Binyamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama are in space when suddenly, Netanyahu gets a case of the space munchies, so he eats the limbs of the servile Obama. He then sexually assaults his dismembered body and leaves the president in ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government has received a shot in the arm with the centrist Kadima party, the largest in parliament, joining the ruling coalition. Hours before the deal with Kadima was finalised, Netanyahu had called for general ...  

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's deal whereby the centrist opposition Kadima Party has joined his Likud-led coalition government may be one of the most adept pieces of realpolitik by any political leader for a long time, but it raises as many ...  

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to begin enforcing Israel’s immigration laws and deport illegal aliens “soon.” "The problem of illegal immigration to Israel must be solved and we will solve it," Netanyahu said. "We will complete ...  

An insider’s look into future changes in the electoral system via the man Netanyahu appointed to fix it, Israel Katz. When they formed a national-unity government, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Shaul Mofaz promised to work on ...  

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas says his exchange of letters with Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is at a “dead end.” Abbas was quoted in a report published in the Lebanese An-Nahar newspaper as saying he expects the United States to reinstate ...  

Netanyahu slams fiery comments made by MKs at Tel Aviv protest against illegal infiltrators, says issue will be resolved "in a responsible manner"; Rivlin: Government must find solution for migrants, residents. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday dedicated the Prime Minister's Tanach Study Circle in memory of Shmuel Ben-Artzi, the late father of Sara Netanyahu, who also participated in the circle. Ben-Artzi, who passed away last November, was a Tanach ...  

Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that it his opinion that Israel can legally begin to detain and deport infiltrators from Sudan, Channel 2 reported. Nonprofit organizations working with ...  

An insider’s look into future changes in the electoral system via the man Netanyahu appointed to fix it, Israel Katz. When they formed a national-unity government, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Shaul Mofaz promised to work on ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered the coalition to block National Union Knesset Member Yaakov (Ketzaleh) Katz’s bill to legalize Beit El’s Ulpana neighborhood and also told Defense Minister Ehud Barak to postpone expulsion plans.  

NO SOONER had news broken of the sudden alliance in Israel between Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, and Shaul Mofaz, hitherto the leader of the main opposition, than the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, called yet again for “substantive” talks ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed on Tuesday the thousands of young Jews from around the world who came to Israel as part of the Masa Israel project, which is co-sponsored by the Israeli government and the Jewish Agency. In his speech ...  

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (; born 21 October 1949) is the Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the ...  

Only the couple’s seven-year-old daughter, Rachel, survived the crash. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu offered his condolences over the deaths on Tuesday evening and wrote on his Facebook page, “A terrible tragedy happened in the north. An entire family perished.  

From the Jerusalem Post: Illegal infiltrators threaten Israel’s character as a Jewish and democratic country, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at the beginning of the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday.  Calling the issue “very grave” and a threat to the “social fabric,” Netanyahu said, “If we do not stop the entry, the problem, there are now 60,000 illegal infiltrators; could easily grow to 600,000 illegal infiltrators.  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received an emotional gift late Sunday: A letter his paternal grandfather, rabbi Nathan Mileikowsky, wrote in 1933 to Ashkenazi chief rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Kook. Ahead of Netanyahu’s Jerusalem Day speech at the Mercaz ...  

Shortly before the 2009 election that propelled Binyamin Netanyahu back to power in Israel, I went to interview him for a magazine profile. His campaign was all about personal change; Netanyahu was voted out a decade before, and had been working ever since ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz on Monday said the government must urgently find a solution to the secular-haredi divide over enlistment in the IDF.Speaking at the ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz on Monday expressed that the government must urgently find a solution to the secular-haredi divide over enlistment in the IDF. Speaking near the opening of the inaugural meeting of the ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pledged, during the Jerusalem Day celebrations at the Merkaz HaRav yeshiva on Sunday evening, that he will continue to build Jerusalem. “I know it is my duty to speak in the name of a nation that marked each celebration ...  

The head of the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva, Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening, “Follow your father and preserve our country.” The remarks were made during the Jerusalem Day celebrations at the yeshiva. Rabbi ...  

At a ceremony honoring the reunification of Jerusalem in the Six Day War, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made some of his strongest statements to date regarding the right of the Jewish nation to sovereignty over its ancient capital of Jerusalem.  

Former Military Intelligence head Amos Yadlin came to the defense of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday, saying that the government's discussions on ...  

