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A thought experiment: Israeli president Reuven Rivlin announced today that he was removing the Israeli flag from his presidential residence in Jerusalem as an acknowledgment of the more than 500 children killed by Israel in Gaza a year ago.
In a last ditch effort to block an impending nuclear deal between Western powers and Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today, April 1, he will immediately begin an open-ended hunger strike against world peace.
The relationship between the United States and longtime ally Israel are at a historic low point following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious speech to Congress and the revelation that Israel has spied on the US in an effort to undermine nuclear negotiations with Iran. What do you think?
Last night veteran CBS news correspondent Bob Simon was killed in a car accident in New York City. His bombshell 2012 report on Palestinian Christians for ’60 Minutes’ drew false charges of anti-Semitism and sent shockwaves to the top of the Israel government.
Kayla Mueller, the American killed last weekend by a Jordanian airstrike while being held captive by ISIS in Syria, had worked to prevent Palestinians from being thrown out of their homes in East Jerusalem in 2010.
In the spirit of the Super Bowl we have decided to release our betting line for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress.
Odds the following will be thanked during the speech:
John Boehner: 1 to 1
Chris Kyle: 10 to 1
Ted Cruz: 100 to 1
Tom Cruise: 1,000 to 1
Carnival Cruise Lines: 10,000 to 1
Barack Obama: 100,000 to 1
Adam Horowitz interviews Norman Finkelstein on the work and legacy of Joan Peters, the author of “From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict over Palestine”. Finkelstein says, “[The Lebanon war in 1982] was big setback and [Israel’s supporters] needed something to rally the stalwarts around the cause. “From Time Immemorial” fit the bill because its essential message was the Palestinians have no legitimate claim whatsoever because the heart of their claim is false, they don’t even exist.”
Millions took to the streets of Paris in a historic “unity” march in the wake of a shocking string of events including the Charlie Hebdo attack and a hostage standoff at a kosher supermarket which killed a total of 17 people. The march not only attracted Parisians wanting to mourn the traumatic events of the previous week, but also world leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Reports have surfaced that the French government wanted to keep them both away, but Netanyahu ignored French wishes when he learned his Israeli political rival would be attending. Netanyahu used the trip to make the case that French Jews should immigrate to Israel.
An IDF Hanukkah greeting features a masked Israeli solider holding a drone while they light a menorah.