Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace.

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Like scientists set on reviving extinct species, today’s craft brewers are possessed by a certain madness. They are re-creating steinbiers scalded with hot stones and ancient Scottish ales brewed with herbs. They are making modern interpretations of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin’s personal recipes. Researchers have even analyzed a 19th-century beer from a Baltic Sea shipwreck so that it, too, may be brewed once again. Read full article > >

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Historic brews being poured once more

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu offers peace talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to prevent his bid for Palestinian statehood at the UN.

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Mazel tov! Actress Natalie Portman gave birth to a baby boy, People magazine reported Tuesday. It’s the first child for the Oscar winner, 30, and her fianc

“Jon Benjamin Has a Van,” and indeed he does: a windowless blue number that is meant to conjure up images of creeps and perverts and other van owners meant to be generally avoided. With a garish paint job featuring Benjamin as a nude cherub with a reporter’s microphone, the van is ostensibly set loose with a mission to bring back humorous stories in this disappointingly unfunny series premiering Tuesday night on Comedy Central. This is the sort of show Comedy Central could actually use to complement its fake-news lineup. If Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert function as rough analogues to Walter Cronkite and Bill O’Reilly (and in fact have audiences that rely on them to filter the real news into something more ironically palatable), then what about a full-time Charles Kuralt on the road? Read full article > >

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TV review: On Comedy Central, ‘Jon Benjamin Has a Van,’ but not much else

“Jon Benjamin Has a Van,” and indeed he does: a windowless blue number that is meant to conjure up images of creeps and perverts and other van owners meant to be generally avoided. With a garish paint job featuring Benjamin as a nude cherub with a reporter’s microphone, the van is ostensibly set loose with a mission to bring back humorous stories in this disappointingly unfunny series premiering Tuesday night on Comedy Central. This is the sort of show Comedy Central could actually use to complement its fake-news lineup. If Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert function as rough analogues to Walter Cronkite and Bill O’Reilly (and in fact have audiences that rely on them to filter the real news into something more ironically palatable), then what about a full-time Charles Kuralt on the road? Read full article > >

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Palestinian officials dismiss Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress, saying it will not bring peace.

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu again rejects a return to the “indefensible” 1967 borders, on the eve of addressing the US Congress.

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Despite Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu’s furious reaction to President Obama’s call for a return to pre-1967 borders between Israel and Palestine during his Middle East speech Thursday, Obama reiterated his position on Sunday in remarks to the…

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Obama Repeats Call for Palestinian Statehood

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says there can be no peace “based on illusions”, rejecting President Barack Obama’s pre-1967 borders proposal.

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Netanyahu defiant over Obama plan

President Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu have had a somewhat rocky relationship, but had a publicly cordial meeting at the White House on Friday.

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The Caucus: Talking, and Listening, in the Oval Office

In a meeting with President Obama on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel listed a series of nonnegotiable conditions for a deal with Palestinians.

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Divisions Clear as Netanyahu and Obama Discuss Peace

US President Barack Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu admit “differences” on the path to Mid-East peace, after talks in Washington.

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When they meet Friday, President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel face a turning point in a relationship that was not warm to begin with.

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PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel’s 1967 borders are “indefensible”, rejecting US President Obama’s suggestion they form the basis of a future Palestinian state.

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