Likud members expressed concerns on Thursday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may split the Likud party and perhaps even join Kadima. The concerns were raised after Netanyahu decided to postpone a Knesset vote on a bill for legalizing Jewish outposts ...  

Former Military Intelligence head Amos Yadlin came to the defense of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday, saying that the government’s discussions on Iran were “very serious.” Yadlin’s statements on Channel ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu condemned the recent massacre in Syria's Houla, expressing "revulsion" and placing blame for the incident squarely on Syrian President Bashar Assad. Netanyahu joins a growing chorus of condemnation by world powers ...  

Despite the fears of unnerved liberals, or the hopes of hawkish neocons, Netanyahu has not put together a war cabinet as much as a government to keep his political career going, writes James Zogby* Binyamin Netanyahu, ever the master manoeuvrer ...  

TIME Magazine devoted its cover story this week to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who was named “King Bibi”, in a play on the name of famous blues artist B.B. King. The article was written by TIME’s managing editor Richard Stengel and it profiles ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu condemned the recent massacre in Syria's Houla, expressing "revulsion" and placing blame for the incident squarely on Syrian President Bashar Assad. Netanyahu joins a growing chorus of condemnation by world powers ...  

AFTER three years of comfortably dominating Israeli politics, Binyamin Netanyahu is suddenly engulfed in a swirl of election speculation. By law he can govern until autumn 2013. But politicians are now betting on an election a year or more ahead of time ...  

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed skepticism Friday that Iran would agree to end its nuclear program. Speaking in Prague, Netanyahu called the matter "the paramount issue of our time," Arutz Sheva reported. Netanyahu didn't offer any ...  

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 18 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed skepticism Friday that Iran would agree to end its nuclear program. Speaking in Prague, Netanyahu called the matter "the paramount issue of our time ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the Czech Republic was Israel’s best friend in Europe. Speaking at a joint press conference in Prague with Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas, Netanyahu said, “I believe that Israel has no better ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday stated that he is skeptical that Iran will halt its drive to achieve nuclear capability. Speaking in Prague at the end of an official state visit, Netanyahu said "I see no evidence whatsoever that Iran is ready ...  

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Egypt and other Arab countries in the coming days to brief their leaders on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's response to a letter he sent him last month. The PA has expressed disappointment with ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will lead seven ministers to Prague on Thursday for a cabinet-to-cabinet meeting with the Czech government, one of the friendliest governments toward Israel in the world. Netanyahu, who visited Prague in April 2011 ...  

Ahead of the last two general elections, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took every political and legal step possible to prevent Likud activist Moshe Feiglin and his closest political allies from entering the Knesset. When two top Likud MKs were on their ...  

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian officials on Sunday rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's formal response to a letter from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, saying his positions on Palestinian grievances over frozen peace negotiations ...  

Netanyahu's spokesperson says PA president requested Israel's cooperation to end the hunger strike; official says Israel watching how PA handles reinterment of Palestinian bodies released in the agreement. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's spokesman Mark ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday with Sima and Eliyahu, the widow and father of Counter-terrorism officer Pascal Avrahami, who was killed by a terrorist in the terror attack along the Israel-Egypt border last August. During the meeting ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Tuesday with the widow and the father of Pascal Avrahami, who died in August 2011 in a terrorist attack on the Israel-Egypt border. Widow Sima and father Eliyahu asked Netanyahu to help work to commemorate Pascal’s legacy.  

Israel – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday morning blocked a bill to fully extend Israeli law to West Bank settlements, which are now under Israeli military rule. MK Miri Regev (Likud) proposed the bill, which was defeated by 9 votes at the Ministerial Committee on Legislation. Only Tourism Minister Stas Meseznikov (Yisrael Beytenu) voted [...]  

Israel’s new national unity government is creating an opportunity to advance the peace process, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wrote to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas. In a letter delivered to PA headquarters in Ramallah ...  

Attorney Yitzchak Molcho, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s special envoy, met on Saturday evening in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the Prime Minister's Office announced. During the meeting, Molcho handed Abbas a letter ...  

The PLO Executive Committee said on Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s response to Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Chairman Abbas’ letter did not include any clear answers regarding central issues obstructing the peace process.  

MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) responded on Sunday to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s remarks at the Likud Convention, saying Netanyahu had failed as prime minister. “Bibi was a failed prime minister who let the left run the country,” said ...  

