Benjamin Netanyahu

The head of the US delegation to nuclear talks with Iran arrived in Israel on Friday to brief officials after a meeting in Baghdad that achieved little other than arranging more talks.Wendy Sherman, the head of the US delegation to nuclear talks with Iran, pictured in 2011, arrived in Israel on Friday to brief officials after a meeting in Baghdad that achieved little other than arranging more talks. (AFP Photo/Alex Wong)   Do You Like this Article? Then Like Us on Facebook.  Wendy Sherman...Read Full Story

Today, Iran will meet with six other nations in Baghdad to discuss its nuclear program. Much of the international community believes that Iran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons, though Iran insists that its program is peaceful. Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United States that Iran was likely to agree to a deal that would make it appear as if it had made progress toward meeting the demands of the international community, yet that still allowed the...Read Full Story

The Knesset plenum on Monday convened a special session to mark Jerusalem Day, which was celebrated on Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Opposition Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich (Labor) and Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin addressed the plenum during the event. "We need to stop for one day every year and realize that we are witnessing and experiencing the fulfillment of a prophecy, the yearning for Zion, the return to Zion and the revival of Zion" Netanyahu told the Knesset plenum. The...Read Full Story

Cabinet meets on Ammunition Hill in honor of Jerusalem Day. Netanyahu says government increasing efforts to stop flow of African migrants. Yishai: Giving them jobs won't help "The illegal immigration phenomenon is very severe and threatens national security and identity," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, adding that "this problem began more than seven years ago." Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, which was held at Ammunition Hill in honor of Jerusalem Day, Netayahu said...Read Full Story

Browse >Home / Around The World / The Alliance Of Likud And Kadima Has Transformed Israel. And You’d Better Believe ItMay 11, 2012Samuel Marshall writes from Tel Aviv: The most startling development in recent Israeli politics has occurred. Prime Minister Initially Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that the country would now have a unity government with the leader of Kadima party, Shaul Mofaz, becoming deputy Prime Minister. This despite Mofaz previously calling Netanyahu a liar and declaring...Read Full Story

CBS NewsNetanyahu: No evidence Iran will end nuke programJerusalem PostBy JPOST.COM STAFF Speaking in Prague at end of official visit, Prime Minister Netanyahu says he is skeptical that world will convince Iran to give up its nuclear drive; IAEA expresses optimism ahead of resumption of negotiations.Netanyahu Skeptical Iran Would End Nuclear ProgramABC NewsIran may seek "tactical gain" with UN nuclear dealReutersIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: skeptical Iran will commit to end nuclear...Read Full Story

Browse >Home / Around The World / The Alliance Of Likud And Kadima Has Transformed Israel. And You’d Better Believe ItMay 11, 2012Samuel Marshall writes from Tel Aviv: The most startling development in recent Israeli politics has occurred. Prime Minister Initially Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that the country would now have a unity government with the leader of Kadima party, Shaul Mofaz, becoming deputy Prime Minister. This despite Mofaz previously calling Netanyahu a liar and declaring...Read Full Story

Former Israeli opposition leader Shaul Mofaz's surprise entry into Israel's ruling coalition this week appears unlikely to trigger a major shift in Israeli policy on Iran's nuclear program.Shaul Mofaz, head of the centrist Kadima party, poses for a photo in his office at parliament in Jerusalem, before he was sworn in as a cabinet minister, May 9, 2012.   Do You Like this Article? Then Like Us on Facebook.  The leader of Israel's centrist Kadima party was sworn in as Israeli vice premier...Read Full Story

Former Israeli opposition leader Shaul Mofaz's surprise entry into Israel's ruling coalition this week appears unlikely to trigger a major shift in Israeli policy on Iran's nuclear program.Shaul Mofaz, head of the centrist Kadima party, poses for a photo in his office at parliament in Jerusalem, before he was sworn in as a cabinet minister, May 9, 2012.   Do You Like this Article? Then Like Us on Facebook.  The leader of Israel's centrist Kadima party was sworn in as Israeli vice premier...Read Full Story

TEL AVIV:?Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he supported holding an early general election in four months’ time; a ballot polls say could strengthen his hand as Israel confronts Iran’s nuclear ambitions.    The next national vote was not due until October 2013, but new legislation that might force ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the military and an upcoming budget debate have threatened to unravel a governing coalition of religious and nationalist parties once seen as one of...Read Full Story