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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2011. Credit: EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE.

Merkel due in Israel for first time in four years amid Iran tensions

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to make her first visit to Israel since February 2014 in October, despite strained relations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met Merkel in Berlin in June. During...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the 2018 AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

New poll shows only 17 percent of Democrats view Netanyahu favorably

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A new poll released this week highlights the growing partisan gap on Israel in the United States. Compared to 64 percent of Republicans, just 17 percent of Democrats support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Credit: Flash90.

Netanyahu’s new security doctrine to boost defense spending by ‎billions

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‎presented the cabinet with his new security doctrine ‎for Israel on Wednesday, one that entails increasing defense spending by ‎billions of shekels. ‎ The “2030 security concept,” which has been...
An emergency meeting of the Israeli security cabinet attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, as well as other senior defense officials. Credit: Ariel Harmoni/Defense Ministry.

Israel’s security cabinet orders IDF to continue airstrikes on Hamas in Gaza

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After an emergency meeting late Thursday, Israel’s security cabinet ordered the IDF to “continue taking strong action against the terrorist elements,” said the Prime Minister’s Office. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Knesset Plenary Hall session ahead of the vote on the Nationality Law, which will enforce the foundation of the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish people, on July 18, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Amid nation-state law controversy, Netanyahu urges lawmakers to ‘fight for the truth’

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Israelii Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday told ‎Likud ministers he expected them to express ‎‎“unreserved and unapologetic” support for ‎the controversial nation-state law.‎ ‎“The Jewish nation-state is the basis of our ‎‎existence,” he said....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban hold a joint press conference at the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary on July 18, 2017. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO

Welcoming Orbán doesn’t betray Israeli democracy

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For those who like neat political theories with straight lines connecting the people they don’t like, the upcoming visit of Hungarian President Viktor Orbán to Israel provides some potent ammunition. Orbán was elected for a third...
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Israeli president stands up against Arab discrimination

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Various proposals for a new Basic Law, formally known as “Israel: The Nation State of the Jewish People,” or the “Nationality Law” for short, have been sitting before the Knesset for several years now....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on July 11, 2018. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu to Putin: Iran needs to leave Syria

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, just hours after Israel shot down a Syrian drone that had infiltrated Israeli airspace. “It is clear that our focus...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 24, 2018. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL

Facing backlash to errors in amended Polish Holocaust law, Netanyahu to ‘speak up’

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the ongoing controversy over his recent joint statement with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on an amendment to Poland’s controversial Holocaust law. The law, which prohibits accusing Poland of...

Must Jews and Poles keep fighting about the Holocaust?

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It’s never wise to get into an argument about the Holocaust with Yad Vashem. That’s the moral of the story with regard to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inept attempt to resolve a quarrel with...