Tag Archives: Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s potential directives include: gatherings capped at 10 people, closing beachfronts, synagogues and yeshivot, reducing public transportation, allowing restaurants only to open for delivery

JERUSALEM POST Edelstein says Israel could face total corona lockdown within four days by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman July 15, 2020 Due to the continued rise in coronavirus cases, the government will roll out new restrictions within the next two days, Prime … Continue reading

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“What Netanyahu does over the next few weeks will determine if he goes down in history as one of the greatest Jewish leaders of all time, or if he is remembered as a disappointment of Sabbatean proportions”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Trump and Netanyahu face their rendezvous with destiny by Caroline B. Glick July 3, 2020 …Netanyahu’s sovereignty plan is predicated on Israel asserting and the US recognizing Israel’s rights to Judea and Samaria on … Continue reading

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“Netanyahu tells the story of a major drama that unfolded behind the scenes at the UN Security Council shortly before former US President Barack Obama left office” and it involved Putin

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) How Russia saved Israel from a Palestinian state based on the ’48 borders by Ariel Kahana June 15, 2020 New details about some drama involving Israel, Russia, and the US that played out behind … Continue reading

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“Aaron Klein, former Breitbart journalist, hired by Netanyahu as strategic consultant”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu appoints controversial adviser who trashed Obama and Biden by Gil Hoffman June 8, 2020 …Aaron Klein, a former journalist for Breitbart, was hired by Netanyahu as a strategic and communications consultant for the Likud Party. “Klein left … Continue reading

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“Netanyahu said determined to move ahead with annexing parts of West Bank and is working on high-resolution maps, despite threat of EU sanctions, ambivalence from US”

TIMES OF ISRAEL German FM to make urgent visit to Israel to warn against annexation by Staff June 5, 2020 German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is reportedly set to come to Israel on Wednesday for an urgent visit to warn … Continue reading

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“Ahead of his arraignment in the first-ever criminal trial of a sitting Israeli premier, #Bibi accuses the left of “stitching together” charges against him after having failed to remove him at the ballot box”

JNS Defiant Netanyahu dismisses charges against him at start of corruption trials May 24, 2020 Moments before an arraignment on multiple corruption charges, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his innocence, saying he had been framed as part of an … Continue reading

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“How could Mandelblit indict Netanyahu for a nonexistent crime that is unheard of not only in Israel, but on most of the planet?”

JERUSALEM POST What on earth is media bribery, and should it be a crime? by Yonah Jeremy Bob May 25, 2020 …[Netanyahu’s lawyers] were especially irate because they said Netanyahu has faced decades of biased coverage against him, including in … Continue reading

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“As for the annexation of the West Bank, the Israelis will ultimately make those decisions,” Pompeo told reporters. “That’s an Israeli decision”

JERUSALEM POST Amid COVID-19, Pompeo to visit Israel and meet Netanyahu, Gantz by Omri Nahmias May 9, 2020 US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, is expected to visit Israel on Wednesday…Secretary Pompeo will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue … Continue reading

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“The new coalition handcuffs its rival blocks into near paralysis. Perhaps this will usefully restrain Israel’s raging political fevers”

JERUSALEM POST Can Netanyahu, Gantz work together in a straightjacket government? by David M. Weinberg April 24, 2020 The Israeli “emergency” and “unity” government that will supposedly be confirmed by the Knesset sometime in May is the screwiest doohickey ever … Continue reading

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Gantz-Netanyahu deal ends 17-month political crisis; Gantz: “We prevented a fourth election”

JERUSALEM POST The deal is done: Netanyahu, Gantz ink coalition pact by Gil Hoffman April 21, 2020 Israel will soon have a new coalition government after an agreement was signed on Monday evening between Likud and Blue and White, putting … Continue reading

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