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The Forward on MSNFormer Israeli prime minister rebuts Tucker Carlson’s claim that Jeffrey Epstein worked for MossadThe accusation that Jeffrey Epstein somehow worked for Israel or the Mossad running a blackmail ring is categorically and totally false,” wrote Naftali Bennett.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett dismissed allegations that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein worked for Israeli intelligence services, describing the claims from U.S. media figures as being part of “a vicious wave of slander and lies” against Israel.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in a letter dated July 1, 2025. Netanyahu handed the letter to Trump during his White House visit on July 7.
It is more secure from threats than at any time since its founding. But the war in Gaza, and attacks on Iran and Lebanon, have undercut Israel’s standing among the world’s democracies.
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Asharq Alawsat (English) on MSNSara Netanyahu: the ever-present wife of Israel's prime ministerWhether dining opposite US President Donald Trump or accompanying her husband on an official Pentagon visit, Sara Netanyahu's front-row role in Washington this week has sparked fresh questions over
"With regard to the Gaza Strip, we have only security concerns." Sa'ar's seem to contradict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who in May said Israel would take control of all of Gaza after the war ends.
PMs Yair Lapid and Ehud Olmert, slammed Netanyahu’s plan to build a Gaza “humanitarian city,” calling it a “concentration camp” and a step toward ethnic cleansing. Satellite images show mass demolitions in Rafah to clear space for over 2 million displaced Palestinians.