Deborah Lipstadt on the roots of terror and anti-Semitism
The event, sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will address the massacres in Paris and a troubling new trend Lipstadt has called ���soft-core��� Holocaust denial. We reached Lipstadt by phone in Atlanta last week, just as details were .
Israel says it will stick with settlement plan despite.
Israel rejected concerted criticism from the United States and Europe on Monday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood. Washington urged Israel to reconsider its plan to erect 3,000 more homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, saying the move hindered peace efforts with the Palestinians. Britain.. Dont miss any of the latest news and events!
Successor or Seat-Warmer, Lester Holt Is Ready for His Close-Up
Whatever else may happen in the next six months, whatever new revelations about Williams and his reporting may emerge, it seems NBC is banking on one thing: his replacement is rock-steady Eddie.. Amy Holmes, an anchor for The Blaze TV and former.
Five Nemtsov Killing Suspects Arraigned - NBC News
Russian news agencies said Sunday one of the suspects in the killing of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has admitted involvement in the crime.Judge N.. Judge Nataliya Mushnikova said that Zaur Dadaev made a statement confirming his guilt, according to the reports. They did not specify his... However, the prospect of a compromise over a Palestinian state seemed bleak after Netanyahu posted on Twitter: Retweet in support of an undivided Jerusalem!.
Netanyahu win dashes prospect for a thaw with Obama
Netanyahu announced his support for Palestinian statehood in 2009, shortly after Obama became president. He continued to publicly back that position even as he approved new settlements in East Jerusalem, raising questions about his level of commitment.
Brazils President Dilma Rousseff Narrowly Wins Re-Election
However, the prospect of a compromise over a Palestinian state seemed bleak after Netanyahu posted on Twitter: Retweet in support of an undivided Jerusalem! Eytan Gilboa, a professor of Israel-U.S. relations at the��.
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: 03/05 Links Pt1: Dershowitz.
In October 2001, when President George W. Bush called for a Palestinian state just weeks after 9/11, then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned: ���Dont repeat the terrible mistakes of 1938, when the enlightened democracies in. One day after Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus address to Congress, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer pushed back against claims that Netanyahu could have waited until after the Israeli elections take place in two weeks.
Obama vs. Bibi
Netanyahu is a critic of President Obamas diplomacy with Iran to curb its nuclear weapons program, and his address ��� never cleared by the White House ��� is expected to harden congressional opposition to a possible deal with Tehran. Mark Kirk is.
What Brian Williams?s Chopper Whopper Says About Modern News Media
Maureen Dowds Sunday column is brutal, reporting concerns within NBC News of Williamss tendency to aggrandize himself.. Thus the birth of ombudsmen and public accountability���from The New York Times and Jayson Blairs tall tales, to the Washington.
Netanyahu government knew teens were dead as it.
Rather than reveal these details to the public, Israels Shin Bet intelligence agency imposed a gag order on the national media, barring news outlets from reporting that the teens had almost certainly been killed, and forbidding them. Critical details that were known all along by Netanyahu and the military-intelligence apparatus were relayed to the Israeli public only after the abduction of more than 560 Palestinians, including at least 200 still held without charges; after��.
durable outcome - World - NBC News
Updated at 4:50 p.m. ET: Following her arrival in Israel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated at a press conference Tuesday that Americas commitment to Israels security is rock solid, adding that the goal must be a. NBCs Richard Engel reports. Clinton landed at 9:51 p.m. local time in Tel Aviv, where she met with Netanyahu. Later, Clinton will meet with the President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah before heading to Cairo.
Palestinian leaders refugee comments shatter taboo. - World
JERUSALEM -- The Palestinian president has set off a strident debate by shattering a once-inviolable taboo, publicly suggesting his people would have to relinquish claims to ancestral homes in Israel.. By NBC News staff and wire reports.. In an editorial, the newspaper argued that official backtracking on Abbas comments by the president and the Palestinian Authority showed that mass Palestinian opinion remained opposed to genuine concessions to Israel.
Dont Assume Benjamin Netanyahus Job Is Safe
A new Jerusalem Post/Maariv story finds that 60 percent of Israelis dont want Netanyahu, the second-longest serving Israeli prime minister after David Ben-Gurion, to remain in that position. Respondents also chose former social services minister.
Obama Wont Meet With Israels Netanyahu During US Visit
WASHINGTON���Citing the need to remain neutral in the upcoming Israeli elections, the White House said President Barack Obama wont meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visits in March. ���As a matter of long-standing practice and .
Former DIA Chief Flynn Calls for Global War on Islamic Extremists
His remarks are a pointed attack on the Obama administrations handling of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, and a public airing of some of the frustrations that led Flynn to leave his post as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency last.
The Path to Peace
Two former high-ranking spymasters of Israel and Saudi Arabia���Amos Yadlin and Prince Turki al-Faisal���sat together for more than an hour, talking regional politics in a conversation moderated by the Washington Posts David Ignatius. They disagreed on.
Bipartisanship is dead, as Netanyahu, AIPAC, and GOP.
Israeli PM Netanyahu said he means no disrespect to the White House and Israel support is bipartisan, but in fact he and Obama have squared off in the battle of their lives, with Republicans and AIPAC on Netanyahus side and. NBC reports: For those worried that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahus speech to Congress on Tuesday is making Israel/Netanyahu a partisan issue ��� between Democrats and Republicans ��� anNBC/WSJ poll released yesterday shows��.