Binyamin Netanyahu's stunning political coup this week, calling off elections and forming a unity government, was partly a response to increasingly strident demands of rightwing settlers in the West Bank coming from within his own party.  

he United States is worried that Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party’s joining a unity government with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could result in an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities at any given moment, according to a report on Channel 10 News on Thursday. U.S. government officials told Channel 10 News that they believe a Likud-Kadima joing government could make a decision about an Israeli attack on Iran at any moment and perhaps even...  

Binyamin Netanyahu's stunning political coup this week, calling off elections and forming a unity government, was partly a response to increasingly strident demands of rightwing settlers in the West Bank coming from within his own party. The settlers have ...  

A deal struck in the middle of the night to bring Israel's main opposition party into Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition government and cancel elections called just hours earlier for September is the biggest political drama in the Jewish state for decades.  

Israelis barely had time to absorb the news that they were heading into a summer election when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday pulled the rug from underneath the charade. Rancourous early electioneering had provided cover for a secret agreement between Netanyahu and the main opposition party, Kadima, to form a new, expanded coalition government. Rather [...]  

New law will divide burden of military service in more equal, egalitarian, just basis for Israeli, Jews and Arabs, Netanyahu says. Legislation to replace the “Tal Law” will be passed by the end of July, said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the ...  

Member of Knesset Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) reacted, Tuesday, to the entrance of Kadima to the coalition of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu by saying, "The continued term of the government with the addition of Kadima is bad for the people of ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu kicked off the election campaign Sunday in a speech at the Likud convention in Tel Aviv, in which he took credit for making people feel safer in Israel. "We have systematically struck those who planned to strike us ...  

By Jonathan Cook  Israelis barely had time to absorb the news that they were heading into a summer election when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday pulled the rug from underneath the charade. Rancourous early electioneering had provided cover for a secret agreement between Netanyahu and the main opposition party, Kadima, to form a new, expanded coalition government.  Rather than facing the electorate in September, Netanyahu and his...  

RAMALLAH - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he was ready to engage with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on a Middle East peace agreement if he proposes "anything promising or positive." Abbas, speaking to Reuters after ...  

No pundit foresaw the mega-coalition or had an inside track on it. For both of the main protagonists in the deal—Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Kadima Party leader Shaul Mofaz—it makes eminent sense.While all polls showed Netanyahu ...  

Some more confirmation that Prime Minister Netanyahu made his move out of fear of Moshe Feiglin. The embarrassment he suffered in Sunday's hectic Likud conference pushed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to rethink early elections, political sources have told Arutz Sheva. Netanyahu failed to convince the assembly to conduct an open vote on the personal makeup of key positions that would have  

The United States is worried that Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party’s joining a unity government with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could result in an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities at any given moment, according to a report on Channel 10 News on Thursday.  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's special envoy Yitzhak Molcho was scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Saturday evening, Army Radio reported. Molcho was expected to deliver Netanyahu's answer to a PA letter ...  

Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did the unthinkable Tuesday by creating by creating to the broadest and largest coalition in Israel in 28 years, The New York Times reports. According to the Haartez, Netanyahu formed the coalition with ...  

Israelis love intrigue. That explains the overwhelming enthusiasm with which the rank and file greeted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s deal with the centrist Kadima Party’s leader, Shaul Mofaz, to bring it into the government coalition. Netanyahu ...  

Newly dubbed Vice Premier and Minister Without Portfolio Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) is wasting no time in trying out Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's chair. Mofaz will serve as acting Prime Minister when Netanyahu flies to Prague for a two-day visit next ...  

Israelis barely had time to absorb the news that they were heading into a summer election when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday pulled the rug from underneath the charade. Rancourous early electioneering had provided cover for a ...  

Israelis barely had time to absorb the news that they were heading into a summer election when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday pulled the rug from underneath the charade. Rancourous early electioneering had provided cover for a secret agreement ...  

Israelis barely had time to absorb the news that they were heading into a summer election when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday pulled the rug from underneath the charade. Rancourous early electioneering had provided cover for a secret agreement between Netanyahu and the main opposition party, Kadima, to form a new, expanded coalition government. Rather than facing the electorate in September, Netanyahu and his hardline rightwing...  

JERUSALEM, May 8 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the head of the opposition Kadima Party said they've agreed to form a unity government. The deal, struck in Jerusalem overnight, will form the largest legislative coalition ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called a meeting of ministers for Friday to discuss legislation giving authorization to homes in the Ulpana (religious girls' high school) neighborhood in the Binyamin-region Jewish community of Beit El, facing a July ...  

