Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured his religious right-wing political partners Monday night that he would stick to his pact to negotiate as a bloc with them, after agreeing to launch unity talks with chief rival Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party. At the same time, Gantz told his party members that he would […]
With 95% of Vote Counted, Israel’s Blue and White Party Leads Likud 33-32, Deadlock Persists…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz each gained a Knesset seat, according to the latest ballot count Wednesday night, but the political deadlock persisted, as their respective blocs still fell short of a Knesset majority. With 95 percent of the vote counted, Gantz’s Blue and White party was projected to win […]
Netanyahu Tells Voters: If you don’t vote Likud, Arabs Will ‘Annihilate Us All’…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under fire again for anti-Arab comments made by his campaign, this time for a message on his official Facebook page telling voters “Arabs want to annihilate us all – women, children and men.” Israeli media reported that upon accessing Netanyahu’s official page, viewers are greeted with an automated […]
In Election Pitch, Netanyahu Vows to Annex the West Bank’s Jordan Valley…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Tuesday to quickly apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley if he is able to scrap together a new government after national elections next week. In a campaign speech billed by his Likud party as a “dramatic announcement,” Netanyahu also repeated his vow from before elections in April to extend […]
For Once, Sheldon Adelson Needs Donald Trump More Than Trump Needs Adelson…
Today in an unprecedented show of autonomy, Donald Trump fired the firebreathing national security adviser John Bolton. Bolton was gifted to the Trump administration in 2018 by Sheldon Adelson, Trump’s biggest donor, and Trump duly ended the Iran deal once Bolton came aboard. Now Trump has fired Bolton, thereby signalling that he is open to […]
Facebook Sanctions Netanyahu Page Over Hate Speech Violation…
Facebook says it has sanctioned the page of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of a violation of the company’s hate speech policy. Facebook said on Thursday that the social network had suspended for 24 hours the page’s bot, or automated chat function. The page had called on voters to prevent the establishment of a […]
Barring Tlaib and Omar, Israel Inexcusably Abandons the Diplomatic Battlefield…
There’s no doubt that the planned visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank by US Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar would have presented extraordinary diplomatic and, potentially, security challenges to Israel. The two lawmakers are prominent supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), ostensibly dedicated to pressuring Israel to change its policies […]
Netanyahu: ‘Israeli law prohibits the entry into Israel of those who call for and work to impose boycotts on Israel’…
Rep Ilhan Omar’s Statement on Denial of Entry to Occupied Palestine…
Distorting the Definition of Antisemitism to Shield Israel from All Criticism…
There is a growing tendency among both Jews and non-Jews to label those with whom they have profound political differences, especially on the subject of Israel-Palestine, as antisemitic. The accusation is a severe one: in most countries in the West, antisemitism is considered a taboo, and the identification of a person or organization with antisemitism […]
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