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(via Haaretz and Reuters).Mitt Romney reestablished his frontrunner's status on Tuesday, shaken after South Carolina loss to Gingrich. Florida voters, said to be the microcosm of America, or "5 states in one", apparently chose electability over conservative principles. Romney beat his closest rival Newt Gingrich with a comfortable 14% margin to win the Florida Republican presidential primary,

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a convincing victory in Tuesday's race for the leadership of the Likud party for the fifth time, with an overwhelming 74 percent of support, according to initial results. In a victory speech he made shortly after initial results came in, Netanyahu clarified that the general elections for the Knesset are still a long way off. In his speech, the Prime

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JTA reports: President Obama's reelection campaign unveiled a video featuring testimonials from Israeli leaders a day after he raised $500,000 from Jewish donors. The video, e-blasted Friday to Jewish supporters by David Axelrod, a top campaign official, intersperses speeches by Obama to Jewish audiences and at the United Nations with testimonials culled from news broadcasts. Among those

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Speaking at a fundraiser for 100 Jewish donors in New York Thursday evening, President Obama has again told supporters he is committed to strong U.S. military cooperation with Israel.“Since I’ve been in office, we have unequivocally said that Israel’s security is non-negotiable, and that we will do everything that’s necessary to make sure that Israel is able to thrive and prosper as a secure

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Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is making considerable inroads into Florida’s Jewish community according to a newly released poll conducted by the Florida Coalition of Independent Jewish Congregations (FCIJ). The poll, released Tuesday, indicates that 52 percent of the state’s registered Jewish voters would support a Romney-led Republican presidential ticket. That’s big news in a

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Paying the price for governing, and taking a more pragmatic approach during the past 3 years in office, PM Netanyahu is well suited to win the Likud chairmanship primaries set fro Jan. 31. But may face some embarrassment from Moshe Feiglin,emerging as a protest vote candidate from the right. Moshe Feiglin, who is challenging Netanyahu for leadership of Likud in the party's primaries two weeks

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After a week of dramatizing the entry of a new political factor that could tilt the next election and prevent Netanyahu from winning a third term. A new poll sees Likud strengthening, Yair Lapid fading and Kadima imploding (via Globes). A new poll by Geocartography Knowledge Ltd. finds that the Likud would win 33 Knesset seats were elections held today, while Kadima under MK Tzipi Livni would

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Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama for his stance on Israel on Thursday, telling a Florida crowd that if elected he would "stand with our friends," Reuters reports."This president has found it pretty sensible to be critical of our friends," Romney told a Palm Beach County crowd that included many Jewish voters. "He went to the United Nations and

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The guy that shocked the nation with a stunning victory that was protrayed as a message to president Obama on his Israel policy, Congressman Bob Turner in on a weeklong trip to Israel, meeting with high ranking Israeli officials. Turner told Hamodia that he had already visited years ago for touring, so he wanted to focus on policy this time.“It is my goal to see as many officials as possible and

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Jewish Billionaire Sheldon Adelson has become the central of the Republican race. According to Tablet Mag. Multi-billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson's $5 million contribution to a pro-Newt Gingrich political action group, dedicated to taking down frontrunner Mitt Romney, Is a surprising maneuver that could complicate the Republican race and even the Republican Jewish establishment, which

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Veteran Israeli journalist Yair Lapid has left his job as a Israel's Channel 2 Friday evening news anchor to enter politics. It is expected that Lapid, who made the announcement Sunday, will form his own independent party with a liberal bent. Polls have shown that a Lapid-led party could garner the second most votes in a Knesset election, behind Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, and that it would

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Washington post reports: Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has given $5 million to an independent committee supporting GOP presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich, the first of what is expected to be many millions the Las Vegas billionaire plans to spend this election year. The check from Adelson is the latest in an avalanche of campaign cash flooding the presidential season to independent groups known as

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As confusion in the middle east continues and the Race for the White house kicks off, Senator John Kerry who heads the Senate Foreign relations committee is expected to meet with PM Netanyahu and defense minister Barak in Jerusalem this week. The Associated Press and Israel Hayom reports: Two senior U.S. officials, Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, are visiting Israel this week, where they

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AP reports: No breakthroughs emerged Tuesday from the first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in more than a year, the foreign minister of host Jordan said, adding the two sides agreed to keep talking and meet next week. The minister, Nasser Judeh, said the talks were held in a positive atmosphere. Although there were no breakthroughs on matters of "substance," he said, "the