Israelis barely had time to absorb the news that they were heading into a summer election when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday pulled the rug from underneath the charade. Rancourous early electioneering had provided cover for a secret agreement ...  

JERUSALEM, May 7 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says he is calling for early elections to bring about more stability in government. He suggested to the Cabinet Monday that early elections be held Sept. 4, Haaretz reported.  

The Likud convention, where Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu plans to officially announce an early election for September 4, is set to begin on Sunday night in Tel Aviv. The convention is expected to be heated, as its members will decide in the coming ...  

In order to understand where someone may be heading, sometimes it makes sense to understand where they came from.  With most people you can see the roots put down by their parents in what they do, and it is no different with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. You can see the influence of his dad in some of the things he does. Benzion Netanyahu, Bibi's dad was a noted scholar of the history of Jews in Spain.  He knows deeply the...  

P. David Hornik On May 10, 2012So Israel has a new mega-coalition of 94 out of 120 Knesset members. The news early Tuesday morning stunned a country that was already in elections mode for a presumed September 4 contest. No pundit foresaw the mega-coalition or had an inside track on it.For both of the main protagonists in the deal—Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Kadima Party leader Shaul Mofaz—it makes eminent sense. While all polls...  

The unity deal which brought Kadima into Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition was criticized by the leftist parties in the Knesset and led to protests against MK Shaul Mofaz. Despite all this, however, a new poll shows that the move seems to hav ...  

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has called off early elections after reaching an agreement to broaden his coalition by including the main opposition party, which would put a more moderate face on his government. President Shimon Peres' office confirmed media reports earlier on Tuesday that Netanyahu had reached an agreement to bring the centrist Kadima party, parliament's largest, into his governing coalition.The move could...  

Labor party chairman Shelly Yachimovich on Monday said her goal was to "overthrow" Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. "We welcome the early elections," she said during a meeting of the Labor Central Committee. "Its no secret that we were active ...  

Netanyahu calls off early elections after reaching a deal with Kadima opposition for a unity governmentThe Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has called off early elections after reaching an agreement to broaden his coalition by including the main opposition party, which would put a more moderate face on his government.President Shimon Peres's office confirmed media reports earlier on Tuesday that Netanyahu had reached an agreement to...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reportedly said Sunday that saving Beit El's threatened Ulpana neighborhood is a "challenge the public can tackle." Now, following the Supreme Court's rejection on Monday of his government's petition for a 90 day extension in which to determine a solution to the problem, the need for a solution is imminent. Arutz Sheva learned on Tuesday that Netanyahu is weighing his options for averting the destruction of...  

In a surprise move, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has called off plans for early elections and formed a unity government with the centrist Kadima party. The recently elected head of Kadima, Shaul Mofaz, will be named deputy prime ...  

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu makes it official on Sunday that elections will be held on September 4. Netanyahu’s speech before his Likud party’s convention will confirm what Israelis already know and further intensify the ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to call Sunday night for elections September 4, one year before his term is to expire. Current polls show the opposition has no chance of forming a coalition. Prime Minister Netanyahu concludes the seven-day ...  

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...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Wednesday that Iran was using diplomatic talks with the West to gain time to further develop its nuclear program. “Iran is using these talks to play for time,” Netanyahu told European Union Foreign Policy chief ...  

Jerusalem – Two fierce rivals in the Likud, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and activist Moshe Feiglin found themselves saying the Kaddish memorial prayer together in the afternoon Minha service at Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence Thursday. Netanyahu is sitting shiva for his father Benzion. Feiglin just completed sitting the shiva mourning period for his father. “At first [...]  

Professor Benzion Netanyahu, father of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who died last week at the age of 102, was known for his right-wing views and for his Zionism. His values are reflected in the following exclusive and rare video, which was forwarded to Arutz Sheva by the Keep Jerusalem - Im Eshkachech organization. Keep Jerusalem - Im Eshkachech works toward keeping Jerusalem united under Israeli sovereignty. The organization believes...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to announce early elections at Likud's scheduled faction meeting on Sunday. According to sources within the Likud, September 4 is being discussed as Election Day. In such a case, the Likud would hold primaries ...  

Caroline GlickHere's a quick first take on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's unity deal with Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz.I don't think that this move was either motivated by or will impact Netanyahu's decisions regarding Iran's nuclear weapons program. If the elections had been carried out in September, as we thought, Netanyahu would certainly have been reelected. Obama, concerned about his foreign policy bona fides and the Jewish vote on...  

