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HonestReporting executive director, former Jpost chief political correspondent/analyst and only speaker known to have lectured about Israel in all 50 US states

Jerusalem, Israel
Joined July 2011
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Historic photo of the first Arab party in Israel to sign a coalition deal, and it's with a government headed by Naftali Bennett, the former head of the settlers council. Absolutely unfathomable until recently.
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Breaking: @netanyahu will move out of the prime minister's residence on Balfour Street July 10, according to an agreement he reached with his successor, @naftalibennett . Protesters brought him boxes tonight to help him move.
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Breaking: On visit to Golan Heights, @netanyahu vows to form new settlement there and name it after @realDonaldTrump .
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3 years
Historic document of coalition deal signed by 8 party leaders, including @mnsorabbas
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The Palestinian Authority has started paying Gazan prisoners and families of those they see as martyrs, including terrorists who murdered on Oct 7, salaries of 2000 shekels a month, Ehud Yaari reported on @N12News tonight ( @MakorRishon reported it Friday)
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Breaking: Palestinian leader Abbas used Palestinian Authority money to buy himself a $50 million jet to fly around the world and complain his people don't have money, reports @danawt on @NewsChannelIL .
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2 years
Kudos to the @nytimes for stopping to employ a photographer who publicly glorified Palestinian terrorist attacks that killed a total of at least 35 innocent Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Praise for opening fire in a synagogue and killing people at prayer is not fit to print.
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Not only has Honest Reporting succeeded in terminating my contract with The New York Times, it has also actively discouraged other international news agencies from collaborating with me and my two colleagues.
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3 years
Welcome to the Supreme Court of #Israel , Khaled Kabuv, the first Muslim Supreme Court judge
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3 years
Mansour Abbas is a courageous leader, Naftali Bennett said in an interview with Channel 12 on Thursday night. Bennett apologized for calling Abbas a "terror supporter" in the past. "Our new government will be an opportunity to turn the page between Israel and its Arab citizens."
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Just now- @naftalibennett 's first words to @JustinTrudeau : "I wish I had your hair!"
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2 years
I'm excited to announce that on June 20, I'm leaving @Jerusalem_Post to be Executive Director & Executive Editor of @HonestReporting , the leading organization dedicated to helping ensure truth and integrity in the media, particularly as it impacts #Israel :
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Breaking: @netanyahu promises that if re-elected, he will bring about direct flights from Israel to Mecca
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7 years
Israeli officials expect @realDonaldTrump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and announce that the US embassy will move there as early as Sunday, due to pressure from his Evangelical Christian supporters, according to scoop by @danawt
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4 years
Nice gesture: The Old City walls in Jerusalem will be lit in the colors of the flags of UAE and Bahrain tonight in honor of the #UAEIsrael peace deal signing
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BREAKING: BRIBERY INDICTMENT FOR @netanyahu , @NewsChannelIL reports
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5 years
Jews around the world read this today in the Torah portion of the week: "Wash hands with water so that they will not die." And it is in verse 20, the amount of seconds we have to wash our hands with soap. Interesting coincidence?
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5 years
Breaking: After meeting all night, @netanyahu and @gantzbe say they will sign the deal on a unity government today.
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3 years
Both an Algerian and a Sudanese judoka prepared for the #Olympics for 5 years, only to forfeit their matches against Tohar Bohbut of #Israel . So pathetic and unsportsmanlike. But at least they win a lifetime supply of @benandjerrys .
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2 years
For anyone else who cares what tribes lead #Israel , if @netanyahu returns to power, for the first time ever, the Jewish state will have a PM, a president in @Isaac_Herzog and an IDF chief of staff in Herzi Halevi, who are all Levites. (Unless you count Moses, who held all 3 jobs)
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3 years
Sad interview tonight on @n12 with Ethiopian immigrant worker with 6 kids worried about losing her job at the @BenJerrysIsrael factory in the Negev due to #Benandjerrys anti- #Israel decision. Don't #BlackLivesMatter to @benandjerrys in Vermont?
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Exclusive: Heard from good source who spoke 2 multiple people on Trump transition team that next US ambassador 2 Israel = @GovMikeHuckabee .
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3 years
BREAKING: Benjamin Netanyahu's record-breaking term as prime minister ended Sunday night, when the Knesset voted to approve the new government formed by Yamina leader Naftali Bennett & Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid. 60 MKs in favor, 59 opposed. Ra'am MK Sa'eed Alharomi abstained.
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3 years
HISTORY: #Israel now has its first Muslim Supreme Court judge in Khaled Kabub, selected by a committee led by conservative justice minister @gidonsaar
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3 years
Breaking: New govt will be sworn in on Sunday, Knesset Speaker Levin just decided. Tenure of Netanyahu as prime minister will end that day, 4458 days after it began.