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(Jpost, Jacob Kornbluh).Republican candidates offered strong words on Iran on Monday – the day before Iowa holds the first vote for the GOP presidential nomination. “We need to have our missile systems capable and ready to deliver. We need to send a very strong signal that the United States is on high alert and we will do whatever it takes,” Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota told The Early Show

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Tomorrow night's Iowa cauacus that may provide the American public with a much clearer picture of who is to become the 2012 Republican nominee, leave Republican Jews in Iowa make up their mind whom to vote for, Algemeiner reports:"Will Rogers, a 15 year veteran of Republican campaigns both nationally and statewide in Iowa, who previously worked for Newt Gingrich’s 2012 run, says Republican Jews

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Congressman Ron Paul's PR people approached Israeli Social Media, Public relations and Marketing expert Joel Leyden to help secure the Jewish vote for his campaign. This after Paul's Newsletters were revealed and after a series of debates in which he dismissed the threat of a nuclear Iran and pledged to stop foreign aid to Israel. Here is what Joel Leyden writes how he thinks voters should deal

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News with Eric Bolling and discussed Ron Paul's foreign policy as it relates to the state of Israel, Palin defended Dr. Paul on the topic of Israel, saying that he's pro-Israel, but in his own way.

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Video uploaded by Opposition researcher and reporter for BuzzFeed, Andrew Kaczynski: Newt Gingrich responds to a CSPAN caller's question about the Israel-Palestinian conflict in 2006. Gingrich responds that the entire region was once part of the Ottoman Empire, and neither state existed, that Israelis have live in the region for over 3000 years, and that idea of all the Jews in Israel getting up

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(JPost) — The American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League weighed in last week on the mushrooming anti-Israel scandal surrounding a group of bloggers working for the US think tank Center for American Progress - CAP (run by the co-chair of Obama’s transition team, John Podesta). Jason Isaacson, the AJC’s director of government and international affairs, told The Jerusalem Post by

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Gen. Mahmoud Damara, a terrorist released from Israeli prison in October as part of the Gilad Shalit deal is appointed as President Abbas adviser, Israel Hayom reports: "Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a convicted terrorist, previously jailed in Israel and released as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap in October, as the newest adviser in his office in Ramallah,

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(4:32 min.)Ed Koch Reflects On Year In Politics: MyFoxNY.com

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Shmuel Rosner reports from the campaign trail in Iowa: Gingrich "spent an hour or so with the Jewish community of Des Moines – that is, with the Jews wanting to hear him in this relatively intimate setting. A couple of tables, rabbis (Reform and Orthodox healthily mixing) – and one columnist. Gingrich already said that he would not vote for Ron Paul if the Texan happens to win the nomination – in

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speaking on CBS 60 Minutes House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor said the president has sent Israel "mixed signals. Cantor also addressed American Jews tendency to vote for Democrats:

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A Day before Republicans get to vote in the first of a set of primaries to determine their nominee that will take on Obama and in hope of regaining the Presidency - the outcome is all but clear, the latest polls show a tight race in Iowa between Mitt Romney and Taxes congressman Ron Paul. "The worst thing that could happen to the GOP (Grand Old Party) is a split," says Boaz Bizmot. "Paul, a

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(INN). Dennis Ross, President Barack Obama’s former Middle East advisor, said on Wednesday that the Obama administration is determined to prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapon and would certainly consider military action against the Islamic Republic. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 10 News, Ross said that the recent public statements by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the Chairman

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(ynet). On Tuesday European Union members of the 15-nation body demanded strong action by the Israeli government to halt the attacks and said the settlements "send a devastating message" about Israel's intentions. In response the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday "if instead of contributing to stability in the Middle East (European Union members of the UN Security Council) are investing their

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(Jacob Kornbluh for The Jewish Voice NY). For Tzipi Hotovely, one of many women serving in the Knesset, the first term as a Likud MK from the bench is not the start of a political career. Apparently quite happy with her position as a lawmaker and a voice among many others, Hotovely is proud of fighting for what she believes in, as she calls it, on "the high political stage." In an exclusive

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(by Adam Kredo-WJweek). Mitt Romney wouldn't commit to moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and said that he hasn't yet decided if the Israeli spymaster Jonathan Pollard should be released from prison, according to a source who attended an off-the-record sit down yesterday with the Republican candidate that was organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish

