Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
What Syria doesn’t teach us about Iran
The explanation many pundits are offering for the Israeli government’s belated admission that it was responsible for the 2007 bombing of a Syrian nuclear reactor is to send a message to Iran.
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How much do the Palestinians pay for terror?
The foreign-policy establishment is scared—and with good reason. The Taylor Force Act—a bill that will force the end of all U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority if it does not cease paying salaries and...
Netanyahu thanks U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for being a ‘tsunami of fresh air’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the U.N. headquarters in New York on Thursday, where he met U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and toured an exhibit about the Jewish people’s connection...
At AIPAC, Netanyahu trumpets strong relationship with U.S., vows to fight Iranian aggression
Escaping from the political pressures and investigations back home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found a warm greeting at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference on Tuesday, where the Israeli leader fell...
Likud insiders rally behind Netanyahu, rule out his resignation
The new revelation that a lawyer involved in a case investigating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the judge were allegedly colluding has temporarily shifted the media narrative of the scandals away from the Israeli...
Communications director to turn state’s witness against Netanyahu in latest corruption investigation
Israel’s Ministry of Communications Director-General Shlomo Filber, a longtime associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, signed a deal on Tuesday night to become a state’s witness in a growing corruption investigation involving the Israeli...
Early Israel election increasingly likely as Netanyahu’s troubles deepen
As ongoing and newly opened investigations involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continue to develop, it is increasingly likely that he may call an early election, and that his government will not complete a...
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...