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Israeli forces patrol near the area of an attack, west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Aug. 25. 2019. An explosion Friday near a West Bank settlement that Israel said was a Palestinian attack killed a 17-year-old Israeli girl and wounded her brother and father, Israeli authorities said. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli PM cuts Gaza fuel transfers amid flurry of threats

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk along the Colonnade of the White House in Washington. Netanyahu on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, is steering clear of Trump’s comments questioning the loyalty of American Jews who support the Democratic Party, ignoring condemnation from Jewish critics who accuse him of voicing longstanding anti-Semitic tropes. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

As Trump questions loyalty of US Jews, Israeli PM is quiet

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. A fact-finding committee appointed by the Iraqi government to investigate a massive munitions depot explosion near the capital Baghdad has concluded that the blast was the result of a drone strike. A copy of the report was obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed, File)

Israel-Iran war escalates with airstrikes in Iraq

By Seth J. Frantzman

Illustration on anti-semitic attacks on Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib: The anti-Israel lobby

By Clifford D. May

FILE - In this March 25, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump welcomes visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington. In the eyes of critics, Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to bar two Democratic congresswomen at the request of President Donald Trump is the latest reckless gamble by a prime minister willing to sacrifice Israel’s national interests for short-term gain. And yet the pursuit of such allegedly short-term gains has kept Netanyahu in power for more than a decade. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Netanyahu’s partisan streak has paid off, but for how long?

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, listens as Lana Barkawi, left, talks about Israel travel restrictions she has faced during a news conference Monday, Aug. 19, 2019 at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., held by Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who talked about Israel's refusal to allow them to visit the country. Barkawi is a Palestinian-American. Others who have faced travel restrictions are shown during the news conference. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Omar: Go to Israel, see ‘cruel reality of the occupation’

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., respond to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their "broken" countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Ilhan Omar: Israel aid should be conditional on treatment of Palestinians

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

The beach is at the center of the latest campaign ads in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu portrays himself as an ever-vigilant lifeguard, while his main rival, the Blue and White Party, shows people ducking for cover in the sand as rocket sirens blare. (Associated Press/File)

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel election ‘do-over’ likely to have same result

By Seth J. Frantzman

FILE - In this July 26, 2019, file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi says longstanding U.S.-Israel relations can withstand the &quot;weakness&quot; of President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu barring two members of Congress from visiting the country. Pelosi told The Associated Press on Friday, Aug. 16, that the &quot;weakness of Netanyahu and the weakness of Donald Trump combined&quot; into a policy that's &quot;a no.&quot; She's not discouraging other lawmakers from visiting Israel. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP Interview: Pelosi assails ‘weakness’ of Trump, Netanyahu

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., listens to a question from a constituent in Wixom, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ** FILE **

Israel grants Rashida Tlaib West Bank visit on humanitarian grounds

By Issac Scharf - Associated Press

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., addresses the 110th NAACP National Convention, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ** FILE **

Rashida Tlaib won’t travel to Israel despite approval to visit family

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Netanyahu apologizes to Druze envoy for airport grilling

Associated Press

Israel’s Likud rules out Netanyahu stepping aside

Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak smiles during a lecture at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa&lt; File)

Former PM Barak, others join forces before Israeli elections

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

In this July 30, 2008, file photo, Jeffrey Epstein, center, appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla. The wealthy financier pleaded not guilty in federal court in New York on Monday, July 8, 2019, to sex trafficking charges following his arrest over the weekend. Epstein will have to remain behind bars until his bail hearing on July 15. (Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP, File)

Ex-Israeli premier plays down relationship with Epstein

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2018 file photo, released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani listens to explanations on new nuclear achievements at a ceremony to mark &quot;National Nuclear Day,&quot; in Tehran, Iran. As Iran prepares to break through limits set by its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, each step narrows the time its leaders would need to have enough highly enriched uranium for an atomic bomb -- if they chose to build one. By Thursday, June 27, 2019, Iran says it will have over 300 kilograms of low-enriched uranium in its possession, which would mean it had broken out of the atomic accord. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)

Iran breaches uranium stockpile limit set by nuclear deal

By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 20, 2019. Netanyahu is calling for &quot;all peace-loving countries&quot; to stand by the United States' efforts to curb Iranian aggression. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli PM calls US economic peace plan ‘brilliant’

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak smiles during a lecture at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Barak announced Wednesday, June 26, 2019 that he is returning to politics and is forming a new party that will aim to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections. Speaking at a Tel Aviv press conference, Barak called for an end to “Netanyahu’s rule with the radicals, racists and corrupt, with the Messianists and his corrupt leadership.” (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Former Israeli PM Barak stages return to ‘topple Netanyahu’

By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press

Israeli PM’s wife sentenced for misusing state funds

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Netanyahu’s lawyer to attend pre-indictment hearing in fall

Associated Press