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 4 (UPI) -- Amid concerns that a new Middle East war is looming, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has approved a special budget to fortify and protect Israel's rich natural gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean.  

I had already twice hosted Binyamin Netanyahu – at the time Israel’s deputy foreign minister – at the University of Oxford before I extended my first invitation to his scholarly father to lecture in turn. The elderly Netanyahu had recently published ...  

In an unusual gesture Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud and PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Tuesday sent separate condolence letters to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who is sitting in mourning for his father in Jerusalem. Direct communication ...  

Israeli security and military commanders have criticised Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, accusing him of misleading the Israeli people on important policy issues. "[Diskin's] words represent his own opinion but the Israeli public ...  

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas called Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a partner for peace on Monday, but repeated his demand that Netanyahu choose “between peace and settlements.” Abbas, who spoke before the parliament in Tunisia and ...  

In an unusual gesture Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud and PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Tuesday sent separate condolence letters to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who is sitting in mourning for his father in Jerusalem. Direct communication ...  

I found myself at the professor’s side at Ben-Gurion Airport as his son Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, walked with us (the professor was driven in a golf cart) to the King David Lounge. The professor ate a light meal before boarding as Netanyahu ...  

Despite all the talk in the media this week on moving up elections, no official decision has been made yet, but in the event that elections are to be held soon, Binyamin Netanyahu would still be the people's choice for Prime Minister. A poll by the Machon ...  

Ben Zion Netanyahu, the father of Binyamin Netanyahu passed away this morning. Professor Netanyahu, a prominent scholar of the history of Jews in Spain, and the co-author of the Hebrew encyclopedia, was 102 years old.I'd like to return to a post I did in 2010 in which I discussed the influence that Professor Ben Zion Netanyahu had on his son Binyamin.[W]ould Netanyahu, a prime minister with an  

The historian and father of the current Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, died today. Jeffrey Goldberg eulogizes him: He was the hardest of the hard -- a man for whom compromise was anathema -- but he was all too often tragically correct about ...  

Professor Benzion Netanyahu, father of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, was a courageous and intelligent man whose dedication to Israel’s history illuminated the way for Israel’s future, eulogizers told hundreds of mourners as the 102-year-old ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday that a decision on whether to hold early elections will be made by the end of the next week. Netanyahu, whose father died at the age of 102 on Monday, will be restriciting his official appearances for the next ...  

US President Barack Obama called Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from Air Force One on Wednesday to express his condolences over the loss of his father Benzion, 102, early Monday morning. He spoke with Netanyahu of Benzion’s remarkable legacy of ...  

Naftali Bennett, former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, faced off Monday against senior Peace Now activist Hagit Ofran as part of the second Security and Society Conference in Efrat. The panelists were asked for their opinions ...  

YAAKOV KATZ 05/04/2012 06:08 IDF working to improve defenses of privately owned factories that could leak ammonia into wider population; Netanyahu approves special budget to fortify close to dozen nat'l infrastructure facilities.Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has approved a special budget to fortify close to a dozen critical national infrastructure...  

Opposition leader MK Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) said on Sunday that the real battle in the next election will be between him and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Channel 2 News reported. Speaking at a Kadima conference in Petah Tikva, Mofaz said ...  

JERUSALEM, April 29 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he is not afraid to hold early elections amid mounting requests from political parties to advance polling dates. "I won't remain in a situation where I face extortion by ...  

JERUSALEM, April 29 (UPI) -- Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he is not afraid to hold early elections amid mounting requests from political parties to advance polling dates. "I won't remain in a situation where I face extortion ...  

Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak are facing another of the periodic opposition campaigns to unseat them – this time by pressure for an early election a year before its October, 2013 date. New faces have joined the opposition lineup. They are focused on ...  

Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 30, 2012 As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ramps up the threat of pre-emptive strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, and the prospect of Iranian retaliation, a key U.S. House panel has approved another $680 million for the Netanyahu government's anti-missile defenses. The move by a House Armed Services subcommittee far exceeds previous U.S. funding for the Iron Dome system, develo  

As the talks about a possible upcoming election in Israel continue, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said for the first time on Saturday night that he will not hesitate to go to elections if the coalition partners try to blackmail him. According to a ...  