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(IsraelHayom).Despite efforts to thwart Tehran's nuclear program, the Iranians are likely to possess atomic weapons in a year or less, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told CBS News on Monday. CBS News anchor Scott Pelley interviewed Panetta for a segment on the news magazine 60 minutes, during which he asked if Iran could have a nuclear weapon in 2012. "It would probably be about a year

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In one-on one interview i had this afternoon with Likud Knesset Member Tzipi Hotovely, she addressed the latest incident, and in general the issue of segregation between men and women in the ultra Orthodox community, from a stand point serving as chairwoman of the Knesset's committee on status of women: "The problems in Israel, are so minor, when you compare it to the living standard of most

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A ongoing public debate over the Ultra-Orthodox segregation between men and women and the separation on buses passing by Jewish neighborhoods, exploded over the weekend following an incident in which a young woman was told to sit in the back of a bus driving from Ashdod to Jerusalem due to haredi protest. The incident happened on Friday when Tanya Rosenblit, 28, was on Egged bus 451. "I dressed

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President Barack Obama held a private meeting with Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday at a Jewish community conference. The meeting was held without any advisors and delayed Obama's speech. After their meeting, Obama spoke before the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism, reassuring that "the cooperation between our militaries has never been stronger," as he thanked

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(via AP). President Obama told the General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism today that his commitment to Israel's safety is "unshakeable," and that no presidential administration has done more to protect Israel from its enemies."Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise, It is a fact."In his speech, Obama said he remains committed to the peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians,

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Defense Minister Ehud Barak addressed the Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial convention last night and lauded the closeness of the U.S.-Israel relationship under President Barack Obama. Barak said:"The unshakable bonds between Israel and America and their respective defense establishments under the guiding hand of President Barack Obama are stronger and deeper than ever and we are very thankful

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Herb Keinon reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to pen an op-ed piece for The New York Times, signaling the degree to which he is fed up with the influential newspaper’s editorial policy on Israel. In a letter to the Times obtained by The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, Netanyahu’s senior adviser Ron Dermer – in response to the paper’s request that Netanyahu write an op-ed – wrote

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"The Arab world is undergoing unprecedented political change, and the calls for freedom across the region have only heightened legitimate security concerns. But let there be no doubt: we are doing all we can to ensure that Israel remains secure even as the region becomes more free," U.N. Representative Rice told the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations during their annual

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) delivered a severe rebuke to Palestinians on Thursday, linking their culture to terrorism and questioning their worthiness to have an independent state. “If the Palestinians want to live in peace in a state of their own, they must demonstrate that they are worthy of a state,” Canto said in his address Thursday to the Union for Reform Judaism Biennial

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(via MAGGIE HABERMAN-Politico).The Emergency Committee for Israel, a group helmed by conservatives William Kristol and Gary Bauer, is running a full-page ad in the New York Times tomorrow accusing President Obama of using the Jewish as a "punching bag." The spot leads with a line asking in bold type, "Why does the Obama administration treat Israel like a punching bag?" Kristol said to POLITICO of

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(JTA).The greatest danger posed by a nuclear Iran would be the increased likelihood of a Middle East nuclear war, Dennis Ross said. "If Iran has nuclear weapons, the potential for nuclear war in the Middle East goes up dramatically," Ross, whojust retired as the White House's top Iran policy official, said during his first post-Obama administration address at the Washington Institute for Near

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(HuffingtonPost).Newt Gingrich's questioning of the "authenticity" of the Palestinian people and even whether they should be classified as a group has sparked a sharp debate within the Republican Party. On Monday, a political operative who has been working on Palestine-Israel policy for the past 20 years sent The Huffington Post a picture of Gingrich, then the House minority whip, grasped the

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Yediot Achronot senior columnist Nahum Barnea, returning from DC, where he and other Israeli officials participated in the intimate closed door strategic discussions at the Saban forum in Washington DC, reports home whats seems today hard to hide."There is one word, just one word, that no decent American would dare speak out loud unless he happens to be a black stand-up comedian. That forbidden

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(via Jpost). five-year-old Chaim Aviel Beckman of Karmiel,Chaim Aviel found out earlier this year that he suffers from a rare blood disorder called Fanconi anemia, for which he urgently needs a bone marrow transplant, as his own fails to produce blood cells. To find a match – as none was found among his two little sisters or in the Israeli donor system – approximately 20,000 blood tests needed to

