Binyamin Netanyahu

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

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

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday winds up a high-profile US visit focused on Iran’s perceived nuclear threat after warning that his country would not live in the “shadow of annihilation.” Excerpt from: Netanyahu warns Iran on high-profile US visitRead Full Story

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has indicated that he would seek a new general election in September, a year ahead of schedule.In an address to his Likud party in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, Netanyahu called for the vote to be brought forward from October 2013 but stopped short of declaring an exact date."I don't want there to be a yea...Read Full Story

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has indicated that he would seek a new general election in September, a year ahead of schedule.In an address to his Likud party in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, Netanyahu called for the vote to be brought forward from October 2013 but stopped short of declaring an exact date."I don't want there to be a yea...Read Full Story

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has indicated that he would seek a new general election in September, a year ahead of schedule.In an address to his Likud party in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, Netanyahu called for the vote to be brought forward from October 2013 but stopped short of declaring an exact date."I don't want there to be a yea...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

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 listens to...Read Full Story

Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has struck a surprise deal with the opposition Kadima party, drawing them into his government just days after he called for an early election.Kadima agreed to a deal in which its leader Shaul Mofaz would become deputy prime minister a...Read Full Story

Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has struck a surprise deal with the opposition Kadima party, drawing them into his government just days after he called for an early election.Kadima agreed to a deal in which its leader Shaul Mofaz would become deputy prime minister a...Read Full Story