $61 Million Israel Bond Investment

 

In the largest single-day acquisition by any purchaser since the first State of Israel bonds were issued in 1951, last month the U.S. State of Ohio made a historic Israel bond investment of $61 million.

By Israel Bonds News

 

On April 3, the state of Ohio made a historic Israel bond investment of $61 million, the largest one-day purchase by a single entity since the first bonds were issued in 1951. The investment raised the state’s total Israel bond holdings to $165 million.

Josh Mandel on Facebook – Screenshot

State Treasurer Josh Mandel said, “First and foremost, we are making this investment because it’s a good investment for the taxpayers of Ohio. Continue Reading »

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| May 5, 2017
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Trump’s Israel visit coincides with 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification

 

US President Donald Trump’s first visit to Israel, which includes family and a thousand person entourage, could include a speech at the ancient desert fortress Masada, something that’s in line with Trump’s grandiose style.

By i24NEWS

 

US President Donald Trump is considering delivering a speech from the ancient desert fortress of Masada during an upcoming visit to Israel, i24NEWS has learned.

A source told i24NEWS that some Israeli officials have expressed reservations over the choice of Masada for an address by a US President, but added that the site — an ancient fortress situated atop a 400 meter (1,300 foot) high rock cliff — seems in line with Trump’s grandiose style. Continue Reading »

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| April 28, 2017
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Israel’s Intel Minister explains 5-point-plan to US officials on expunging Iran from Syria

 

Likud Minister Katz presents US officials with a stratagem to sever Iranian influence in Syria, that includes sanctions against Iran & Hezbollah, along with bilateral US-Israeli action to prevent Tehran from actualizing a presence on Israel’s northern border.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) suggested during his visit to the US that the Trump administration formulate a five-point US-Israeli memorandum of understanding (MOU) document to remove Iranian influence from Syria.

The document consisted of a series of key points designed to tighten the noose around Iran and its proxies in order to prevent its aggression in the region, particularly through the terror organization Hezbollah. Continue Reading »

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| April 20, 2017
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White House: President Trump seeks ‘conflict-ending agreement’ with Abbas

 

Sean Spicer, the White House spokesman confirmed the May 3rd meeting between president Trump and the PA autocrat Mahmoud Abbas in Washington, with the aim of  “a conflict-ending settlement” between Israel and the Arabs.

By JTA

 

President Donald Trump is seeking “a conflict-ending settlement” for Israelis and Palestinians, his spokesman said ahead of Trump’s meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

The statement Wednesday by Sean Spicer, who was confirming the May 3 visit, is an indication that Trump is determined to extract a deal from the sides.

“They will use the visit to reaffirm the commitment of both the United States and the Palestinian leadership to pursuing and ultimately concluding a conflict-ending settlement between the Palestinians and Israel,” Spicer said in his opening remarks at the daily news briefing. Continue Reading »

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| April 19, 2017
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Obama to Israeli PM Netanyahu: ‘Do not to send ground forces into Gaza’

 

At a gov’t meeting discussing 2014’s ‘Operation Protective Edge’, PM Netanyahu reveled how President Obama told him explicitly not to send ground forces into Gaza despite the imperative of locating & destroying Hamas’ tunnels that threatened the residents of southern Israel.

By Hezki Baruch

 

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu revealed in a Knesset meeting that former US President Barack Obama requested Israel not send ground forces into Gaza during 2014’s Operation Protective Edge.

Hamas terror-tunnel that leads to Israel being destroyed during ‘Operation Protective Edge’ – IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The meeting’s purpose was to critique how Israel fought Operation Protective Edge, and find how to make the next war better. Continue Reading »

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| April 9, 2017
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The Race is On: Will Russia beat the U.S. into moving its embassy to Jerusalem?

 

While the US already has two plots of land in Jerusalem, the Russians have a substantial amount of property in Jerusalem’s Russian Compound that could easily house a new embassy, and probably considered that when they made their historic change in policy.

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Last week witnessed two threshold events that signaled a profound change in the Middle East: the Trump administration’s cruise missile strike on a Syrian air base in retaliation for Assad’s latest nerve gas attack on civilians, and Russia’s surprise recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Both dramatic events took the world by surprise, representing nearly simultaneous reversals of the internationally accepted status quo. Continue Reading »

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| April 3, 2017
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Haaretz reports: Israel to allow Palestinian construction in ‘Arae C’

 

Israel’s Hebrew daily, reports U.S. President Trump has asked PM Netanyahu to extend some goodwill gestures to the Palestinians, to demonstrate unequivocally that Jerusalem is serious about the peace process.

By i24NEWS

 

US President Donald Trump has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend some goodwill gestures to the Palestinians to show that Jerusalem is serious about the peace process, the Haaretz daily reported Sunday.

According to the report, Netanyahu stated in the weekly security cabinet meeting on Thursday that he intends to comply with the request and has already begun planning the tokens of goodwill which would include both the West Bank and Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| March 28, 2017
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Israel’s PM Netanyahu thanks US for support , vows to work toward peace

 

WATCH as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the annual AIPAC convention via satellite, saying, “I’m confident our alliance with the U.S. will grow even stronger in the years ahead,” and that he was committed to working with U.S. President Trump to advance peace with the Palestinian.

