Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu’s new security doctrine to boost defense spending by billions
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...
Israel’s security cabinet orders IDF to continue airstrikes on Hamas in Gaza
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...
Amid nation-state law controversy, Netanyahu urges lawmakers to ‘fight for the truth’
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....
Welcoming Orbán doesn’t betray Israeli democracy
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...
Israeli president stands up against Arab discrimination
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....
Netanyahu to Putin: Iran needs to leave Syria
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...
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?
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...
Yad Vashem slams recent Israeli-Polish leaders’ joint statement on Holocaust
The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum strongly criticized the “highly problematic wording” of a recent joint statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, that sought to end a...
Netanyahu vows to pass nation-state bill by end of Knesset’s current session
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday to ensure that the controversial nation-state bill passes the legislative process by the end of the Knesset’s summer session on July 22.
The bill defines Israel as...