Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu

This is an extremely volatile ballgame at this point, considering the stalemate of the past two elections.

"We are distressed and angry. . . We ask the prime minister – do not allow President Vladimir Putin to land in Israel without Naama returning home.”

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) led the effort to end the decades-old embargo.

Justice Menachem Mazuz issued the injunction, after Justice Noam Sohlberg had recused himself "for reasons of a social connection."

Because of the dispute over the appointment, between the Justice Minister and the AG, the appointment will most likely be challenged in the High Court of Justice.

MK Ofer Shelah, a Blue&White spokesman, on Monday morning all but confirmed Liberman's angry warning.

"President Jair Bolsonaro told me that for sure, the commitment. He's going to do that ... not only for Brazil, but to be an example to the rest of Latin America."

"Hezbollah is simply Iran's arm in Lebanon against Israel."

Instead of going after Russians, Likud will focus on the Ethiopians, whom Netanyahu believes could bring in as many as two new Likud seats.

Under the new ruling, Judaism will be defined as a national origin, rather than as a religion.

Netanyahu was re-appointed Likud chairman in January 2016 without voting, since no other Likud members had submitted their candidacy.

The bill was tabled jointly by the negotiating teams from the Likud party and the Blue and White faction.

Ramon also said that despite a clear law permitting Prime Minister Netanyahu to run while facing an indictment, the justice system is trying to reinterpret the law.

"Applying rules to Israel that it does not apply anywhere else in the world is against the laws of the World Trade Organization.”

Israeli media claim there are silent negotiations between Likud and Liberman, but there is still no way to match the maximum Haredi concessions to Liberman's minimum demands.

"That’s the only way that you get the truth out. So I want to thank you for standing with Israel, and standing with the truth."

In its rush to protect the peace with its neighbor to the east, Israel has forgotten that the peace depends on deterrence.

Elections would have automatically been set for March 10, but that falls out on the Jewish holiday of Purim.

In response to the question whom they would prefer as the next prime minister, 41% of respondents preferred Benjamin Netanyahu, with Benny Gantz trailing with 38%, within the margin of error.

Netanyahu spoke about his plan to annex the Jordan Valley, having neglected to do it over his 13 years as PM.

In an early November Channel 12 poll, 40% said they would vote for Netanyahu, while 36% said they would vote for Gantz.

Trump sharply criticized his predecessor, saying under the Obama administration relations with Israel were “undermined and neglected.”

"Let the people choose who will lead them. Let the people decide, and no one else -- not the media, either."

"We have to tell him – You are the Speaker of the Knesset, it's all on your head."

Prime Minister Netanyahu called on Portugal to join the US position in intensifying pressure on Iran.

Netanyahu's cousin and personal attorney Shimron will not be charged with bribery and fraud, "only" money laundering.

Case closed, right? How could this poor boy from Rishon get himself a special spot in the capital market? He must have done something wrong. Seriously, that's the extent of the accusation.

Liberman said: "We are going to very difficult, very turbulent elections, and no one knows what level of cursing and slander we will reach in the coming campaign."

The announcement came at about the time Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was meeting in Lisbon, Portugal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the situation in Iran.

"We see demonstrations in Tehran, demonstrations in Baghdad, demonstrations in Beirut. It's important to increase this pressure against Iranian aggression."