Epstein Secrets

ted by the Israel Democracy Institute found that fifty-one per cent of Israelis believed that people "should be prohibited from harshly criticizing the State of Israel in public." Netanyahu encourages the notion that any such criticism is the work of enemies. Even the country's staunchest ally, the United States,

stifle potential protest with petro hush money. There is another state in the region that is embroiled in a crisis of democratic becoming. This is the State of Israel. For decades, its citizens —its Jewish ones, at least—have justifiably described their country as the only democracy in the Middle East. Although I

outrageous that when the clock is ticking . . . you come here and say what you say." Also last year, a number of leading Democrats, including Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Steny Hoyer, felt compelled to speak out in response to Mr. Obama's proposal for Israel to return to its indefensible pre-1967 borders. R

number of leading Democrats, including Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Steny Hoyer, felt compelled to speak ou

-peoples: a Jewish state and an Arab state." Although there is a powerful settler movement in Israel that would like to absorb the West Bank today, the State of Israel has continued to tell the world and the Jewish people that, under the right EFTA00684670 security conditions, it would cede control of that occup

y considered an important political ally. This is one reason why it was so unusual that the vast majority of Republicans on Wednesday evening told Harry Reid they were not going along with AIPAC. According to Senate staffers, the phone calls did not go well. "AIPAC is close to Schumer and Reid, who told

told Harry Reid they were not going along with AIPAC. According to Senate staffers, the phone calls did not go well. "AIPAC is close to Schumer and Reid, who told them to pull back on the sanctions bill," one GOP Senate staffer told The Daily Beast. "Republicans responded with a big middle finger."

dely reported speech to the Israeli Knesset in 2008: “We must give up Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem and return to the core of the territory that is the State of Israel prior to 1967, with minor corrections dictated by the reality created since then.” Olmert, a man with a reputation as a hard-liner, said that meant I

hich Congressional Democrats led by Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, distanced themsel

ublicans on Tuesday during Mr. Netanyahu’s speech to a joint meeting of Congress and from the speed with which Congressional Democrats led by Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, distanced themselves from Mr. Obama on Israel. ‘Are there questions in the American-Jewish community? I think the ans