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New column on Obama feeds Israeli election campaign
JERUSALEM -- Critical comments about Israel's current leaders attributed to President Obama played into Israel's upcoming elections Tuesday as candidates quickly incorporated the message into their campaign. In a column for Bloomberg news service,...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Plant Closings, Labour Party (UK), Israel, National Government
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Israel's premier reaffirms landmark speech on Palestinian statehood
JERUSALEM -- With general elections two weeks away, current polls continue to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling party the lead. But complacency among his supporters and a series of campaign blunders appear to have eaten away at his support...Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Politics, Judaism, Prosecution, Israel
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Israeli foreign minister resigns as criminal charges loom
JERUSALEM – A day after government prosecutors announced plans to indict him for breach of trust, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday he would step down from office and focus on resolving the criminal case against him. Most...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Benjamin Netanyahu, Politics, Hosni Mubarak, Prosecution
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Netanyahu rival unveils new centrist Israeli political party
JERUSALEM – Former opposition leader Tzipi Livni, Israel’s most-recognized female politician, threw her hat back in the political ring Tuesday, setting the stage for an election rematch against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Four...Tags: Kadima, Labor Legislation, Judaism, Hamas, Israel
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to quit politics
JERUSALEM - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, one of the nation’s most influential and divisive leaders, said Monday he would not run for a Knesset seat in the upcoming election, ending a political and military career that spanned more than three...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Labor Legislation, Hamas, Israel, National Government
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Netanyahu envoy says U.S. should expand arms aid to Israel
World NowA special envoy of the Israeli prime minister said the United States should expand its arms aid to Israel in light of the increased threats posed by the unstable aftermath of the Arab Spring revolutions.... -
Right-wing Israeli political parties form super bloc for election
World NowIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced Thursday night that their political parties would run on the same ticket in the upcoming parliamentary elections.... -
Israel's Netanyahu calls for early elections amid budget crunch
World NowIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday night that he is disbanding his right-wing government and calling for early elections, blaming a coalition deadlock over how to slash nearly $4 billion from next year’s budget.... -
U.S.-led sanctions having impact in Iran, Israeli report says
World NowWhile Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed for the United States to take a harder line to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, an Israeli government report says existing measures have already had an impact inside Iran.... -
Renew the Mideast peace process? Not now
Israelis cynically refer to the repeated rounds of violence with the Arabs as "happiness," as in "it's happy today." Before the cease-fire, as Hamas fired 1,000 rockets at Israel, it was indeed very "happy." A diplomatic push put an end to the fighting,...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, Hamas, Palestine
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Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96; former Israeli prime minister
JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Shamir, the onetime underground Jewish fighter and long-serving Israeli prime minister whose unyielding belief in the right of Jews to all of the biblical Land of Israel often exasperated U.S. policymakers, has died. He was 96....Tags: Ariel Sharon, Yitzhak Shamir, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza Crisis (2008), Judaism
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Ben-Zion Netanyahu dies at 102; father of Israeli prime minister
JERUSALEM — Historian Ben-Zion Netanyahu, the father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the man said to have had the most profound influence on the conservative Israeli leader, died early Monday in his Jerusalem home. He was 102.
The elder...Tags: Cornell University, Benjamin Netanyahu, Air France-KLM, Judaism, Palestine
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