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Netanyahu on flotilla clash: ‘We have a right to inspect cargo heading into Gaza’

Netanyahu on flotilla clash: ‘We have a right to inspect cargo heading into Gaza’

Jerusalem Dispatch presents the full text of a statement by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu explaining Israel's stance on the Gaza-bound flotillas.
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Erekat finds Netanyahu’s biblical reference to Jerusalem ‘distasteful’

Senior Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat lashed out at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for citing the Bible in describing the Jewish people’s historic tie to Jerusalem. He accused Netanyahu of “ religion to incite hatred and fear.” In his Jerusalem Day address to the Knesset marking the...
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Netanyahu on Jerusalem Day: ‘A city divided in two cannot flourish’

"We will never again allow Jerusalem to become a separated, bleak and divided city. We will continue to build and be built in Jerusalem," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at Ammunition Hill on Tuesday.
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Netanyahu: ‘We’re not in a conflict with the US’

A no-holds-barred interview turned into a open sparring match that pitted the left-wing media and the "Tel Aviv establishment" against the Prime Minister. Netanyahu, who probably knew what lay in store before he arrived at the television studio, had apparently been well briefed and armed to return Levy's fire.
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Netanyahu says halting east Jerusalem construction ‘is totally a nonstarter’

INTERVIEW - According to an AP report yesterday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flatly rejected President Obama's demand to halt Jewish construction in east Jerusalem, and early this week he told George Stephanopoulos 'the issue of Jerusalem will be discussed in the final settlement.'
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Netanyahu compares today’s Jerusalem to 1967

Netanyahu compares today’s Jerusalem to 1967

“Not one day has passed without us reaching out to our neighbors in peace,” said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a speech on Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill yesterday, at a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers. ” Not even one day, and we still reach out to those of our neighbors who want...
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Netanyahu to Bible Quiz contestants: ‘It’s all in there’

Netanyahu to Bible Quiz contestants: ‘It’s all in there’

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told contestants in the International Bible Quiz he has been spending time on Shabbat studying Tanach. The prime minister admitted his new study routine is encouraged and guided by his 15-year-old son Avner, who won the National Bible Quiz last month. During the talk with the contestants in the Prime Minister's...
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Netanyahu’s Holocaust Day speech at Yad Vashem

Netanyahu’s Holocaust Day speech at Yad Vashem

Jerusalem Dispatch presents the full text of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony held at Yad Vashem on Sunday night.
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Full text of Netanyahu’s AIPAC speech

Full text of Netanyahu’s AIPAC speech

"The connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel cannot be denied," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in his speech to the AIPAC conference in Washington. "The connection between the Jewish people and Jerusalem cannot be denied. The Jewish people were building Jerusalem 3,000 years ago and the Jewish people are building...
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Har Homa expansion delayed until after Netanyahu’s US visit

The Jerusalem Municipality’s Local Planning and Construction Committee postponed a meeting scheduled to take place Monday regarding the expansion of the Har Homa neighborhood, in order to spare Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from an uncomfortable situation during his visit to Washington this week. According to reports, 12 new housing units are slated for construction in...
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