Bibi: Call off the play
When the Republican speaker of the house went around President Barack Obama to issue an invitation to the prime minister of Israel to address Congress, which Netanyahu accepted, you could practically hear the chorus of WTFs from the silent majority of.
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: 02/08 Links: Palestinian.
According to the NBC Nightly News anchor, during ���the war with Hezballah in Israel, a few years back ��� there were Katyusha rockets passing just beneath the helicopter I was riding in.���.. powers and Iran are racing forward with an agreement that will allow Iran to arm with nuclear weapons, something that will threaten the existence of the State of Israel,��� Netanyahu said before the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.. Israel cuts off water to 45000 palestinians
9-11 Attacks: The Five Dancing Israelis Arrested on 9-11
White, 2000 Chevrolet van with Urban Moving Systems sign on back seen at Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ, at the time of first impact of jetliner into World Trade Center Three individuals with van were seen celebrating after initial impact. But the Jerusalem Post, Israeli National News (Arutz Sheva) (18), and Yediot America, (19) all reported, just as clearly and unambiguously, that a white van with Israelis was stopped on a ramp leading to the George Washington Bridge, which is��.
Hamas says land war would cost Israeli PM Netanyahu the.
advertisement. The violence continues in Gaza while negotiations between Hamas and Israel are taking place in Egypt. An estimated 100 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed so far. NBCs John Ray reports. By NBC News and wire reports. The failure to end the fighting could touch off an Israeli ground invasion, for which thousands of soldiers, backed by tanks and armored vehicles, have already been mobilized and dispatched to Gazas border. Leading��.
What about Palestinians? Israeli coalition may be hard.
So to entice Livni to sign, he sweetened his offer to include what Livni dearly wanted: the role of chief peace negotiator with the Palestinians, in addition to the guarantee of the post of justice minister for her and the post of minister of the. In addition to being the first step toward forming Netanyahus third government, it allows him to send a signal to U.S. President Barack Obama, expected in Israel on his first state visit next month, that he is serious about moving toward��.
Charlie Hebdo Journalists Get Back to Work After Massacre
TEL AVIV, Israel ��� The next time President Barack Obama meets an Israeli prime minister he could be shaking hands with the Zionist Union leader nicknamed Boujie. Boujie ��� born Isaac Herzog ��� has enjoyed a successful campaign after promising to .
Israel suspends peace talks with Palestinians after Fatah.
Despite confusion over whether Netanyahu or security cabinet took decision, announcement appears to end US-led initiative.. John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has been leading the Middle East peace initiative.. The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, accused the western-backed Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, of forming an alliance with Hamas, which he called a terrorist organisation that calls for the destruction of Israel. More news��.
Charismatic ex-commando pressures Netanyahu from the.
The problem is that Netanyahu is being outflanked on the even harder right, which means that after the elections, he will feel pressure to become more hardline on issues such as Palestinian statehood.. More Israel coverage from NBC News. Obamas second term will be just hours old when hell need to turn his attention to elections in Israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has campaigned largely on one issue: security. NBCs Jim Maceda reports.
Palestinians Continue to Pursue Statehood. Israel Continues to Rely on the U.S.
Back in October, when U.S. officials were literally talking ���shit��� about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in off-the-record quotes, there was much speculation about the future of Israels crucial relationship with the United States.. In.
Joe Biden and John Kerry Are Shunning Israels Prime Minister -- But Guess.
A political storm was raging in Israel Sunday after the leader of the left-wing Zionist Camp said he had met Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry Saturday on the sidelines of an international security conference in Germany shortly.
Chaos is my Heaven: Q-and-A with Itai Anghel
Rob: But it still must give you an extra level of, I dont know, caution or fear thinking what people would do to you in these places if they found out you were Israeli somehow. Itai: Yeah.. And they burned the flag of Israel and they burned the.
Cabinet backs bill promoting Israels Jewishness
In a separate development, Netanyahu said Sunday he was pushing for new legislation to revoke the rights of residents who ���participate in terrorism or incitement against the state of Israel,��� including the throwing of stones and firebombs.. one of.
Benjamin Netanyahus Israeli coalition may not be to his.
By Martin Fletcher, Correspondent, NBC News. News analysis. TEL AVIV -- It is no surprise that Benjamin Netanyahu will be Israels prime minister for the third time. The makeup of his Cabinet, however, may be jarring, especially.. Maybe if the orthodox began contributing to the state then the US could cut back on all that money we keep forking over every year when were broke ourselves.. it dropped off their agenda after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan the
The Anchor Chair Is Not Worth Saving
Brian Williams will spend the next six months without pay decidedly not reading the news on NBC, and its a wonder if hell ever be back.. We have said that The Daily Show or The Colbert Report or even The Onion���a publication with arguably more.
Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: 03/06 Links Pt1: Glick: Life.
US President Barack Obama wants to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) according to reports Friday, after the last talks pushed by US Secretary of State John Kerry were torpedoed by the PA last April when.. In a story posted by NBC News describing an interview that Ann Curry conducted with Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus speech to Congress this week, the network��.