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| March 6, 2017
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REVEALED: How Obama’s administration covertly supported Hamas against Israel

 

Had PM Netanyahu informed the public of the betrayals & the knowledge that the US was covertly backing Hamas, it would have caused more embargoes, abandonment of Israel at the UN and other int’l forums and even more funding to Hamas, so Netanyahu had to fight the diplomatic fight of his life secretly.

REVEALED: The Obama administration’s support for Hamas was not passive
– By Caroline B. Glick

 

Israel’s State Comptroller’s Report on Operation Protective Edge, the Jewish state’s war with Hamas in the summer of 2014, is exceedingly detailed. The problem is that it addresses the wrong details. Continue Reading »

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| March 3, 2017
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New Israel-US partnership opens cannabis production lab in New Mexico

 

The manufacture of smokeless, accurately dosed cannabis medication, “with an equal THC – CBD ratio,” is now being produced to treat a wide variety of illnesses, according to the 2 partners’ ‘joint’ statement (no pun intended).

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An Israeli and New Mexican company have joined forces to launch the first-ever pharmaceutical cannabis production lab in the United States.

The Lod-based Panaxia Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Ultra Health have opened a facility in Bernalillo, New Mexico, that will manufacture smokeless, accurately dosed cannabis medication in a variety of delivery methods, the companies announced this week in a joint statement. Continue Reading »

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| March 1, 2017
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Taylor Force Bill would stop US funding to Palestinians if they continue stipends for terrorists

 

The Taylor Force Act is named after the former US Army officer who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian during a knifing rampage in Jaffa.
– Senator Lindsey Graham, “The Palestinians need to decide – do they condemn these horrible acts or do they reward them? You can’t be a partner in peace when you are paying people to commit terrorist acts.”

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WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Tuesday that would eliminate US funding for the Palestinian Authority critical to the organization’s ability to operate if it continues providing stipends to terrorists and their families. Continue Reading »

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| February 16, 2017
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Fallacy: Israel receives largest share of US military aid

 

Most detractors of the Jewish State cite the myth that Israel receives the largest share of US military aid, but in fact, Israel receives only a small fraction of American military aid, and no less than 70% of that must be spent in the US to the benefit of American workers and the economy.

Myth: Israel is the largest beneficiary of US Military Aid – By Prof. Hillel Frisch

 

Countless articles discrediting Israel (as well as many other better-intentioned articles) ask how it is that a country as small as Israel receives the bulk of US military aid. Israel receives 55%, or $US3.1 billion per year, followed by Egypt, which receives 23%. Continue Reading »

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| February 13, 2017
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White House source: Trump not to use ‘two states’ in Netanyahu meeting

 

In a total reversal from the first meeting with Obama, a White House source reports President Trump will not be mentioning ‘two states’ or assert pressure on the Israeli PM about home construction in Judea and Samaria during their upcoming meeting on Wednesday.

By Gary Willig

 

US President Donald Trump will not use the term ‘two states’ during his meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu this Wednesday, White House sources reported.

The sources also said that Trump wants to be the President who achieves peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. The report by Channel 10 also stated that Trump would not pressure Netanyahu regarding construction in Judea and Samaria. Continue Reading »

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| February 11, 2017
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Palestinians outraged after US Ambassador to the UN blocks envoy to Libya

 

Is a new era beginning for Israel at the United Nations? –
PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi outraged at ‘unbridled bias against the Palestinian people’ after appointment of former Palestinian PM as UN envoy to Libya gets blocked, saying, ‘It constitutes a blanket license for the exclusion of Palestinians everywhere.’

By Elior Levy

 

Palestinian activist and Palestinian Liberation Organization Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi denounced the decision by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley to block the appointment of former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to lead the United Nations political mission in Libya. Ashrawi issued a statement on Saturday, following the US’s decision to block Fayyad’s appointment. Continue Reading »

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| January 25, 2017
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Giuliani: Trump still backs Jerusalem Embassy move, final decision upcoming

 

Former NY mayor notes Trump administration finds embassy move far more complex, needing more counsel before making final decision.
– Giuliani said POTUS’ no-comment on Israel’s settlement construction announcements demonstrate a stark ideological difference to Obama’s immediate public condemnations.

BY HERB KEINON

 

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has long supported moving the US embassy to Jerusalem and is an advisor to US President Donald Trump, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that he believes the issue “is under active consideration.”

He stepped back, however, from saying whether or not it will happen. “That is something that the president will have to decide. Continue Reading »

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| January 24, 2017
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First 671 new homes in Jerusalem, now Israel says OK to build 2500 West Bank homes

 

Although Israel approved today (Tuesday) plans to build an additional 2,500 family units inside existing West Bank settlements, a new Palestinian industrial park was also approved.

BYHERB KEINON, TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

“We are returning to normal life in Judea and Samaria,” Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said in a statement announcing the plans.

According to the statement, Liberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to approve plans for the units in order to enable normal life and answer local housing needs. Netanyahu said, “We are building, and will continue to build.”