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4 years
Got my #coronavirus #vaccine . I was hurrying home from an errand when a @Mdais volunteer stopped me and said he had 2 vaccines left at the nursing home. A minute later I was back in the car, vaccinated, with an appointment for the final dose in 3 weeks. What a wonderful country!
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6 years
Breaking good news: The 4 millionth tourist to #Israel of 2018 has landed and is about to be smothered with love! Not bad for a country of 8 million people.
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3 years
Update: Significant progress reported in coalition talks overnight. Almost every deal is ready to be signed. Today will be a big day in Israeli politics, with a new president elected and a new prime minister taking a big step closer to replacing @netanyahu .
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5 years
#Israel officially started exporting natural gas to Egypt today, coming full circle from the days of Joseph and his brothers in the #Bible when Joseph sent food to the Land of Israel to provide energy. #Modernmiracle
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2 years
Wow: @POTUS to @LeviYonit on anti-Israel progressives in Congress: "There are a few of them. I think they're wrong. I think they're making a mistake."
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5 years
In how many countries can you see a gay cabinet minister post a picture with his partner and cute kids holding ballots of a right-wing party? #israelelections2019 #IsraElex19v2 @AmirOhana
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3 years
Brilliant bill by United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush: Every family with at least 4 kids gets a free dishwasher. He proposed it, because of the new tax on disposable plates. But the truth is, families with 4 kids already have a dishwasher: Their oldest kid.
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3 years
Sources close to @netanyahu & @naftalibennett have not been revealing details from their meeting on Thursday, but here is an interesting tidbit: The language of the meeting was English.
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6 years
US to announce not allowing Palestinian right of return, counting only 500K Palestinian refugees, stopping to work with UNRWA and cutting aid to Gaza, reports @danawt
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2 years
Thank you to @Jerusalem_Post for 24 wonderful years and giving me a chance to write the history of the State of #Israel and the Jewish people as it happens. I worked until the last minute, amid all the excitement. Please follow my successor, @BreuerEliav , who I hope will succeed.
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Over the course of my career as a journalist, I have had countless free-flowing conversations with other journalists. Following HonestReporting's expose about Gazan photojournalists, multiple conversations with journalists were used against me.
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7 years
On this historic day for Israel, @haaretzcom headlines are "Don't do us any favors" & "Just an empty gesture." So proud to work for @Jerusalem_Post .
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3 years
Drama in the : 60 to 51 vote for anti-Netanyahu bloc's proposal enables them to run the Knesset until a govt is formed. They could even pass anti-Netanyahu bills like preventing a candidate under indictment from forming a government.
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4 years
Breaking: @netanyahu must stop victory party after poll changed from narrow victory for his bloc to 60-60 tie. It's going to be a long night.
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2 years
Exciting news: There will soon be a cable car from Jerusalem's First Station entertainment area to the entrance to the Old City near the Western Wall, after the Supreme Court turned down the last objections to the project this morning.
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7 years
Breaking: @realDonaldTrump shouted at Abbas in Bethlehem: You tricked me in DC. The Israelis showed me how you incite! @usegal reports
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3 years
Proud of my home state of Illinois, which voted to join Arizona, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Texas in divesting pension funds from Unilever. because it owns Ben&Jerrys and has refused to reverse the company's discriminatory decision to cut ties with its factory in #Israel .
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4 years
Breaking: @netanyahu just arrived at his court room for his trial. Follow legal analyst @jeremybob1 and @Jerusalem_Post for breaking developments all day.
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2 years
Israel's Nation State Law will neither be canceled, nor changed, Justice Minister @gidonsaar told his faction.
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3 years
Breaking: The chairperson of Ra’am, Mansour Abbas, signed a document which allows the chairperson of Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid, to inform the president he has succeeded in forming a government after agreements were reached.
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3 years
When I visited the UAE in 2020, I considered not going because I did not want to miss saying the kadish memorial prayer for my mother. I ended up having a minyan for every kadish. Now President @Isaac_Herzog came to the UAE, and he said kadish for his late mother in the palace.
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Breaking: #Israel of Gold - Gymnast Artem Dolgopyat wins Israel's 2nd ever gold medal at the #Olympics in Tokyo!
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3 years
Yair Lapid canceled his planned speech and merely said that the behavior of MKs in the outgoing government reminded him why it was so important to replace them.
