Netanyahu to Biden: Israel’s ties with Arab states ‘solid base’ for peace, stability

Netanyahu to Biden: Israel’s ties with Arab states ‘solid base’ for peace, stability

In a joint press conference with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's failure to condemn Tuesday's Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel.

Speaking of the largest of the attacks, in which 29-year-old American business school student Taylor Force was killed and 11 Israelis were wounded in Jaffa, Netanyahu noted that Abbas's Fatah party "actually praised this murderer as a hero and a martyr. This is wrong, and this failure to condemn terrorism should be condemned itself by everybody in the international community."

Treasury Secretary: Don’t blame IRS for its ‘bad performance record’
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Treasury Secretary: Don’t blame IRS for its ‘bad performance record’

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(CNSNews.com) – "I find it unacceptable to preside over an agency that has no choice but to have such a bad performance record, because it doesn't have people answering the phones," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Congress on Tuesday.

"You go to the call centers, and there are empty seats. That's why the phones don't get answered." He called it "terrible."

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