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(Haaretz,Ynet). Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out Monday against the recent attempts at excluding women from the public sphere on the part of the ultra-Orthodox, saying that “equality between men and women is absolute – that is how it has always been, and that is how it will continue.” Netanyahu, who along with President Shimon Peres spoke at an award ceremony commemorating the fight

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(JTA).At the official unveiling of a Knesset display of memorabilia from the 1961 secret mission in Argentina, On the 50th anniversary of Adolf Eichmann's capture for trial in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the event shaped Jewish history."We carried out justice, partial, reduced, even minuscule compared to the crime, but of tremendous symbolism and the symbolism is that those who

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"It is impossible to talk about economics and social justice without someone creating added value in the economy - and it is the private sector that creates it," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the "Globes" Israel Business Conference today in a comment about the social protest."People think that economics runs itself, Growth is mostly achieved by the private sector. Those who forget

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(Reuters) - Israel blamed the Palestinians Sunday for rejecting a call to hold face-to-face peace talks when representatives of Middle East power brokers visit the region later this week. Mark Regev, spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel had renewed an offer to hold direct talks with the Palestinians ahead of Wednesday's visit by envoys of the so-called Quartet of the

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In a pre-recorded message to activists who worked 1,941 days for his release, Gilad Shalit said, "I will be grateful for the rest of my life." "I know without a doubt that your ongoing determined struggle for my release, each one according to his or her abilities, along with the support for my family throughout the long journey, was one of the deciding factors in the decision to bring me home,"

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Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said on Saturday night that he will not step back from his assertion that Palestinians are an "invented" people. "How would he know the difference?" Gingrich said when askes about his comments at the GOP presidential debate in Iowa, adding what he said was "historic" and correct. "Somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. These people are

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(story by Ben Smith-Politico).Former Speaker Newt Gingrich dismissed the Palestinian bid for statehood as as the effort of an "invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community." Gingrich also said the Palestinian Authority, which has typically represented the moderate wing of Palestinian leadership and formally accepts Israel's right to exist,

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(ABC). President Obama rarely comments on criticisms from the Republican presidential candidates, but today at a news conference at the WH, he offered a feisty, blunt response to charges that he is engaged in a foreign policy of “appeasement.” “Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22 out of 30 top al-Qaeda leaders who’ve been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement, Or whoever’s left out there

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The leading Republican candidates drew from warm to enthusiastic applause and standing ovations from Republican Jewish leaders and activists in DC on Wednesday after accusing President Obama of falling short in his support of Israel. The Presidential hopefuls addressed the audience one by one at the Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Candidates Forum in Washington on Wednesday, criticizing

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Speaking at a candidates forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, Rick Perry clarified his controversial position that U.S. assistance for Israel would increase under his administration, as he sought to ease Jewish concerns that he'd cut off foreign aid."I am adamant that any discussion of foreign aid should start at zero, But let me be clear. Israel is our strategic ally...America long

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney blasted President Barack Obama's approach to Israel, charging he has "immeasurably" damaged Middle East peace prospects and failed to confront Iran. In excerpts of a speech to be delivered on Wednesday to the Republican Jewish Coalition, Romney will also declare that Iranian President  Ahmadinejad "should be indicted for the crime of incitement to

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ACT FOR ISRAEL The U.S. envoy to Belgium, Ambassador Howard Gutman, tacitly defended Muslim anti-Semitism on Friday when he said “A distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which should be condemned, and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.” According to Amb. Gutman’s words anti-Semitism in the Muslim world is

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In an email to me this afternoon over Ambassador Gutman's comments , Democrat Assemblyman Rory Lancman from Queens who recently wrote a Op-Ed in the Jerusalem post over this matter, called on the administration to recall the Ambassador:"Ambassador Gutman should be recalled, and made to take a basic course not only on anti-Semitism but the Arab-Israeli conflict. His comments are an embarassment to

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Read the entire transcript here"....and indeed throughout Europe, there is significant anger and resentment and, yes, perhaps sometimes hatred and indeed sometimes and all too growing intimidation and violence directed at Jews generally as a result of the continuing tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territories and other Arab neighbors in the Middle East.This is a complex problem indeed