It is often the case that parents know their children better than anyone else in the world. Ben Zion Netanyahu z"l, who passed away on Monday, reflected the thoughts of many right-leaning Israelis when he told an editorial dinner shortly after his son was elected Prime Minister in 1996 than he doubted that Binyamin Netanyahu was tough enough to be Prime Minister of Israel.Seth Lipsky has a great  

Jerusalem – urces close to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday morning that he would not hesitate to hold early elections, following statements over the weekend from four political parties indicating an accelerated push to advance polling dates. Netanyahu reportedly shot back that he would not give in to political blackmail, Israel Radio reported. Yisrael [...]  

If Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu calls early elections, Ehud Barak, a thorn in the coalition’s official backing of Judea and Samaria, could be left out in the cold. The trigger for possible elections later this year is the movement for changing the military draft system, whose critics have targeted exemptions or shorter terms of service for young men studying Torah. The Prime Minister said Sunday he backs military service for all Jews and...  

The celebrations, as always, were attended by the Chief Rabbis and the most renowned Torah luminaries in the religious Zionist world, as well as high ranking public figures including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin ...  

Over the weekend Amos Yadlin, formerly Israel’s chief of Military Intelligence, had words of praise for the Iran policy of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. He said the government’s discussions of the issue ...  

Turkish officials claimed on Thursday that a representative of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Israel and met with several Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The Prime Minister's Office denied the report ...  

Jerusalem – In an unusual gesture, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Tuesday sent separate condolence letters to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is sitting the shiva mourning period for his father in Jerusalem. Direct communication between Palestinian and Israeli leaders has been scant since Netanyahu took office in [...]  

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas telephoned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday to express his condolences over the death of the Israeli leader’s father Benzion, 102, early Monday morning. It’s the third time this week that Abbas ...  

Jerusalem – Interior Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) said Sunday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman were trying to court voters at the expense of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) public. Yishai’s comments came on the background of Liberman and Netanyahu suggesting that early elections could be called in order to pass an alternative [...]  

MK Miri Regev's bill, which would have effectively annexed large portions of Area C, defeated at the Ministerial Committee on Legislation Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday morning blocked a bill to fully extended Israeli law to West Bank ...  

No elections, thank you very much. An operetta in 5 acts. ACT ONE: Everything tranquil. Public opinion polls show Binyamin Netanyahu in absolute control. His popularity is approaching 50%; nobody else’s even approaches 20%. The largest party in the ...  

US President Barack Obama said on Saturday leaders of the Group of Eight major economies are committed to continuing sanctions, pressure and diplomatic discussions with Iran, even as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said a day earlier this approach was not working.  

Opposition MKs succeeded in delaying the swearing in of new Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz on Wednesday by revealing a technical error made by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. National Union MK Uri Ariel wrote Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin that the law ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has gathered top ministers Friday for a special meeting to discuss the fate of the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El. Among those taking part are Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Ministers Moshe Yaalon, Yaakov Neeman and Benny ...  

During his speech, Lapid slammed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and accused him of fearing Moshe Feiglin, who faced off against him in the recent Likud leadership primaries. “How is it that the State of Israel spent tens of billions of shekels on ...  

Israel and the Palestinian Authority pledged their commitment to peace, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's envoy Yitzhak Molcho travelled to Ramallah Saturday night to deliver a letter on his behalf to PA President Mahmoud Abbas. A statement issued ...  

The only decision made during the meeting was to hold further discussions on the topic. Participants in the meeting included: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Minister-without-Portfolio Bennie Begin, Strategic Affairs ...  

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declares that Tehran must close its underground facility at Qom: "This is Israel's position. It has not changed and will not change." Two days before six world powers sit down in Baghdad for talks with Iran, Prime Minister ...  

Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz on Thursday defended his decision to join the coalition of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu calling the possibility to form a national unity government "a historic opportunity to make meaningful steps for the good of the public."  

The clandestine climax to a bizarre political drama came in the early hours of May 8th. The morning before, the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu had introduced a bill at cabinet to dissolve parliament and call a general election. After three years of ...  

MK Aryeh Eldad on Wednesday criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's letter to Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the Knesset plenum. “The letter should have included the fact that the resolution of the conflict lies with the ...  

It also coincides with heavy U.S. pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition government to hold back on threatened pre-emptive strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. Washington says that assault would trigger a Middle ...  

Following secret contacts between the Kremlin and the office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, it was agreed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Israel next month, the Hebrew-language newspaper Yediot Acharonot reported on Friday.  

No elections, thank you very much. An operetta in 5 acts. ACT ONE: Everything tranquil. Public opinion polls show Binyamin Netanyahu in absolute control. His popularity is approaching 50%; nobody else’s even approaches 20%. The largest party ...