Moshe Feiglin, who is challenging Binyamin Netanyahu for leadership of Likud in the party's primaries two weeks from now, cited a favorable poll Tuesday morning as evidence that his chances of seriously embarrassing Netanyahu are high, and that a victory by Netayahu is not a complete certainty.
In a poll conducted by polling company Ma’agar Mochot, about 26 percent of Likud members not affiliated with Feiglin's faction agreed that "it is important to vote for Moshe Feiglin in the upcoming...Read Full Story
Some thoughts on the situation
1. Silvan Shalom, the Likud’s number 2 man, had no idea that PM Netanyahu was planning to bring forward the Likud primaries date. He was caught completely by surprise. And just for that, he doesn’t deserve to be Likud leader. In this profession, and in this neighborhood, if you’re not constantly trying to politically or militarily outmaneuver your opponents, chances are they will get you. The wolf and the sheep have not laid down together yet here. If Shalom...Read Full Story
Every ministry that Prime Minister Netanyahu also holds is in total upheaval, and that is telling.
Besides being Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu is also:
Acting Minister in charge of the Israel Broadcasting Authority
The bloated, badly-managed state broadcaster has virtually no ratings and is hundreds of millions of shekels of taxpayer money in debt. Trying to gain control of the content that its two TV stations and several radio stations [that nobody watches and hardly anyone...Read Full Story
I haven’t always been the biggest fan of Benjamin Netanyahu. He seemed something of a careerist with the capacity to talk out of both sides of his mouth. In other words, a politician. But who could decry anyone with the guts to stand in the belly of the United Nations — as he did last Friday — and define that paleo-corrupt institution precisely as it is — a “house of many lies”?
Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress back in May was also widely applauded by a friendly audience...Read Full Story
Hillary, Bibi and Mahmoud yuk it up at Sharm peace talks (Khaled El Fiqi/EPA)
Hillary Clinton and Bibi Netanyahu are shown all smiles today at the Sharm el Sheikh dog and pony show, in which Israel and the PA are attempting, with the intercession of various powers and allies like the U.S. Egypt, and Jordan, not to completely torpedo the chances of peace for the next five or ten years. Yes, you can tell from my tone that I’m extremely skeptical.
First, you have the settlement freeze issue...Read Full Story
Tehran's ambassador to India denounces Israeli claim as 'sheer lies' after blast in New Delhi and discovery of device in TbilisiIsraeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of being behind twin attacks on Israeli targets in India and Georgia on Monday in a move likely to further escalate tensions between the two countries and increase international pressure on the Iranian regime.The attacks, in which four people were injured...
Netanyahu will make the 30-minute flight later this week, the first time an Israeli prime minister has ever visited the island. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will travel to Cyprus Thursday for a one-day visit – the first time an Israeli prime ...
This is a superb analysis of the Iran/Israel situation as it stands: Washington, DC - President Barack Obama has finally begun in recent months to signal to Israel that the United States would not get involved in a war started by Binyamin Netanyahu without US approval. If it is pursued firmly and consistently through 2012, the approach stands a very good chance of averting war altogether. If Obama falters, however, the temptation for Netanyahu...
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met on Monday at the Knesset with 14-year-old Tal Hajaj, the daughter of a former officer in the South Lebanon Army. Since Thursday, Hajaj has been on a hunger strike outside the Knesset, due to the difficulties her family ...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud ‘Abbas has issued an ultimatum to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to either initiate an absolute freeze on building in Israeli communities located on land acquired in the 1967 war and accept ...
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (help · info) (Hebrew: ×Ö´Ö¼× Ö°×Ö¸×Ö´×× "××××" × Ö°×ªÖ·× Ö°×Ö¸××Ö¼ â, Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the ...
Presenting Binyamin Netanyahu's political beliefs, his opinions toward the Palestinian people, defenses to accusations of corruption, and endorsing his potential return as Prime ...
Even before Binyamin Netanyahu's new government was sworn in, skeptics and pundits alike warned that he would both isolate Israel internationally and refuse to engage in good faith negotiations with either the Palestinians or the country's other ...