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(AP). The Obama administration says it has full confidence in the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, despite comments he made about anti-Semitism that prompted angry responses from Jewish groups and Republicans. Howard Gutman, who is Jewish and whose father survived the Holocaust, told a European Jewish gathering last week that some hatred of Jews reflected hostility toward Israel’s treatment of

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(Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for a snap leadership vote in his Likud party, a contest he is expected to win and which could pave the way for an early national election in Israel. Some commentators said Netanyahu was quietly preparing for the possibility that President Barack Obama, with whom he has had a testy relationship, will win a second and final term in

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(Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for a snap leadership vote in his Likud party, a contest he is expected to win and which could pave the way for an early national election in Israel. Some commentators said Netanyahu was quietly preparing for the possibility that President Barack Obama, with whom he has had a testy relationship, will win a second and final term in

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(Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for a snap leadership vote in his Likud party, a contest he is expected to win and which could pave the way for an early national election in Israel. Some commentators said Netanyahu was quietly preparing for the possibility that President Barack Obama, with whom he has had a testy relationship, will win a second and final term in

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(Ynet).He may be a Muslim country's leader, but that doesn't stop him from voicing pro-Israel opinions. Albania's PM Sali Berisha views Iran as biggest threat to world peace, opposes Palestinian statehood bid. 'The world must learn from the Holocaust,' he says "Iran and its leader, (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad, are the new Nazis, and the world must learn from the Holocaust and stop them before

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(INN).Delivering his remarks as the keynote speaker at the 29th annual Bet El dinner in New York, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Sunday that Israel can fight its own wars and does not need the US to fight for it."Today's challenges demand that we defend our land from slander and battle the lies that are being thrown at us. As Israel endures constant delegitimization we must remember

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to move up the primaries for the Likud chairmanship to January 31, 2012, Ynet reported on Sunday, a move that is viewed as an attempt to preserve hold on party while his political public standing is still strong. Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom, who has declared that he would run for party chairmanship, said he would take legal action against the

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(Barak Ravid-Haaretz).A day and a half after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned of the dire circumstances an Israeli attack on Iran could lead to, and in the wake of similar warnings issued by former head of the Mossad Meir Dagan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the annual memorial for Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, made a comparison between Ben-Gurion’s

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Several Israeli government ministers on Sunday sharply responded to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her critical comments on the status of women in Israel and Knesset bills that would restrict left-wing organizations. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said Clinton's comments were "completely exaggerated". "Israeli democracy is alive, liberal and breathing, I don’t know many better

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(Ynet).US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced deep concern on Saturday over a wave of anti-democratic legislation in Israel and in particular a bill proposing to limit donations to human rights organizations. Clinton also criticized the growing exclusion of women from Israel's public life. In a closed session at the Saban Forum attended both by Israeli and American decision-makers Clinton

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(Israelhayom).A British lawmaker was criticized Thursday after suggesting the country's ambassador to Israel may be biased because he is Jewish. Labor legislator Paul Flynn told a parliamentary committee last week that two constituents had complained that ambassador Matthew Gould "was serving the interests of the Israeli government." Flynn added: "I do not normally fall for conspiracy theories,

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta slammed Israeli leaders at a Brookings Institution forum on Friday in Washington D.C., demanding that they “just get to the damned table” with Palestinian officials to resume the stalled peace talks. Panetta also urged Israeli leadership to work harder to mend ties with Turkey and Egypt ."Just get to the damn table. Just get to the table.... The problem right now

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(ynet, Washingtonjewishweek).Growing global anti-Semitism is linked to Israel’s policy towards the Palestinians, the American ambassador to Belgium told stunned Jewish conference attendants in Brussels earlier this week. A distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which should be condemned and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the

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(Latimes, IsraelHayom).Disregarding White House opposition, the Senate unanimously approved new sanctions on Iran as part of a defense bill Thursday night — and then passed the legislation, which already faced a veto threat because it would require military custody for certain detainees suspected of terrorism. The Iran sanctions were approved despite heated warnings from administration officials

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(Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this afternoon (Thursday), 1.12.11, met with Tzvi Shalit, grandfather of Gilad Shalit, who thanked the Prime Minister and told him: "You saved my grandson for me. In the current situation in the region, it would have been impossible to return him." Tzvi Shalit conveyed Gilad's personal thanks for the Prime

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US House Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) commented on his Facebook page on President Obama's claim to be the most pro-Israel President ever."At an event last night, President Obama reportedly claimed his administration has done more for Israel “than any previous administration.” Are you kidding me? This is the same White House that wants Israel to withdraw to the indefensible 1967 borders. Where I’