Ariel, one of the four largest Jewish towns in the West Bank – Wikimedia Commons

Most of the new units will be inside the major settlement blocs, and 100 of those will be in Beit El, in accordance to commitments made regarding providing housing for those evacuated from Migron in 2012. Continue Reading »

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| January 23, 2017
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White House reports: Peace can only be reached through direct talks

 

The White House reports that President Trump told PM Netanyahu that peace with the Palestinians can only be achieved through direct negotiations between the parties.

By Elad Benari

 

President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday that peace with the Palestinian Authority (PA) can only be reached through direct negotiations, the White House said on Sunday night, in a statement released after the two leaders spoke by phone – their first conversation since Trump was sworn in on Friday.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu with Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump in New York, Sunday, September 25, 2016. – Photo: Israel’s Gov’t Press Office/Kobi Gideon

The statement indicated that Trump and Netanyahu “discussed ways to advance and strengthen the U.S.-Israel Continue Reading »

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| January 22, 2017
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Israel approves 671 new homes in Jerusalem, will American displeasure be forthcoming?

 

Netanyahu’s government approves 671 new homes for Jewish families in Jerusalem and its mayor says he hopes the public denunciations from the White House have ended.

By Yedidya Ben-Or

 

The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee approved on Sunday 671 new housing units in various Jerusalem neighborhoods.

Jerusalem, the old & the new – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Previous discussions regarding the approval of new Jerusalem housing units were canceled in late December, reportedly at the request of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

324 new housing units will be built in Ramot, and 174 in Ramat Shlomo. In Pisgat Ze’ev, 68 new housing units will be built. Continue Reading »

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| January 18, 2017
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Israel Air Force unveils joint Israel-US ballistic missile interceptors

 

WATCH: The Arrow system, developed and produced by Israeli Aerospace Industries in partnership with Boeing, was transferred to an undisclosed air force bases in Israel to become operational after successful testing by both Israel and the United States.

By i24news – AFP

 

The Israeli army on Wednesday received new ballistic missile interceptors that significantly upgrade the Jewish state’s aerial defense systems in the face of “emerging threats,” the defense ministry said.

The Arrow 3 interceptor, designed to shoot down missiles above the atmosphere, was handed to air force bases in Israel after successful testing by Israel and the United States at the end of 2015. Continue Reading »

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| January 18, 2017
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Trump’s UN nominee to rebuke world body over built-in anti-Israel bias

 

Gov. Nikki Haley is planning to admonish the UN during her Senate confirmation, for too often being at odds with American national interests and its ‘consistent’ & ‘outrageous…bias against our close ally Israel.’
– Haley asked, “Are we getting what we pay for?”

By Reuters

 

US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be US ambassador to the United Nations will blast the world body over its treatment of Israel at her Senate confirmation hearing, according to prepared testimony seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Then S. Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley joined U.S. military service members for the launch of Operation Palmetto Employment – Photo: Wikimedia Commons/US Air Force

“Nowhere has the UN’s failure been more consistent and more outrageous than in its bias against our close ally Israel,” Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said in the opening remarks for her appearance on Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Continue Reading »

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| January 18, 2017
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In final week of interviews Obama, Kerry tell everyone they were good for Israel

 

Kerry continues to defend the administration’s betrayal of Israel as ‘friendly’ gesture to protect Israel’s future, reiterating settlements are main obstacle to peace, but Netanyahu says Israel can’t wait for Trump.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Outgoing US President Barack Obama and his top diplomat, Secretary of State John Kerry, were busy this week defending their record on Israel, despite recent outright betrayals of the Jewish state.

In a farewell interview on CNN, Kerry explained why the Obama Administration refused to veto last month’s UN Security Council resolution targeting Israel, and why he thinks it was a “friendly” gesture. Continue Reading »

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| January 12, 2017
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MK Oren: ‘We do not depend on the US, 6 Day War was waged without firing U.S. bullets’

 

While visiting students at the Elisha pre-military academy, MK Michael Oren, the Deputy Minister for Diplomacy in the Prime Minister’s Office said, “The key link that connects the U.S to us is the Bible and our right to the Land of Israel.”

Arutz Sheva Staff

 

MK Oren visited the academy today, where he met with director Yoni Konforti and learned of the challenges students face during the preparatory program.

After meeting with the students, Oren told them about his experiences, how he immigrated to Israel at the age of 15 after experiencing anti-Semitism in the US, his induction into the IDF as a lone soldier, and his term as the Israeli Ambassador to the US, where he worked with the Obama Administration. Continue Reading »

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| December 29, 2016
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South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley will be the next US envoy to United Nations

 

Although Nikki Haley and her new boss Donald Trump have spared on a host of issues, she appears to be in line on how the Jewish State should be treated at the United Nations.

By MICHAEL WILNER

 

NEW YORK – When US President Barack Obama first tapped Samantha Power as ambassador to the UN in 2013, Israeli officials and media figures treated her record – militantly opposed to Western voyeurism in Syria and publicly critical of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians – as an indication of the president’s direction on the Middle East entering his second term.

Judging South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley, her likely successor, based on similar metrics, Israelis now expect a shift in its favor at the UN and against a growing movement to boycott, divest from and sanction the Jewish state given renewed energy last week after the Security Council voted to condemn Israel’s settlement activity as an illegal enterprise. Continue Reading »

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