Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
‘Dramatic announcement’ keeps Netanyahu’s legal woes atop election cycle
In a prime-time televised address on Monday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placed looming corruption charges against him at the center of the current election cycle, ahead of issues relating to security or...
In primetime address, Netanyahu dismissed accusations of corruption
Billed ahead of time by his spokesperson as “something dramatic,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied the series of allegations that have been leveled against him, with Israeli police recommending last month that the prime minister...
Ahead in polls, Netanyahu’s legal troubles provide main electoral challenge
Israel’s Channel 10 News reports that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is likely to announce his intention to proceed with a pre-indictment hearing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the April 9 elections.
That places...
The left is trying to steal the election, declares Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticized the left and the media in a video message published on Thursday evening in which he said that they are “putting brute, inhumane pressure on the attorney...
Netanyahu heralds ‘new era in relations between Israel and Brazil’
Anyone who wants additional proof that Israel is a rising world power should see the great admiration for Israel in Brazil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
Netanyahu arrived in Brazil last week...
Israeli prime minister asserts: ‘I will not resign, even if indicted’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told associates on Wednesday that he has no intention of stepping down, even if he faces a criminal indictment.
Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit is currently reviewing police recommendations to file corruption...
2019 Israeli elections, ‘Case 4775’: The public trial of Netanyahu
Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to win a record-tying fifth election on April 9, which would put him in position to become the longest-serving premier in Israeli history—longer even than founding...
Despite all the controversy, Netanyahu forecasts his re-election in 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured his Likud Party on Monday that he will win re-election and therefore maintain the current governing coalition when elections take place in April.
The Israeli leader confirmed on Monday that elections...
Running the Jewish nation with a razor-thin majority
Since Avigdor Lieberman’s resignation as Defense Minister and Yisrael Beytenu’s departure from the government in mid-November, the ruling coalition led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now has just 61 Knesset members out of...
Despite new police recommendations to indict, Netanyahu has no intention or legal mandate to...
When Israeli police issued a third recommendation to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for suspected bribery, opposition leaders increased their calls for Israel’s second longest-serving leader to resign. Yet all indications point to Netanyahu...