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Israel will solve African migrant problem, Netanyahu assures

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decried violence against African migrants following a night of violent protest.

Bibi stalls bills legalizing Ulpana

Two bills that would have legalized an outlying neighborhood of a West Bank settlement, bypassing a Supreme Court decision, were stalled in the Knesset by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Poll Trends: Kadima is losing, but Netanyahu isn’t


When Israel lacks leadership, we should speak up

When a family member behaves self-destructively, what do you do? Do you become an apologist, an enabler, or do you call him out? Do you blame everyone else but him, or do you intervene? Do you sit back and just hope things will improve on their own, or do you take urgent action?

Netanyahu: ‘Fatal mistake’ to concede sacred sites

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday it would be a "fatal mistake" ever to give up control over Jerusalem's holy sites.

An angry Netanyahu is good for Iran negotiations


Netanyahu: No sign Iran will stop nuclear weapons path

Nothing suggests that Iran is ready to stop its nuclear weapons program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ahead of talks between Iran and a U.S.-led negotiating coalition.

Israel: Iran in ‘chess game’ to guard nuclear gains

Iran is likely to use talks planned with world powers next week to buy more time for advancing its disputed nuclear program and it is "very good at playing this kind of chess game," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday.

May 18, 2012


Can the new Israeli coalition bring about peace??


Time to expand dialogue and partnership with Israel

This week, I traveled from Israel to engage in discussions with Jewish community leaders and activists in Southern California. As a proud Israeli Zionist, I work to promote the flourishing ties between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. I came here as an Israeli who celebrates the link between our proud history and a present filled with unmatched innovation and growth, the Israel of the City of David, King Solomon’s Mines and the “Start-Up Nation.” A state of pioneers and the warriors.

Netanyahu’s excuses and the Financial Times’ leaps of logic


Poll Trend: Elections far off, Netanyahu still strong


May 14, 2012


May 13, 2012


Can mighty Israel (and mighty Netanyahu) make peace?


Will Israelis support the new mega-coalition?


May 8, 2012


Eight quick takes on Israel’s canceled election and new unity government


Israel (Factor) choice for VP: Joe Biden


May 7, 2012


May 6, 2012


NEW: Tracking the trends in Israeli elections season


Barak goes on defensive against Olmert’s ‘gang’

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the recent spate of criticism by former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's "gang" on a possible attack on Iran's nuclear infrastructure has caused "damage" to Israel.

May 3, 2012


Netanyahu the clear favorite heading to Israel’s upcoming elections, Haaretz poll

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can rest easy after reading the results of the latest Haaretz-Dialog poll: Not only does he trounce all his rivals on the question of who is most fit to lead the country, but an absolute majority of Israelis reject the aspersions cast on him last week by former Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin.

Obama calls Netanyahu to express condolences

President Obama sent his condolences to Benjamin Netanyahu over the death of the Israeli prime minister's father.

Are Netanyahu and Barak bluffing on Iran?

Has Israel’s game of chicken with Iran jumped the shark?

May 2, 2012


Early elections likely for Israel

Israeli elections are likely to come a year earlier than scheduled.

Noted historian Benzion Netanyahu, father of Israel’s prime minister, dies at 102

Benzion Netanyahu, a noted Jewish historian and Zionist thinker, and the father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died.

April 30, 2012


Netanyahu wants postponement of settlement dismantling ruling

The Israeli government plans to request that an Israeli Supreme Court order to dismantle part of a West Bank settlement be postponed for 90 days.

Biden: No president since Truman has done more for Israel than Obama

Vice President Joe Biden said that "no president since Harry Truman has done more for Israel’s security than Barack Obama."

Barak: Iran unlikely to give in to pressure

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said chances that Iran will give in to pressure to stop its suspected nuclear program are low, and that the dangers of a nuclear Iran outweigh the dangers of action to stop it.

Israeli minister: Legalization of outposts a ‘holiday gift’ from Netanyahu

Israeli Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar called Israel's legalization of three West Bank settlement outposts a "holiday gift" for the nation's Independence Day from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The pragmatists

Yehuda Avner arrived in Israel in 1947 from his native Manchester, England, as an idealistic religious Zionist. His keen intellect landed him a post in the foreign service, and his English proficiency almost guaranteed that he would be the designated note taker as he traveled with four prime ministers from the earliest days of the State to the aftermath of the Lebanon War.

Netanyahu defends comparison of Iran, Nazi Holocaust

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected criticism of his likening of a nuclear-armed Iran to the Nazi Holocaust as improper, saying in an address to the country on Wednesday that "uncomfortable truths" must be aired.

Bibi’s back on Time list of 100 most influential

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made Time magazine's 2012 list of the 100 most influential people in the world for the second year in a row.

Bibi, Peres invoke Iran threat during Yom HaShoah ceremony

Israel's prime minister and president invoked the Iranian threat during remarks at the annual Yom HaShoah ceremony at Yad Vashem.

Netanayahu blasts Gunter Grass poem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted a German poet who wrote that Israel is a threat to world peace.

Clinton: Strike on Iran is ‘not in anyone’s interest’

A unilateral strike by Israel on Iran’s nuclear facilities is not the best course of action, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

The best representative of American Jewish values (guess who?)


Netanyahu to call on Abbas to return to the negotiating table

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to send a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in which he will call on him to return to the negotiating table, promptly and without preconditions.

Settlers remain in Hebron home after eviction deadline

Jewish settlers remained in a home near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, despite the passing of a deadline for them to prove their ownership or vacate the building.

Netanyahu says sanctions hurting Iran but not enough

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that international sanctions were hurting Iran's economy but not enough to persuade it to curb its nuclear ambitions even slightly.

The tent movement is coming (back)


So it’s “Shaul or Bibi” - but can Mofaz find the votes?


Audiences should 'RSVP' to bullies

Over the past 10 years, we have repeatedly witnessed efforts to shut down guest speakers who present an Israeli perspective on college campuses and in communities.

Netanyahu calls Human Rights Council decision ‘hypocritical’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at a U.N. Human Rights Council decision to investigate Jewish settlements, calling it "hypocritical" and detached from reality.

On Capitol Hill, Gary Ackerman served with a sharp wit and a stubborn candor

When Rep. Gary Ackerman decided to retire, he did it in the same manner that he served in Congress for the past three decades: on his own terms.

Netanyahu talks to recovering Sen. Kirk

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who is recovering from a stroke.

Netanyahu: Murder in French Jewish school a ‘despicable anti-Semitic’ attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the shooting at a Jewish high school in the southern French city of Toulouse is a "despicable murder," and that he is certain that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his government "will do everything in their power to find the murderer, and I promise that Israel will help France in this task."

March 18, 2012


Hagee’s Christians United for Israel (CUFI) reaches one million members


Gambling on not attacking Iran


Opinion: Bomb/Not Bomb

If you can’t hold two opposing ideas in your mind at the same time, Jewish life is not for you.

After Bibi’s U.S. visit, question remains: What’s Israel’s next step on Iran?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is waiting and watching when it comes to Iran -- although for how long, no one knows.

Netanyahu’s approval rating: 53 percent


Did Florida’s Legislature endorse a one-state solution and Israeli citizenship for Palestinians?

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a hotly debated issue -- but not in the Florida Legislature. Both houses of the state's Legislature voted unanimously in February to stake out a bold position on the issue -- but it’s not entirely clear what, exactly, Florida lawmakers were trying to say.


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