Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
In visiting Hungary, critics say, Netanyahu puts realpolitik ahead of ties with local Jews
Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to become the first Israeli prime minister to visit Hungary since the fall of the Iron Curtain 26 years ago. But next week’s three-day trip, hailed by both sides as...
Bernstein: Israel Cabinet decisions greatly affect American Jews
According to the Sages of the Talmud, sinat hinam, causeless hatred, among Jews destroyed the Temple. We no longer have the Temple, but 50 years since the Six-Day War, the Kotel (Western Wall), our last remnant of...
Jewish leaders rethink ties with Netanyahu, Israeli government
The Jewish Agency, the world's largest Jewish nonprofit group, will reevaluate its relationship with the Israeli government after two decisions that have sparked outrage in the Jewish world, according to the organization's new chairman of...
Trump envoy Greenblatt meets with Netanyahu in Jerusalem, as US seeks renewal of Israeli-Palestinian...
Jason Greenblatt — US President Donald Trump’s international negotiations representative — met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Tuesday, but remained tight-lipped as to the substance of their discussions.
Greenblatt said on...
Trump to visit Jewish, Christian holy sites in Jerusalem
President Donald Trump will visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaism's holiest prayer site, the White House said on Monday amid controversy in Israel over reported comments by a U.S. diplomat that the wall...
Ahead of UNESCO vote, Netanyahu says Jews closest to Jerusalem
rime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday harshly criticized a resolution by the UN’s cultural agency that seemingly rejects the Jewish state’s sovereignty over any part of Jerusalem, saying the measure ignores the strength Jewish...
WATCH: Netanyahu posts shock video to influence Trump-Abbas meeting
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video on Facebook Thursday showing Palestinian officials, including PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, proudly acknowledging their violent anti-Semitism and widespread incitement to terror.
https://www.facebook.com/IsraeliPM/videos/1682048805143191/
German FM: No Big Loss that Netanyahu Canceled our Meeting
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled his meeting with Germany’s foreign minister, who insisted on meeting with two extreme-left groups that are critical of Israel.
A senior Israeli official confirmed that Netanyahu told Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel...
German foreign minister says his country must support its Jewish community
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to meet with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and the media attention it received simply helped Gabriel’s image.
While President Reuven Rivlin usually follows the government line on foreign policy,...
Foundation fund nixes progressive donation
Since 2014, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (JCFLA) has distributed more than $150 million from so-called “donor-advised funds” — money the foundation holds in trust for would-be donors.
Now, a contentious episode with...