Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who will head a large but weaker Likud party in the new Knesset, gave a victory speech at his party’s headquarters on Tuesday night. “You have once again proved that Israel is a vibrant, dynamic, exemplary democracy, and I am proud to be your Prime Minister, and I thank you for […]
The White House is closely following the elections in Israel, Channel 10 News reported on Tuesday. According to the report, the U.S. is particularly concerned over the growing strength of the Habayit Hayehudi (The Jewish Home) in the polls and over the fact that there is hardly talk about negotiations with the Palestinian Authority as […]
Bayit Yehudi chairman Naftali Bennett said Monday that Binyamin Netanyahu intends to establish a left-leaning government after the elections. Speaking at the 10th Jerusalem Conference, Bennett said, “The Prime Minister’s plan is to establish a left-wing government as he did in the last elections. The public elected a nationalist government and received Ehud Barak.” “Tzipi […]
The new Congress has fewer Jews for the second straight time. Israel is less of a drawing card. Just ask outgoing non-Jewish Rep. West. Jewish representation in the next Congress will drop by nearly 20 percent, the second consecutive time fewer Jews were elected. Although the number of Jews voting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney […]
(CNSNews.com) – Amid a new controversy between Israel and the Obama administration over the issue of building in disputed territory, a largely-unnoticed comment by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offers fresh insight into an earlier dispute. After presenting a speech at the Saban Forum on U.S.-Israel relations on Friday evening, Clinton, during a question-and-answer time, […]
The White House on Friday condemned Israel’s decision to build 3,000 new homes in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria as “counterproductive” and said it would make resuming peace talks harder. “We reiterate our longstanding opposition to settlements and east Jerusalem construction and announcements. We believe these actions are counterproductive and make it harder to resume direct […]
In the wake of the UN vote on “Palestine,” Israel must declare sovereignty over its communities in Judea and Samaria (Shomron), Samaria regional council head Gershon Mesika said Friday in an urgent appeal to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The PA appeal to the UN was clearly “a media ploy, and an event that was in […]
Today’s Top Stories 1. We’re up to 140 rockets fired at Israel in two days. The Jerusalem Post reports 26 people being treated for shock when a Grad rocket struck a building in Netivot. According to the Times of Israel, the government’s laying the diplomatic groundwork for a possible escalation. 2. For the second consecutive […]
By Theodore Shoebat Hours before the election, Bill O’Reilly made a statement which, in many ways, foreshadowed the results of the election: “The demographics are changing. It’s not a traditional America anymore. And there are 50 percent of the voting public who want stuff. They want things. And who is going to give them things? […]
TEL AVIV – The state of Israel will not capitulate before President Obama, whose “naive” leadership has hurt the U.S., stated Danny Danon, deputy speaker of Israel’s Knesset. Danon, a Knesset member from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party, was reacting to the re-election of Obama. “Obama’s victory demonstrates that the state of Israel […]
