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published May 6, 2018, 1:41:42 PM, by Michael S. Arnold and David Wainer (Bloomberg) — Israel will do what’s needed to block Iranian aggression, sooner rather than later, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. “Nations that didn’t act in time against murderous aggression against them paid a much higher price

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published Jan 2nd 2017, 4:31 pm, by David Wainer and Jonathan Ferziger (Bloomberg) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was questioned Monday night by police for about three hours at his residence in Jerusalem over long-running allegations of receiving graft. The team of investigators questioned the 67-year-old Israeli leader “under

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published Dec 26th 2016, 10:17 am, by Jonathan Ferziger and Michael S. Arnold (Bloomberg) —United Nations Security Council 2334, which passed Dec. 23 by a vote of 14-0 with the U.S. abstaining, describes Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal and an obstacle to peace with

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published Sep 25th 2016, 1:36 pm, by Ben Brody (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump “discussed at length Israel’s successful experience with a security fence that helped secure its borders” during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that lasted longer than an hour, according to a statement from the Republican presidential

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©2016 Bloomberg News O3SMR66JIJV2 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden sought to reassure Israel about the Iran nuclear accord it vehemently opposed, saying Washington will take action if the deal is violated. “I want to reiterate because I know people still doubt: If in fact they break the deal,

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©2016 Bloomberg View O32JL96KLVRR (Bloomberg View) — It isn’t often that a sitting prime minister offers a lesson in comparative constitutional law. But Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu did so Monday while defending a bill that would allow three-quarters of the Knesset to expel a member who “supports terrorism by word or

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©2015 Bloomberg News NVWYTOSYF01X (Bloomberg) — Mowiah Abu Jamal watched an Israeli army wrecking crew tear down his family’s east Jerusalem home this week, almost a year after his brother and cousin entered a synagogue across town and wielded axes and guns to kill a group of rabbis at prayer.

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©2015 Bloomberg News NUHAPU6K50XU (Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared a European Union plan to label products from West Bank settlements to Nazi boycotts against Jews, while lobbying against the move during a visit to London. The European Parliament approved a non-binding resolution Thursday to label Israeli exports

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©2015 Bloomberg News NR0YL26VDKHU (Bloomberg) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tempered expectations that a nuclear deal with Iran is imminent as foreign ministers from world powers rejoined a record ninth straight day of negotiations. While progress continues to be made at the talks, “we are not yet where

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©2015 Bloomberg News NOYE0L6JTSE8 (Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed restarting peace talks with the Palestinians by defining the borders of West Bank territory Israel would keep in a final deal. Palestinians dismissed the offer, presented by Netanyahu as an attempt to eliminate future disputes over settlement

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