Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
In a deadlocked election, the real winners are Israeli Arabs
If nothing else, one clear result of Israel’s frustrating general election gives the lie to the claim that Israeli Arabs were being intimidated from casting their vote.
This arose from a failed attempt by Israeli...
The Netanyahu era’s last chapter begins
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted his supporters at Likud Party campaign headquarters on Tuesday evening, his demeanor as much as his words made the outcome of the vote clear to everyone. While...
The results are in: Who will emerge from Israel’s election deadlock?
Israel’s hyper-democratic parliamentary system is being put to the test once again as the second round of elections in six months has yielded no clear winner.
The two largest parties—Netanyahu’s reigning right-wing Likud Party, and...
Does Israel need a mutual defense pact with the United States?
Maybe it was just one more attempt to help Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win re-election. But whatever his motivation, President Donald Trump’s tweet that revealed that he had discussed the possibility of a...
In face of growing Iran threat, debate resurfaces over US-Israel mutual defense pact
Although proposals for a U.S.-Israel mutual defense pact are not new, the concept has recently gained momentum and attracted growing media attention in Israel.
On Sept. 14, U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter to...
Survey: Arab Israelis consider Netanyahu best suited to be prime minister
Almost a quarter (23.6%) of respondents to a poll of Israel’s Arab public published this month said that Benjamin Netanyahu was best suited to be Israel’s next prime minister.
The poll, commissioned by Arik Rudnizky...
Netanyahu calls for emergency election committee meeting on ‘voter fraud’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called for an emergency meeting with the head of the Central Election Committee, Supreme Court Judge Hanan Melcer, to discuss possible voter fraud in this week’s election.
Netanyahu’s...
Trump: ‘I look forward’ to discussing defense pact with Netanyahu
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Saturday that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone earlier to discuss the possibility of “moving forward with a mutual defense treaty”...
Turkey: OIC to meet to discuss Israel’s annexation announcement
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary meeting on Sunday to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement last week that Israel will annex parts of the West Bank, the Turkish...
Netanyahu is THE issue in Israel’s election
Benyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has support. He’s leading all others by a substantial margin in polls that ask for the favored Prime Minister.
Likud as such, is more problematic. Polls showed it often tied with Blue...