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Israeli Government’s Fate to Be Decided Tonight
Today’s Top Stories 1. As this roundup was published, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to meet this evening with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon in a last-ditch bid to save his tottering...
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Annexation: When ‘Palestinian Dreams’ Collide With Reality
If the annexation issue had a Facebook status it would be ‘complicated’. To get a complete, nuanced picture of this evolving story requires a careful attention to sometimes confusing details and an...
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PA Finances Stymie Membership in International Bodies
Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. Maan News: The PA’s financial crisis precludes it...
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PLO Power Grab Behind Abbas Threats
Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. Fallout from the Mohammed Morsi’s incitefully...
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Comments and the Roar of the Crowd – 4
The latest from my inbox. 1. A handful of readers disagreed with my take on a recent comment by Mahmoud Abbas. The PA chief said: “In a final resolution, we would not see the presence of a single...
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What Does New UN Security Council Makeup Mean for Israel?
Today’s Top Stories 1. The Druze community of the Israeli Golan is undergoing a shift in loyalty towards the Jewish state. The four-year-old Syrian civil war has been a wake up call towns like Majdal...
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Canadian-Israeli Reportedly Captured By ISIS
Today’s Top Stories 1. Ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was acquitted on charges of murder and corruption. Take your pick of CNN, BBC, or New York Times coverage. The Daily Beast and Max Fisher...
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Terror Strikes Sydney
Today’s Top Stories 1. Downtown Sydney was shut down as police and a radical Islamic gunman spent the day in a tense standoff. An estimated 15-30 hostages were held in cafe at the Martin Place...
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Hezbollah Exposes Mossad ‘Mega-Spy’
Today’s Top Stories 1. Will the Palestinian bid for statehood come to a vote in the UN Security Council as early as Wednesday? The diplomatic pressure continues to build. Netanyahu has expressed his...
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Hamas Removed From EU Terror Blacklist
Today’s Top Stories 1. After days of wrangling, AFP/Times of Israel reports that Palestinian and European diplomats agreed to merge the texts of their draft resolutions on statehood, which will be...
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PA to Sever Ties With Israel If Statehood Bid Fails?
Today’s Top Stories 1. A team of Israelis doing maintenance work on the border fence with Gaza came under fire this morning. The IDF returned fire, killing a Hamas commander, according to Israeli media...
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UN Votes Down Statehood Resolution
Today’s Top Stories 1. The Palestinian statehood bid fell short in the UN Security Council, with a draft resolution failing to get the nine votes necessary to pass. The money quote from US Ambassador...
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PA to Void Oslo Accords?
Today’s Top Stories 1. According to Maan News, Mahmoud Abbas will declare at the UN that Palestine is a “state under occupation,” annulling the Oslo Accords. The Times of Israel reports that Saeb...
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Calm Returns to Temple Mount
Today’s Top Stories 1. Palestinians clashed with Israeli police on the Temple Mount for three days. Shortly before Rosh HaShanah, the new year’s day on the Jewish calendar, police received intelligence...
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Hamas Operative Quits Turkey
Today’s Top Stories 1. The Jerusalem Post reports that Hamas operative Salah Arouri left Turkey after Ankara came under “unprecedented American and Israeli pressure.” The source claimed that Hamas has...
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Palestinians Hope for Cuba-Like Breakthrough With US
Today’s Top Stories 1. What’s behind what appears to be a Palestinian push at the UN Security Council seeking “accountability”for Israeli settlement activity? According to AP: With President Barack...
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Trump Eyes Cutting UN Funds Over PA Membership
Today’s Top Stories 1. According to the New York Times, the Trump administration is moving to cut US funding to various UN organizations. Palestinian membership is one of the red lines: Those criteria...
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Why Did PA Sign Secret Deal With UN Atomic Agency?
Today’s Top Stories 1. Quite a scoop by the Jerusalem Post. “The Palestinian Authority (PA) signed a draft agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in February, which was confirmed...
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Annexation: When ‘Palestinian Dreams’ Collide With Reality
If the annexation issue had a Facebook status it would be ‘complicated’. To get a complete, nuanced picture of this evolving story requires a careful attention to sometimes confusing details and an...
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‘Context and Clarity’? ‘The Week’ Violates Own Mission Statement
For an online magazine that claims to provide readers with “all you need to know about everything that matters,” The Week fails to accurately report on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Iranian...
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