The Obama administration signaled on Wednesday it could take a tougher stance toward Benjamin Netanyahu following his decisive Israeli election victory and campaign tack to the right, saying there will be consequences for his sudden reversal on the idea of an independent Palestinian state. While senior American officials said the[…]
The re-election of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu will have little benefit on Palestinians in the occupied territories, the Gaza Strip, and those residing in Israel itself. So says Suraya Dadoo, a researcher with the Media Review Network (MRN), in her commentary on the outcome of Tuesday’s elections, which saw[…]
Jettisoning the two-state solution and race-baiting were two of the tactics Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu employed in his decisive re-election victory this week. But how will those tactics play domestically and with international allies in the long run? Using tough last-minute tactics to seize victory, Benjamin Netanyahu ensured himself[…]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a clear victory in Israel’s Parliamentary elections, Israeli media reported, after 99 percent of the ballot boxes were counted. Netanyahu’s Likud party captured at least 29 seats in Parliament, sweeping past the rival Zionist Union alliance, which won 24 seats, according to Yediot Ahronot[…]
Israelis were voting in parliament elections Tuesday, after a heated campaign focused on economic issues such as the high cost of living rather than fears of a nuclear Iran or the Israeli-Arab conflict. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a fourth term in office, but it will likely take weeks[…]
Israel’s leading parliamentary election candidates were making last-ditch attempts to woo voters Monday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placing the emphasis on security and his Zionist camp rivals urging voters not to disperse the centre-left vote. Speaking a day before polls were due to open, Netanyahu appealed to hardliners by[…]
The last polls just days before Israel’s election show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party trailing behind the center-left opposition. Poll results in the Yediot Ahronot newspaper on Friday gave the Zionist Union, comprised of labor and a center-left party, 26 seats over 22 for Netanyahu’s hawkish Likud party. It[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports that he had backed away from support for a two-state solution that he expressed in a 2009 speech. A statement from Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party on Sunday stated that the prime minister had said that “in the present situation in the Middle[…]
Tens of thousands of Israelis are gathering at a Tel Aviv square under the banner “Israel wants change” and calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be replaced in March 17 national elections. Saturday night’s rally at Rabin Square is the highest profile demonstration yet in the run-up to the[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech this week before the U.S. Congress, in which he argued against an emerging nuclear deal with Iran, has received tacit support from an unlikely quarter — Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich Sunni kingdom views Shiite Iran as a regional rival that is perhaps even[…]
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