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3 years
Huge political development in #Israel : The head of the coalition from the party of PM @naftalibennett , @iditsilman , is leaving the coalition because she "cannot take it anymore." Scoop by @amit_segal
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3 years
Naftali Bennett vows in Channel 12 interview to honor agreement on rotation as PM in two years. "No one wanted to sign agreements with Netanyahu anymore after he broke his last ten deals," he said.
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6 years
I was asked on @AlJazeera whether there is any chance @netanyahu can lose the April 9 election. I said of course, it's a democracy, unlike many of the countries where they watch @AJEnglish . #IsraElex19
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Historic front page of @Jerusalem_Post , 45 years ago, following the rescue operation in Entebbe, Uganda, led by @netanyahu 's brother, Yoni, who was killed during the effort to free hostages from a hijacked plane.
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7 years
Breaking: Not one but two indictments for bribery for @netanyahu to be recommended in 45 minutes, reports @amit_segal
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3 years
That didnt take long: @naftalibennett receives a congratulatory call from @POTUS
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3 years
Good morning. The Knesset passed the 2021 state budget by a vote of 61 to 59. That means #Israel will not be going to elections in 3 months, and if elections are initiated for the remainder of the term, the caretaker PM will be @yairlapid , not @naftalibennett .
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8 years
RIP Elie Wiesel. The fact that you lived this long and told your stories to so many is the ultimate victory against the Nazis.
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11 months
From all accounts, Eslaiah was very close with the head of Hamas and has celebrated the murder of Jews on October 7. The anger of the newsmedia and those seeking to malign HonestReporting’s reputation should be redirected towards Eslaiah, and others like him.
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2 years
Pulp Fiction Director Quentin Tarantino meets @netanyahu & Sara at concert of Andrea Bocelli last night in Tel Aviv and asks them where in the city he can get a Royale with Cheese
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5 years
Breaking: Israel has its first LGBT minister: @AmirOhana will be Israel's interim minister of justice, @netanyahu 's spokesman says
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3 years
The new government of @naftalibennett just defeated its first vote of no-confidence 59 to 49.
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3 years
United Arab List - Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas just voted for the IDF draft bill for haredim (ultra-Orthodox). Joint List MK Tibi said he "never thought he would see Arabs vote to encourage more soldiers to join the occupation army."
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Breaking: @gantzbe just spoke to 3 of the 4 leaders of the Joint List and vowed to form a govt that will serve both Jews and Arabs and avoid a 4th election.
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5 years
BREAKING: SOURCE CLOSE TO @netanyahu SAYS ISRAEL GOING TO ELECTION
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3 years
Knesset votes 33 to 1 to start the process of having a consistent way of spelling names of cities and streets in English on signs. The bill, sponsored by MK @EitanGinzburg , will still need to be legislated in cmte and plenum.
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6 years
I went to synagogue on Shabbat and the rabbi said a vote for a political party is a vote for racism and Nazism but I couldnt write until Shabbat ended:
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Israel's super professional and most effective spokesman in English @EylonALevy is on his way out, because Sara Netanyahu didn't like what he posted vs her husband before he took the job, @daphnaliel reports. That would be a terrible mistake.
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דפנה ליאל
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1/4 פרסום ראשון - אחד הדוברים המוכשרים של ישראל בדרך החוצה. בימים האחרונים הוחלט לצמצם את תדרוכיו של אילון לוי לאחר שהגברת נתניהו הורתה לפעול להדחתו. הטיעון הרשמי הוא שיש צורך בגיוון מגדרי, אלא שהערב דיווחנו שהסיבה האמיתית היא דרישה של הגב׳ נתניהו שאילון לא יהיה הפנים של ישראל
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Incredible Shabbat in Moldova watching Rabbi Pinhas Salzman help hundreds of Jews cross the border and find a place to stay. Saw Chabad rabbis who left huge communities in Ukraine say the hagomel blessing after reading Exodus, then dance in joy, lucky to be alive. Am Israel Chai!
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5 years
9 hours too early, @netanyahu mistakenly puts ballot in wrong place.
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3 years
Contrast: Complete silence in the Knesset plenum now that Netanyahu is speaking. MKs in the coalition are proving a point by showing him respect.
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Leak from Health Ministry press conference that's about to start: All Israelis will be quarantined for 2 weeks, except @netanyahu and Sara. During that time, there will be another election and only the two of them will be able to vote. #coronavirus #Purim2020 #IsraElex2020v2
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6 years
As it turns midnight, I formally take over now as @Jerusalem_Post Knesset reporter from the talented @LahavHarkov , in addition to covering politics, as I have since 2000. Welcome to her followers on @Twitter . I don't tweet nearly as much, but I'll do my best to keep you informed.
