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Latest Opinion by Chemi Shalev
PM Netanyahu, right, and Min. Ya'alon, Dec. 10, 2014.
The knife imbedded in Ya'alon’s back can be traced to Netanyahu’s troubled childhood

In the Machiavellian betrayal of his loyal defense minister, the prime minister is lashing out at the scorn he has encountered throughout his life.

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Deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan.
The IDF General who challenged Netanyahu’s suffocating Holocaust analogies

By pointing to intolerant trends in Israeli society, the deputy army commander deviated from the accepted script of Jews as eternal victims.

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Sorry: As presidential contender, Sanders was right to dismiss Simone Zimmerman

Appointing a Jewish liaison that calls Netanyahu a murderer is the same as employing a spokesperson who writes that Obama is an anti-Semite.

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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Who's to blame for liberal disenchantment with Israel - Netanyahu or Obama?

Lieberman as defense minister garners headlines that can only accelerate the dramatic pro-Palestinian surge seen in Pew's recent poll.

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Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting, May 15, 2016.
Ten reasons Benjamin Netanyahu was this week’s top anti-Zionist

From tarnishing Israel’s image to sowing demoralization and distrust, the prime minister’s machinations are like a BDS dream come true.

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U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes at the White House, February 18, 2016. U.S.
Lost in the shuffle of the Ben Rhodes kerfuffle over Iran: Reality

The U.S. Congress failed to block the nuclear deal with Iran because of old-fashioned power and politics rather than 1984-style media manipulation.

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Avigdor Lieberman, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
U.S. says Israel's new gov't raises 'legitimate questions'
By Barak Ravid | 10:22 PM
Arrest (illustration)
Police arrest Jaffa Palestinians suspected in rape of handicapped woman
By Yaniv Kubovich | 12:29 AM
An Israeli army post opposite to a Hamas military post on the Gaza border.
Gaza rocket strikes open area in south, drawing Israeli airstrikes
By Almog Ben Zikri | 03:28 AM
Conversion class at Beit Daniel
Court opens door to recognition of non-Orthodox conversions in Israel
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