Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
‘Left’ a nasty word for Netanyahu
Dictionaries offer many meanings of the word “sinister.” They include: threatening, ominous, bad, evil, base and disastrous. Also: of or on the left side, left, which is the original meaning of the term. When...
Netanyahu meets with Kushner and Greenblatt ahead of peace plan rollout
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Israel with White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt on Thursday ahead of next month’s...
A guide to the perplexed: What happens if Netanyahu fails to form a government?
Can Netanyahu form a government by Wednesday?
If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to stay on as premiere, he has to get the Knesset’s approval for a newly formed government, in the form of a...
It’s time for Netanyahu’s coalition partners to start governing
On April 9, the Israeli electorate made a clear choice: to empower Benjamin Netanyahu to remain Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu received more Knesset mandates than ever before, five more than in the previous election,...
Kushner to visit Israel ahead of US Mideast peace proposal
White House senior adviser and presidential son-in law Jared Kushner is expected to visit Israel next week ahead of the rollout of the Trump administration’s long-awaited peace proposal for the Israelis and Palestinians, reported...
Rivlin gives Netanyahu two more weeks to form coalition
Following a request by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has agreed to grant Netanyahu two more weeks to form a coalition.
Netanyahu will now have until May 29 to form a...
Israel – Gaza peace possible if Netanyahu wants it
Benjamin Netanyahu has served as prime minister for the past 11 years, coinciding with Hamas’ rule over Gaza ever since it usurped power in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority after a brief violent confrontation...
PM Netanyahu addresses the Memorial Day opening ceremony
Following is an excerpt from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks today (Tuesday, 7 May 2019), at the assembly for Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars at Yad Lebanim in Jerusalem:
"The light of...
Visiting wounded soldiers, Netanyahu says ‘rules of the game’ have changed in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited wounded soldiers at a hospital in southern Israel on Monday after a weekend of hostilities, where the Israeli leader said that the “rules of the game” have changed...
Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019
As they do every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israelis across the country stood at silent attention on Thursday morning as sirens wailed.
On Wednesday evening, as Holocaust Remembrance Day began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...