Posts tagged with "Benjamin Netanyahu"

In Trump's final days, Netanyahu orders more settler homes built COMMUNITY

In Trump’s final days, Netanyahu orders more settler homes built

January 11th, 20210 JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered construction plans advanced on Monday for some 800 Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank, anchoring the projects in the final days of the pro-settlement Trump administration. Palestinians condemned such construction as illegal. The timing of the move appeared to be...
Suspected Iranian nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran International

Suspected Iranian nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

November 27th, 20200 TEHRAN — An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb program was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. The military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
No normalization, but Saudi Arabia and Israel ready to gang up on Iran International

No normalization, but Saudi Arabia and Israel ready to gang up on Iran

November 26th, 20200 RIYADH — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman earlier this week, despite a denial of the meeting by Israeli officials. On the discussion table was a country that has played the role of boogeyman for both Israel and its allies in the U.S. government: Iran. The two leaders talked...
Netanyahu has “warm” convo with Biden, calls him “president-elect” COMMUNITY

Netanyahu has “warm” convo with Biden, calls him “president-elect”

November 17th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden had a “warm conversation” with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone on Tuesday. Netanyahu referred to Biden as president-elect in a statement after the talk. Netanyahu had acknowledged and congratulated Biden’s electoral victory early on, but had refrained from calling him president-elect...
"An evening of unity" with a fascist criminal is shameful COMMUNITY

“An evening of unity” with a fascist criminal is shameful

October 16th, 20201 This Sunday, Michigan's top elected officials will be addressing and attending the virtual event, "An evening of unity", sponsored by Yeshiva Beth Yehuda, the self-described "oldest and largest Jewish educational institution in Michigan." Governor Whitmer, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Senator Gary Peters, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan...
The politics of war: What is Israel’s endgame in Lebanon and Syria?  Lebanon

The politics of war: What is Israel’s endgame in Lebanon and Syria? 

August 15th, 20201 On August 4, hours before a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an ominous warning to Lebanon. “We hit a cell and now we hit the dispatchers,” Netanyahu said during an official tour of a military facility in central Israel. “I suggest to all of them, including,...
Palestinians call Israel-UAE normalization deal treason and stab in the back Palestine

Palestinians call Israel-UAE normalization deal treason and stab in the back

August 13th, 20200 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a "historic" deal on Thursday that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two nations in an agreement that President Trump helped broker. Under the agreement, Israel has agreed to suspend applying sovereignty to areas of the West...
Why Palestinian-Israeli prisoners exchange deal could happen soon COMMUNITY

Why Palestinian-Israeli prisoners exchange deal could happen soon

July 22nd, 20200 For the first time since the Israeli war on Gaza in 2014, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling its willingness to engage in negotiations regarding the release of the bodies of two Israeli soldiers believed to be held by resistance groups in Gaza. But will another prisoner exchange similar to that of...
Former long-time Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak dies in Cairo World

Former long-time Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak dies in Cairo

February 25th, 20200 CAIRO - Egypt’s state-run television announced on Tuesday that the country’s former leader and autocrat Hosni Mubarak died at the age of 91. After a presidency that spanned three decades, long-time U.S. ally Mubarak was ousted by mass popular protests as part of the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011. Egypt’s State TV said Mubarak...
Netanyahu's political campaign in trouble as corruption trial looms Palestine

Netanyahu’s political campaign in trouble as corruption trial looms

February 21st, 20200 TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will spend the last days of his election campaign under the shadow of serious and damaging corruption charges, as Israeli courts announced Tuesday that his criminal trial will begin March 17. Netanyahu is expected to attend the initial hearing just two weeks after the March 2...
Israel's Netanyahu Indicted on bribery and fraud charges Palestine

Israel’s Netanyahu Indicted on bribery and fraud charges

November 23rd, 20190 TEL AVIV — Shortly after Israel’s ceremonial President Reven Rivlin informed parliament that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main political rival were able to form a coalition, the country’s attorney general formally charged Netanyahu on serious charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.  With an...
Gantz to Netanyahu: Unity government, not an immunity government International

Gantz to Netanyahu: Unity government, not an immunity government

October 6th, 20190 JERUSULAM — Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz continued his call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to relinquish his long hold of the country’s government Thursday. The Israeli publication Haaretz reports that Gantz called to establish a broad, liberal unity government without Netanyahu’s involvement. Gantz...
Netanyahu loses ground, calls on Gantz to form unity government International

Netanyahu loses ground, calls on Gantz to form unity government

September 20th, 20190 TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is beseeching his chief rival Benny Gantz to form a “broad unity government” with Netanyahu at the helm, after failing to gain a clear election victory twice in six months. Gantz declared victory on Thursday after his Kahol Lavan edged over Likud in Israel's Tuesday’s...
War versus peace: Israel has decided and so should we Opinions

War versus peace: Israel has decided and so should we

April 19th, 20190 So, what have we learned from the Israeli legislative elections on April 9? A whole lot. To start with, don’t let such references as the “tight race” between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his main rival, Benny Gantz, fool you. Yes, Israelis are divided on some issues that are particular to...
Explaining the Israeli election: Who won, who lost? World

Explaining the Israeli election: Who won, who lost?

April 19th, 20190 TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the backing of a majority of parliament members on Tuesday to form a new government, following the April 9 election. Netanyahu is heading towards a record fifth term in office confident of being able to put together a bloc of religious-rightist parties. It would be a slim...
For Palestinians, it doesn’t matter who wins the Israeli elections Opinions

For Palestinians, it doesn’t matter who wins the Israeli elections

April 12th, 20190 Israeli elections have just concluded and the results indicate that Benjamin Netanyahu is set to win a fifth term as Israeli prime minister. The race between Netanyahu and his strongest challenger, Benjamin Gantz, who is a former chief of staff of the Israeli military forces, was very tight. But even if Gantz and his associated political...
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