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(Adam kredo-WashingtonJewishWeek).Iran poses the greatest challenge in the Middle East, according to a joint statement issued this afternoon by Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon. Following a meeting between State Department officials and representatives of the Israeli government, a joint statement was released:"U.S. and Israeli

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(YGUD).Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D, NY-8) went off against President Obama over his Israeli policies in a lengthy, exclusive interview with GestetnerUpdates.com. But the Congressman also mounted a strong defense of the President against attacks from the right, claiming that Obama does a lot to defend Israel while Bush “spoke tough yet held only a tooth pick” against Iran.“President Obama made a

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U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ, today accused Obama officials of reneging on support for a bipartisan Senate plan that would help put pressure on Iran's ability to fund its nuclear weapons project, The Hill  reports. He said the duo worked with administration officials to address their concerns and then combined the measures into a “fair and balanced” plan to stifle Iranian oil revenues. The

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(Israelhayom).Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chastised opposition leader Tzipi Livni on Thursday a day after the latter held a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan. The opposition leader stressed that Netanyahu was notified ahead of the meeting and that he would be briefed "in person" on the topics that were discussed. The Prime Minister's Office, however, said

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Israel retains the option to use military force to stop Iran's nuclear program but a strike is not imminent, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Israel radio on Thursday while downplaying the consequences of an Iranian retaliation to such an attack."We have no intention, at the moment, of taking action, but Israel is far from being paralyzed by fear, It must act calmly and quietly - we don't need

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Mitt Romney today made the following statement on President Obama’s comments about Israel:“President Obama, in New York to raise campaign cash, told a group of prospective donors that ‘We don’t compromise when it comes to Israel’s security.’ That would be great news, if it were true. Unfortunately, under the Obama Administration, U.S.-Israeli relations have hit a low not seen since the Jimmy

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(via Walla). Despite the difficulties facing the American Jewish voters in support of his reelection, Barack Obama can find some comfort in what can be described as a significant improvement in the general perception of the President of the United States among the Israeli public. A new poll conducted by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy/ Maryland University shows 54% of Israeli Jews have a

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The latest Haaretz poll conducted by Prof. Camil Fuchs of Tel Aviv University shows PM Netanyahu maintaining the lead and is well positioned to win a third term. If elections were held today the Likud party would be the largest party in the Knesset with 29 seats, Labor comes in second with 19 seats, and Kadima and lieberman are in a statistic tie for third place with 17 seats for each party. As

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(ABCnews).During an exclusive campaign fundraiser on New York’s Upper East Side tonight, President Obama offered reassurances to some of his most loyal Jewish supporters about the administration’s commitment to Israel. Speaking about the “enormous tumult” in the Middle East brought by the Arab Spring, Obama said the U.S. stands “on the side of democracy” but remains unwavering in its support for

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A mysterious blast which reportedly rocked Isfahan in western Iran on Monday damaged a key nuclear facility in the city, the Times of London reported on Wednesday. Satellite imagery seen by The Times confirmed that a blast that rocked the city of Isfahan on Monday struck the uranium enrichment facility there, despite denials by Tehran. The images clearly showed billowing smoke and destruction,

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(Ynet).Israel is considering resuming the transfer of tax payments to the Palestinian Authority that were halted following Palestinian unilateral steps in the international arena, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. "We have managed to prevent forecasts with international activity. We detect a calming effect on the Palestinian side

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(Ynet).A new poll carried out by the Palestinian Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC) reveals that support for Fatah among residents of the Palestinian Authority has not been hurt by the Shalit deal. The Hamas-led Shalit deal receives wall to wall support – 86% of those questioned expressed their satisfaction with the results of the deal – the satisfaction rate is close to that of the

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Lebanon Druze leader, Walid Jumblatt, a longtime player who backed Hezbollah and is a long time friend of Syrian President Bashar-Al-Assad, told Aaron Klein host of investigative radio on WABC Radio in New York,   that he is against any military intervention against the Assad regime in Syria. But he called on his ally Assad to leave power and be exiled to Russia or Iran, and for the sake of the

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(Hamodia weekly edition - interview by Yosef Rapaport). Rabbi Israel Eichler, the UTJ faction chairman and Member of Knesset, came to America from Jerusalem on a special mission for the Belzer Rebbe shlita, to help in forging a new media channel intended to combat American Jewish assimilation. In an interview to the English-Orthodox Jewish newspaper Hamodia, MK Eichler spoke about the ongiong 

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(Via MemriTV). Following are excerpts from a statement by Egyptian presidential candidate Tawfiq Okasha, the owner of Al-Faraeen, which aired on Al-Faraeen TV on October 31, 2011:"Not all the Jews in the world are evil. You may ask: Tawfiq, what is the ratio? The ratio is 60-40. Sixty percent are evil to varying degrees, all the way to a level that words cannot describe, while 40% are not evil.

