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The morning after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first official meeting with President Donald Trump, multiple headlines proclaimed Feb. 16 that the two-state solution—whereby an independent, sovereign Palestinian state would be created alongside the state of Israel within agreed and final borders—was, if not quite dead, fast approaching death’s door....

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In assessing Wednesday’s meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former national security advisor said that wider and more open rapprochement between the Jewish state and its Arab neighbors was a “realistic” prospect, even if not a guarantee. Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror recalled...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized the threat of a rising Iran during a series of meetings with congressional leadership on Wednesday. Netanyahu met one-on-one with Congress’ top legislators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Majority...

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Palestinians must end their indoctrination of anti-Semitism and incitement of violence in order for peace with Israel to be possible, President Donald Trump said at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday. “I think the Palestinians have to get rid of some of that hate...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top priority in his meeting with President Donald Trump today will be discussing how their two countries can work together to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons capability, former Israeli national security advisor Yaakov Amidror told reporters in a conference call on Tuesday. Amidror was optimistic that...

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The American defense contractor Lockheed Martin has bought more than $1 billion worth of equipment or services from Israeli subcontractors to build state-of-the-art F-35 fighter jets since 2010, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced Sunday. Avi Dadon, deputy director of purchasing for the Ministry of Defense, announced that Israeli companies had...

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