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Plane full of immigrants from #Ukraine just landed safely in #Israel , their new home. They applauded and look very happy! It's also 30 degrees Celsius warmer!
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4 years
Breaking: Great news for @netanyahu that the High Court just decided unanimously that he can form a government
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The heads of the parties in the new coalition meet tonight in Tel Aviv and celebrate that @netanyahu is not in the room.
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I'm proud to announce that alongside my work at @HonestReporting , I'm back at @Jerusalem_Post as a regular columnist, taking over the Eye on the Media column of the late great David Bar-Illan. My 1st column on journalists who should repent for Yom Kippur:
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5 years
There are not 61 MKs to form a government, not for @netanyahu , nor @gantzbe , @PresidentRuvi says. He says because Netanyahu got 55 recommendations and Gantz got 54, he gave him the mandate.
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4 years
A decision has finally been made at the Knesset and it's an odd one: No pizza with tuna. That's right. You heard it here first. Pizza with tuna is forbidden in the Knesset cafeteria. Why? Because it looks too much like meat, and people might think putting meat on pizza is kosher.
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So glad to hear about the return to Israel of the body of IDF soldier Zecharia Baumel, who was MIA since 1982. For many years, I sat in synagogue behind his very special late father Yonah, whose powerful prayers have finally been answered.
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3 years
Coalition deal signed with New Hope party now, guarantees splitting attorney-general post and making cannabis not a crime.
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Our team raised significant questions, many of which remain unanswered. As a result of HonestReporting’s expose, additional information continues to come to light about Hassan Eslaiah that only serves to reinforce that we were right to ask these questions.
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Breaking: Now @gantzbe has agreed to an emergency government but said it must include all 8 factions in the Knesset, including the Joint List of Arab parties.
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3 years
Biden: On behalf of the American people, I congratulate PM Bennett, Alt PM & Foreign Minister Lapid, and all members of the new Israeli cabinet. I look forward to working with PM Bennett to strengthen all aspects of the close and enduring relationship between our two nations.
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Foreign minister @yairlapid to me about gymnast Artem Dolgopyat: "I'll fight with all my might for civil registration of couples. It's intolerable that someone can fight on our behalf in the Olympics, represent us and win a gold medal and not be able to get married in Israel."
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"I want you guys to have the most boring job in the country," @yairlapid tells political reporters, regarding the stability he would like to see after a government is formed. He says he wants the education and welfare reporters to be busy.
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New Israeli government set to implement Western Wall egalitarian prayer section deal reached by @netanyahu and then abandoned under pressure from ultra-Orthodox:
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Breaking: A final decision by the Joint List- they will recommend @gantzbe to form the government. First time an Arab party makes a recommendation since Yitzhak Rabin in 1992.
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Breaking: @netanyahu agreed to debate @yairlapid . Should be fun!
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4 years
BREAKING: Senior Likud source tells @Jerusalem_Post he knows for a fact that there's a majority in the new Knesset to elect @netanyahu president, which could end the 2.5 year political mess:
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4 years
Mazal tov @KamalaHarris on your bid to be VP. Here she is with @yairlapid .
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6 years
Today is Aliyah Day, which celebrates immigration to Israel, on the Hebrew calendar date when Joshua took the Jewish people into the Land of Israel.
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4 years
This #RoshHashanah brings in the new Jewish year 5781, תשפא in Hebrew. 14-year-old philosopher Eliana Hoffman, who is wise beyond her years, says the new year is an acronym of תהיה שנה פחות אכזרית, "May this be a year that is less cruel." That's our realistic new year's blessing.
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3 years
In her concession speech Peretz said that by running, she accomplished what as a child she couldnt have even dreamed of. She praised President-elect Herzog. "A fitting president who honors us was elected," she said. "I'll pray for his success, because his success is our success."
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3 years
Breaking: There will be a meeting of Bennett and Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday afternoon to formally hand over the reins of power in #Israel .
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3 years
Exclusive report from the Knesset gym: @netanyahu has been running for more than half an hour while watching @FoxNews loudly. We've been waiting patiently for him to leave and give us a chance to run, but it seems he's not going anywhere anytime soon and most of us are giving up.
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6 years
Breaking: Anti-Pay for Slay bill just passed its final readings in the Knesset by votes of 85 to 16 and 86 to 15, and 87 to 15, making it law that Israel will not give the Palestinian Authority money that it distributes to terrorists and their families.
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3 years
In Knesset bomb shelter with MKs Yoaz Hendel and Abir Kara, following red alert siren in Jerusalem.
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2 years
Read my interview with @AmichaiChikli and find out why the first MK to rebel against @naftalibennett has no regrets:
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