By EARL COX, JPOST— Now that Benjamin Netanyahu has won what the Israeli media are calling “a decisive victory,” people in Israel and around the world are asking themselves what Netanyahu’s victory means to Israel and to the world. Even those who are not necessarily experts on Israeli affairs and politics can easily discern some…
By ISRAEL TODAY— Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Danny Ayalon this week said that President Barack Obama’s hostile response to Israel’s reelection of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was both harmful and childish. Obama’s apparent desire for some kind of “revenge” against Netanyahu and a majority of Israel’s voting public began to manifest itself on…
By MATI TUCHFELD, ISRAEL HAYOM— “There will be no concessions and no withdrawals. It is simply irrelevant,” the Likud party said in a statement on Sunday regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s outlook on the peace process with the Palestinians. The Likud statement came after Likud MK Tzipi Hotovely told a brochure distributed at religious Zionist…
By EARL COX, JPOST— Election fever is gripping the Israeli public these days with the big election for control of the national government coming up on March 17th. A vast number of American Christians support Israel but we know we are not Israeli citizens or voters so we do not exercise support for any individual…
By TIMES OF ISRAEL— The White House’s outrage over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to speak before Congress in March — a move he failed to coordinate with the administration — began to seep through the diplomatic cracks on Friday, with officials telling Haaretz the Israeli leader had “spat” in President Barack Obama’s face. “We…
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s announcement Tuesday night that new elections will be held early next year set off a predictable flurry of political activity. With the balloting set to be held in just three or four months, Knesset hopefuls face the daunting prospect of trying to get their message out to…
By Shlomo Cesana and Mati Tuchfeld, ISRAEL HAYOM— Now it’s official: Israel is going to the polls. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that the elections for the 19th Knesset will be held early next year. “At this time, in the face of economic and security threats, it is my duty to put the…
The United States of America is once again in the midst of ‘campaign season’ leading up to the November 2, 2010 mid-term elections. This year, one of the hot-button campaign issues is ‘Israel’ and no more so than in President Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois.