Posts Tagged: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel Government, Global Jewish Leadership Meet in Jerusalem; Joint Youth Engagement Plan to Be Presented in 2014
An unprecedented meeting of 120 Jewish leaders and senior Israeli government officials concluded on Thursday in Jerusalem to develop a strategy to better engage youth...
Israel’s PM Netanyahu, U.S. President Obama Discuss Iran, Peace Talks
JTA - President Obama spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian talks. President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke by phone...
Dr. Karnit Flug Named Governor of Bank of Israel
Dr. Karnit Flug, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel for the past two years and director of its research department for a decade, was appointed...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Says Relaxing Pressure on Iran Now Would be ‘Historic Mistake’
Speaking to members of Israel's Knesset at the start of its winter session, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said, "It would be a historic mistake...
Netanyahu at Bar-Ilan: Peace Dependent on Arabs Recognizing Israel’s Right to Exist
JNS.org - Four years after a historic speech at Bar-Ilan University during which he first backed a two-state solution, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned...
New Iran Sanctions Should be Delayed Until Negotiations, State Department Official Says
JNS.org - U.S. State Department official Wendy Sherman, America's lead negotiator with Iran, recommended that the U.S. Senate hold off on additional Iranian sanctions...
Report: Israel, Arab States Holding Cooperative Meetings on Iran
Times of Israel - Israel has held a series of meetings with prominent figures from a number of Gulf and other Arab states in recent...
Report: Netanyahu Backed U.S.-Russia Chemical Weapons Deal for Syria
Ynet - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged US Secretary of State John Kerry last week to try to reach an agreement with Russia to seize Syria's chemical...
Tenure of IDF Chief-of-Staff Benny Gantz Extended
Israel Defense Force Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz's tenure will be extended by one year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Thursday. Defense...
Netanyahu Says Israel’s Success is Due to Focus on ‘Values and Excellence’
Speaking two days before the opening of the country's school year at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
General Dempsey, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Arrives in Israel
Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, 4-Star General Martin E. Dempsey arrived in Israel Monday, as part of a tour of the...
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Reopens to Jews Post-Ramadan, But Freedom of Worship Remains Elusive at Holy Site
Jews were free to ascend the Temple Mount on Sunday, in Jerusalem, after a month-long ban expired overnight as Eid al-Fitr parties across the Muslim...
Rising Christian Enlistment in IDF Condemned by Anti-Israel Christian Group Kairos Palestine
The Palestinian Christian Initiative, an anti-Israel Christian group in Israel, said it condemned an Israel Defense Force program aimed at recruiting Christian cadets. While Christians...
PM Netanyahu Slams PA in Letter to John Kerry: ‘Incitement and Peace Don’t Go Together’
JNS.org - "Incitement and peace cannot coexist," wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday night,...
