Tag Archives: Benjamin Netanyahu

“Next month, Israelis will go to the polls to elect a new 120-seat Knesset. It will be Israel’s fourth general election in just under two year”

NEWSWEEK Netanyahu and Israel’s NeverNetanyahu Right by Caroline Glick February 25, 2021 …Despite Netanyahu’s demonization at the hands of the media at home and abroad, his positions are not extreme. They involve standing up for Israel’s rights and interests, developing … Continue reading

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Bibi: “Joe Biden is my personal friend for 40 years,” believes Biden will advance further peace agreements between Israel and Arab and Muslim states

JERUSALEM POST Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden by Lahav Harkov February 18, 2021 US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone on Wednesday, nearly a month after Biden entered office. Netanyahu … Continue reading

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“President Joe Biden has made a flurry of phone calls to American allies around the world. There has been one notable omission”

NBC NEWS Biden hasn’t called Israel’s Netanyahu yet, raising fears of a frosty four years to come by Raf Sanchez February 11, 2021 In his first three weeks in office, President Joe Biden has made a flurry of phone calls to American allies … Continue reading

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“Pollard and his wife, Esther, will live in Jerusalem. A source close to the family said the former spy will not enter politics”

JERUSALEM POST Jonathan Pollard: Former Jewish spy lands in Israel 35 years after arrest by Gil Hoffman December 30, 2020 Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard made aliyah (immigrated) early Wednesday morning, landing in Israel 35 years after he was sentenced to … Continue reading

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Israel’s fourth-election-in-two-years : Bibi “facing for the first time two strong adversaries to his right”

JERUSALEM POST Buckle up for the ugliest election Israel has ever known by Yaakov Katz December 22, 2020 Here is one thing that should be immediately clear: The next three months are going to be some of the ugliest in Israel’s … Continue reading

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“It’s a small shot for a person and a huge step toward the health of us all”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu, Edelstein kick off Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman December 19, 2020 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein received the first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in Israel at an event that … Continue reading

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“Spy chief widely seen behind killing of Iran’s nuclear weapons chief is a trusted Netanyahu loyalist, and his preferred choice to steer Israel through the coming regional chaos”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Why Mossad’s Yossi Cohen, shadow warrior against Iran, is PM’s chosen successor by Haviv Rettig Gur December 2, 2020 In August 2019, people close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heard him utter a startling sentence. “There are … Continue reading

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“Israeli media didn’t disclose what was discussed at reported Israel-Saudi Arabia meeting, but cross-currents involving Iran and the transition from a Trump administration to a Biden White House could be at play”

JERUSALEM POST PA: We hope Saudi Arabia won’t join normalization with Israel by Khaled Abu Toameh November 23, 2020 Palestinian officials in Ramallah said on Monday they were not surprised to hear of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s secret visit to … Continue reading

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“In his new memoir, the 44th president continues to blame Netanyahu for his own failure to make peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors”

NATIONAL REVIEW Obama’s Simmering Resentment of Benjamin Netanyahu by Jim Geraghty November 20, 2020 The final chapter of Barack Obama’s third memoir, A Promised Land, begins with an extensive review of the former president’s often-testy relationship with his Israeli counterpart, … Continue reading

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Obama: “AIPAC moved rightward in accordance with a political shift in Israel”

ALGEMEINER In New Memoir, Obama Accuses Netanyahu of Engaging in ‘Orchestrated’ Push Against His Administration by Staff November 13, 2020 In his own words, former US President Barack Obama regarded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “smart, canny, tough…gifted … Continue reading

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