Politics
Likud: Lapid Turned Down Finance Ministry
Times of Israel - The Likud party offered Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid the position of finance minister in Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Proposed Senate Bill to Increase Security Ties Between Israel, U.S.
Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation intended to strengthen the security cooperation between Israel and the U.S. U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013, which...
Netanyahu and Lapid At Odds Over Cabinet Jobs
Times of Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a secret weekend meeting with prospective coalition partner Yair Lapid, Channel 2 News reported Monday night. The meeting took place Saturday, a day...
Yesh Atid MK: Likud Offered to Evict Settlers
Israel National News - MK Rabbi Shai Piron (Yesh Atid) confirmed on Sunday the recent reports that the Likud's negotiation team had offered his party to enter the coalition without the Bayit Yehudi, so...
Kerry Praises Egyptian “Version of the Democracy that They Fought For”
Weekly Standard - Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Sunday the release of a...
Netanyahu Given Two Week Extension to Form Coaliton
Israeli President Shimon Peres granted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a two-week extension on Saturday...
Right Wing Faction of Israel’s Jewish Home Party Supports Bennett-Lapid Alliance
Times of Israel - A hard right and religious faction of the nationalist Jewish...
US Carrier in Persian Gulf Could be Possible Victim of Budget Cuts
The Telegraph - Docked in its home port in Virginia rather than patrolling the...
“Israel Lobby” Co-Author Speaks at State Department
Free Beacon - A controversial author and longtime critic of the U.S.-Israel alliance ...
Likud: Lapid Turned Down Finance Ministry
Times of Israel - The Likud party offered Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid the position of finance minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...
Proposed Senate Bill to Increase Security Ties Between Israel, U.S.
Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation intended to strengthen the security cooperation between Israel and the U.S. U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO)...
Netanyahu and Lapid At Odds Over Cabinet Jobs
Times of Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a secret weekend meeting with prospective coalition partner Yair Lapid, Channel 2 News reported...
Yesh Atid MK: Likud Offered to Evict Settlers
Israel National News - MK Rabbi Shai Piron (Yesh Atid) confirmed on Sunday the recent reports that the Likud's negotiation team had offered his party...
Kerry Praises Egyptian “Version of the Democracy that They Fought For”
Weekly Standard - Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Sunday the release of a quarter of a billion dollars in aid to Egypt. The Associated...
Netanyahu Given Two Week Extension to Form Coaliton
Israeli President Shimon Peres granted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a two-week extension on Saturday after the latter failed to assemble a coalition in...
Right Wing Faction of Israel’s Jewish Home Party Supports Bennett-Lapid Alliance
Times of Israel - A hard right and religious faction of the nationalist Jewish Home party came out in support of party head Naftali...
US Carrier in Persian Gulf Could be Possible Victim of Budget Cuts
The Telegraph - Docked in its home port in Virginia rather than patrolling the waters of the Persian Gulf, the aircraft carrier USS ...
“Israel Lobby” Co-Author Speaks at State Department
Free Beacon - A controversial author and longtime critic of the U.S.-Israel alliance lectured at the State Department Friday on the eve of...
Report: Orthodox Shas Party to Join Israel’s Political Opposition
Ynet - Shas is headed to the opposition: Sources in the Ultra-Orthodox party told Ynet Sunday that unless a "dramatic breakthrough" takes place...
Yesh Atid Rabbi: We Do Not Hate Charedim
Ynet- After Likud-Beiteinu claimed Yesh Atid is refusing to join a coalition that includes ultra-Orthodox parties, Rabbi Shay Piron, placed second on the Yesh...
Senators Sponsor Bipartisan Resolution Committing Support for Israel in Case of Iran Strike
Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and the committee's ranking member U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) on Feb. 27...
Likud: Lapid Will Only Join Coalition if Haredi Parties Excluded
Ynet - Yesh Atid's condition for joining the next government is that it will not include haredi parties, Attorney David Shomron, a member of Likud...
Amid Trouble in Coalition Talks, Netanyahu Seeks Deadline Extension
Amid growing difficulty to form a new government by the March 2 deadline, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has scheduled a meeting with President...