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(via IMRA).A poll carried out by New Wave for Yisrael Hayom 22 November 2011 of a representative sample of 500 adult Hebrew speaking Israeli Jews and published on 25 November, 2011 show Israeli's are very much concerned that the recent tighter sanctions on imposed on Iran will not stop them from advancing its nuclear program.Do you think that sanctions by the West will prevent Iran from

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Yori Yalon-IsraelHayom).In a special interview conducted during his historic visit to Vietnam – the first by an Israeli president to the southeast Asian country – Peres said that he was closely following the events in Cairo. "Egypt is in the midst of a very difficult transitional stage, and I am extremely concerned, Egypt has never experienced this kind of thing, so the revolution is not as well

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(JTA) – French president Nicolas Sarkozy met with leaders of the Jewish umbrella group CRIF to reassure them of his support for Israel. The meeting comes following reports that Sarkozy called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar” during a conversation with President Obama at the G20 conference earlier this month. Sarkozy “responded to a lot of our concerns,” said Francis Kalifat, CRIF

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(INN). Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed satisfaction Thursday with the latest sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States, Britain and Canada. He warned, however, that they were not enough.At his joint press conference with Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, Netanyahu said: "The goal of Iran's nuclear program had been the subject of controversy but it is no longer such. Iran is vigorously

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(Barak Ravid -Haaretz).Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday blasted Israeli and world politicians who support the Arab Spring revolutions and accused the Arab world of "moving not forward, but backward." In his sharpest Knesset comment since the wave of uprisings swept out of Tunisia and across the Arab states in January, Netanyahu expressed his complete contempt for the Arab people's

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(A Jewish Voice Exclusive Interview- by Jacob Kornbluh). Known in the political arena as the most senior freshman in the U.S. congress, and in the entire country as the man who delivered a shellacking to the President by winning a stunning victory in New York’s 9th Congressional district special election on September 13, Congressman Bob Turner (R-NY) is still driven by the resounding message sent

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset that he expects stronger sanctions on Iran than those imposed this week by the United States, Britain and Canada to try to curb its nuclear ambitions."Iran is developing nuclear weapons. If anyone had any doubts, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) report certainly dispelled them." "It is important to impose sanctions, tough sanctions,

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(Ynet). Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself on the defensive Wednesday, as he was forced to fend off scathing criticism for the recent string of legislative acts promoted by the Coalition, most notably the controversial libel bill, which the Opposition claims will deal a virtual deathblow to democracy in Israel. Netanyahu faced the plenum after the Opposition called a special session

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Republican Presidential hopefuls on Tuesday evening supported putting more pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear program, but tread cautiously on whether to help if Israel decides to bomb Iran. Out of the eight GOP candidates debating Tuesday night in Washington D.C. on national security, only businessman Hermain Cain said he would help Israel should he find its plan poised to succeed, if he is

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(David Makovsky-Washington institute).In a revealing interview with CNN last weekend, Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak hinted that Israel and the world may reach the limit of their capacity to effectively strike Iran's nuclear facilities within as little as six months. His comments suggest that unless additional international sanctions deter Tehran's nuclear efforts, Israel is increasingly

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(CNN) - Hours before a CNN GOP presidential debate that focuses heavily on national security and foreign affairs, a new national survey indicates there are wide partisan divides between Democrats and Republicans over some top global flashpoints. Overall, Republicans are ready and willing to use U.S. military force in other countries; Independents and Democrats tend to be very reluctant to do so.

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(via Thinkprogress).Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum denied the existence of Palestinians, claiming them as citizens of Israel during a campaign stop on Friday. "All the people who live in the West Bank are Israelis, they're not Palestinians," the former Pennsylvania Senator told a participant at an Iowa campaign event. During an exchange with the participant over the

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