Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
Rivlin officially tasks Netanyahu with forming next government
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin officially tapped Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to form a governing coalition.
Netanyahu will have 28 days to form a new government. Rivlin may grant a 14-day extension, if necessary.
The...
![>By The White House [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Trump_syria_address-324x235.png "Coalition of pro-Israel organizations asks Trump to let Israel decide on sovereignty")
Coalition of pro-Israel organizations asks Trump to let Israel decide on sovereignty
A coalition of 20 pro-Israel organizations sent a joint letter on Tuesday to U.S. President Donald Trump, asking him to let Israel decide on sovereignty.
This was in response to nine Jewish groups calling on the...
Habit voting aided Netanyahu despite all
Now that the actual elections (though not the coalition-building process) are behind us we can stop and think about what we have all just been through here in Israel, and what awaits us in...
Jewish critics of Israel have a problem with Israelis, not with Netanyahu
The last time the outcome of a U.S. presidential election was as decisive as the vote held last week in Israel, Americans were pretty much unanimous as to what to call it. The word...
Report: Trump warns Netanyahu about Sino-Israeli relations
U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the latter’s visit at the White House last month that Israel could jeopardize its security cooperation with the United States if it...
Israel: Beating a dead Leftist horse
Israel’s electorate has refused to grow up, and its leaders are to blame.
They turned the election campaign into a fight of Right against Left—though it’s been clear for years that there is no Israeli...
Democrats’ war on Netanyahu isn’t compatible with a pro-Israel stance
When leaders of Tammany Hall—the legendary Democratic machine that ran New York City for more than a century—would be confronted with an occasional electoral setback, their usual response was to deride it by claiming...
The right still rules in Israel. Will it continue?
Is Benjamin Netanyahu’s dominance of Israeli politics the product of a consensus he helped build, or is he merely a convenient beneficiary of forces that were beyond his control? Like the old question about...
There is no left left in Israel
Don't be fooled by misleading stories about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's disappointing showing in Tuesday's election in Israel. Even if the centrist Blue and White alliance of former military chief Benny Gantz were to eke out...
Trump says Netanyahu victory is ‘good for peace’
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to form another governing coalition, winning re-election on Tuesday, world leaders began to offer their congratulations.
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday morning that while the results have...