By Yoni Hersch, Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that “Israel has no greater friend than America” and that he was committed to working with U.S. President Donald Trump to advance peace efforts with the Palestinians and with the broader Arab world.

Netanyahu made the pledge in a speech via satellite link from Jerusalem to the largest U.S. Continue Reading »

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| March 28, 2017
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WATCH: U.S. Ambassador to UN, Nikki Haley says ‘Days of Israel-bashing are over’

 

Full interview: Addressing the 2017 AIPAC conference, Amb. Nikki Haley said the December anti-Israel resolution passed at the UN Security Council was ‘not only embarrassing it was hurtful,’ vowing ‘it will never happen again.’

By AFP, Ynetnews

 

The US ambassador to the United Nations received a rapturous welcome Monday at Washington’s biggest pro-Israel forum, where she vowed never to allow “Israel-bashing” at the world body.

Nikki Haley was addressing the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference for the first time since President Donald Trump named her Washington’s UN envoy.

And she drew a clear line under the record of her predecessor, who in December abstained from a UN Security Council vote, thus allowing a resolution criticizing Israeli settlements to pass. Continue Reading »

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| March 24, 2017
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Washington talks on Israeli settlement homes construction ends without agreement

 

Despite setting a more positive tone towards Israel, the 4-day round of talks between the Trump administration and Israeli officials has ended without agreement over the issue of settlements, since the US delegation reiterated Trump’s concerns over Israeli settlement activity.

By Reuters

 

The Trump administration reiterated its concerns about Israeli settlement activity, the two sides said on Thursday, as a round of talks ended without agreement over limiting future construction on land the Palestinians want for a state.

POTUS tells PM Netanyahu to hold off on the construction.- Photo: GPO

The four days of high-level meetings in Washington marked the latest step by President Donald Trump’s aides aimed at opening the way to renewed peace diplomacy between Israel and the Palestinians, despite deep skepticism in the United States and Middle East over the chances for success.

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| March 23, 2017
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US Senate confirms Trump’s lawyer, David Friedman to be next Ambassador to Israel

 

Friedman who was confirmed along party lines is known for his inflammatory language against those with whom he had political disagreements, such as describing former President Obama an anti-Semite.

By Reuters

 

The US Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, a bankruptcy lawyer aligned with the Israeli right.

The vote was 52 to 46, almost exclusively along party lines.

Only two Democrats, Senators Robert Menendez and Joe Manchin, joined Trump’s fellow Republicans in backing Friedman.

David Friedman and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan – Photo: Trump Campaign in Israel

That amount of opposition is highly unusual for a nominee for US ambassador to Israel, a close ally of the United States. Continue Reading »

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| March 17, 2017
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Trump cuts State Department funds but keeps ‘Aid to Israel’ intact

 

Trump’s budget, titled “America First,” cuts foreign funding for the World Bank and the UN, but the administration vows to ensure that Israel “has the ability to defend itself from threats and maintain its Qualitative Military Edge.”

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WASHINGTON — ​A budget outline published by the Trump administration on Thursday respects an agreement made between former US President Barack Obama and the Israeli government to transfer $3.1 billion in foreign military financing to the Jewish state in 2018, despite massive cuts elsewhere across the State Department.

Last year, the US and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding meant to govern American defense assistance to the state for the next decade. Continue Reading »

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| March 16, 2017
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Israel, US reject UN agency’s invidious report of ‘Apartheid Regime’, as outright lie

 

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York, “The report as it stands does not reflect the views of the secretary-general (Antonio Guterres),” adding that the report itself reflects the views of the authors, ESCWA, that’s comprised of 18 Arab states in Western Asia.

By REUTERS

 

A UN agency published a report on Wednesday accusing Israel of imposing an “apartheid regime” of racial discrimination on the Palestinian people, and said it was the first time a UN body had clearly made the charge.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman likened the report, which was published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), to Der Sturmer – a Nazi propaganda publication that was strongly anti-Semitic. Continue Reading »

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| March 13, 2017
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Trump sends top mideast advisor to meet with Netanyahu & Abbas today

 

Jason Greenblatt, US President’s special representative for int’l negotiations was Donald Trump’s business real estate lawyer & closest advisor for over the past 20 years, is scheduled to meet with PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem, and then with autocrat Abbas in Ramallah.

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Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Monday, three days after Trump’s phone call with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas about ways to advance the Middle East diplomatic process.

Greenblatt is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, and with Abbas in Ramallah. Continue Reading »

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| March 8, 2017
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Israel Defense Minister in U.S.: ‘We need an active America in the mid-East’

 

Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman told Secretary Mattis that the United States’ position is very important, and went on to stress, “We need an active America in the region.”

By Nitsan Keidar

 

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman met on Tuesday in Washington with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Gen. James Mattis. Liberman was received by an honor guard at the Pentagon and the meeting was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

During the meeting, Mattis and Liberman discussed all the security issues shared by Israel and the United States that are on the agenda, and discussed in depth the strategic issues in the Middle East, including Iran, Syria, Lebanon and other issues. Continue Reading »

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