Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
Conflicting interests in Syria create a dangerous complexity for Russia and Israel
At the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the situation in Syria and said that “Mr. Assad understands that if he invites Iran in, then obviously, he...
Poll: Israeli voters would still elect Netanyahu, despite corruption charges
A poll released by Israel’s Maariv newspaper Friday indicated that the recent recommendations of Israel police to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of corruption would not have a serious effect on the...
Bibi’s fight has just begun
Since the 1990s, every prime minister of Israel has been entangled in a criminal investigation of one kind or another. It happened to Benjamin Netanyahu during his first term, and it happened to Ehud...
No need to imagine life without Bibi
Lack of faith in institutions, electoral math and the absence of viable alternatives mean that Benjamin Netanyahu is going to remain prime minister for some time yet.
Most of the Israeli premier’s critics assumed that...
Politicians weigh in on Netanyahu scandal
After the Israel Police announced Tuesday that it had collected enough evidence to warrant indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, reactions quickly fell along partisan lines.
On Wednesday, Habayit Hayehudi Chairman Naftali Bennett criticized the prime minister...
Israeli police push Netanyahu bribery indictment; he decries ‘slander’
Israeli police investigators have recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted in two corruption cases, increasing the pressure to step down on one of the longest-serving Israeli leaders in the country’s history.
After a...
White House denies Netanyahu’s claim of talks on Israeli settlement annexation deal
The White House on Monday denied Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that he is in talks with the Trump administration on the annexation of Israeli settlements.
“Reports that the United States discussed with Israel an annexation...
I love you, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu tells Mumbai’s Jews
After his visit to inaugurate the Living Memorial at the Jewish Centre at Nariman House in Colaba, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met members of Mumbai’s Jewish community at a hotel.
Interacting with the guests,...
Netanyahu denies saying Reform Judaism will disappear by assimilation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that he said in closed talks that Reform Judaism in the United States would disappear within two generations due to assimilation.
Netanyahu’s bureau said the reports, which appeared Friday in...
Trump’s team thinking ‘out of the box’ on Israeli-Palestinian peace
US President Donald Trump’s team is taking a fresh approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that could offer some hope of progress after two-decades of stagnant attempts, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, at...