Tag: Defense Minister

Threatened residents are accusing the rightwing members of government, especially Bennett and Shaked, of a lackadaisical approach to Amona's impending doom

Netanyahu played down "all kinds of background noise and disinformation about the agreement."

The court has ordered the final date for the evacuation of the entire outpost to be no later than December 25 this year.

Halel Ariel's mother said in a statement, "Two months after the murder, Halel is gone and the community that was built near that terrible site is also gone... Today Halel was murdered a second time. "

The accommodations have all been approved by Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beiteinu), in the spirit of facilitating a life of religion and worship.

DM Liberman heads to London to meet with his American and British counterparts for talks about "regional issues."

The father of a fallen soldier whose body is being held in captivity by Hamas in Gaza was laid to rest after giving up his struggle after a 10-month battle with cancer.

Taking for himself the credit that mostly belongs to the gregarious Transport Minister, Netanyahu said his Government has invested almost $9 billion in a massive expansion of highways and railways.

Liberman attacked the Europeans and the Americans who demand that Israel ignore the Supreme Court ruling to demolish Susiya, but to enforce the same court's ruling on demolishing the Jewish Amona community in northern Samaria.

The loud and clear statement from the Defense Minister that he will back his soldiers rather than sic lawyers at them will likely go a long way to improve IDF morale.

Former Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Fuad Ben-Eliezer has passed away at the age of 80.

Former DM Ben-Eliezer was admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit at Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center.

Liberman is changing the rules in Gaza, and it appears that from now on, a provocation, no matter how small, will be met with a fierce and destructive reaction.

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ruled that holding terrorist bodies does not have legal justification and ordered the body released.

Should Israel permit this illegal outpost to remain, in Area C of Judea and Samaria which was designated for Jewish settlements, more camps like it will soon dot the landscape.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has reversed his predecessor Moshe Ya'alon's policy regarding the return of terrorists' bodies to their families for burial.

To remind you, Gush Etzion was founded not after the 1967 War, but back in 1940-1947. Its civilian population was overrun by an invading Jordanian army in 1948.

According to Damari's account, the first rescuer arrived seconds after the attack and started prying the doors open with a jack, releasing and bringing out the children.

On Sunday, the White House staff let the Israelis know they were fuming, and unable to understand how Israel chooses to attack the president in the midst of negotiating the biggest military aid package.

It could mean those PA folks would be stuck without their Internet connection and the world would be spared many gigabytes of incitement.

The AG is obviously feeling that he can't go to battle against a clear Supreme Court ruling to demolish Amona.

In terms of political affiliation, the Knesset factions would have experienced a serious tilt to the right were the elections held this week.

The boorish voice in this incident belonged to Obama. As a NY Post editorial put it, "What could President Obama have been thinking?"

Bennett was behind the popular notion that the Netanyahu security cabinet was unaware of the tunnel threat.

Ah, police harassment, that unique combination of abuse of power and contempt for civilians.

The prosecutor accused Azaria of inventing being slapped by his superior, Azaria said he was in shock after the incident and that's why he didn't report the slaps at the time.

Liberman recommended that soldiers who are not sure about the rules of engagement ask their superiors.

One report that had been produced by a Knesset committee was shelved because of the 2015 elections.

Liberman decided to ignore Vice Counsel on Legislation Affairs Dina Zilber's opinion, which is almost unheard of in Israeli governmental politics.

The leftover money will go to a fund for future cases in which IDF soldiers are taken to court by their own army.