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| December 12, 2013
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Contrary to Netanyahu’s wishes, Likud seeks to split with Yisrael Beytenu

 

Likud’s central c’tee expected to pass proposals allowing Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount and initiating annexation of Judea & Samaria.

By GIL HOFFMAN
 

The Likud’s central committee will likely vote at next Wednesday’s party convention to split off from Yisrael Beytenu, the convention’s chairman, Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon said Wednesday.

Liberman and Netanyahu at Likud Beytenu faction meeting, Feb 5 2013 - Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

Liberman and Netanyahu at Likud Beytenu faction meeting, Feb 5 2013 – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

Yisrael Beytenu decided last month to temporarily maintain its partnership with Likud. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu also wants to keep the partnership, and his associates have hinted that he could ignore a decision by the central committee if it decides otherwise.

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| December 10, 2013
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Former ambassador to South Africa: Netanyahu not welcomed

 

Israel’s former ambassador to South Africa, Alon Liel, said PM Netanyahu made right decision by not attending Mandela memorial service, but not for high travel costs excuse.

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Nearly 100 heads of state are taking part in the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in South Africa. Israel’s leaders are not among them.

Liel with Mandela and former President Ezer Weizman – Photo Courtesy

Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres did not travel to Johannesburg, each for their own reasons, leaving Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and five Knesset members to represent Israel. Netanyahu said travel costs were too high, while Peres said he was suffering from the flu. Continue Reading »

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| December 8, 2013
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Obama said Israel-Palestinian deal doable, but to be implemented in stages

Keeping Iran from becoming nuclear-armed is not just an Israeli interest, but that of the U.S. as well, said President Obama at the annual Saban Forum.

Kerry: peace deal with Palestinians will make Israel more secure.

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U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is possible, and would have to be implemented in stages.

U.S. President Barack Obama.

U.S. President Barack Obama. – Photo: Shahar Azran

Both sides will have to “stretch out of their comfort zones,” Obama said at the annual Saban Forum in Washington, D.C., adding that “we know what the outlines of a potential agreement will look like.” Continue Reading »

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| December 2, 2013
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Israel’s Prime Minister to meet Pope Francis Monday

Prime Minister Netanyahu lights candles for 5th night of Hanukkah with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta at Rome synagogue.

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Prime Minister Benjamin visited the Great Synagogue of Rome on Sunday with his Italian counterpart, Premier Enrico Letta.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Italian Premier Enrico Letta

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Italian Premier Enrico Letta light a candle for Hanukkah at the Great Synagogue of Rome on Dec. 1, 2013.- Photo: AFP

During their visit, Letta said his country’s economic crisis is feeding “the forces of extremism, hatred and intolerance” in Italy.

He pledged, “We will resist always the forces of violence, first verbal then physical, intolerance, xenophobia and racism, and these temptations that are a detriment.” Continue Reading »

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| November 21, 2013
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World powers close to agreement with Iran as nuclear talks continue

3rd round of talks with the Iranians open with the representatives offering contradictory assessments of chances for success.

Netanyahu, ‘It’s possible to reach a better agreement, but it requires being consistent & persistent.’

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GENEVA – The third round of nuclear talks between Iran and the six powers opened in Geneva Wednesday with the parties offering contradictory assessments of the chances for success.

Netanyahu and Putin in Moscow

Netanyahu and Putin arrive for a joint news conference in the Kremlin in Moscow. Wednesday, November 20, 2013.- Photo: AP

Yet even as some of the negotiators sought to lower expectations, most seemed optimistic that by the end of the weekend, an agreement on curbing Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief would be reached.

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| November 14, 2013
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Republicans condemn Kerry’s ‘anti-Israeli’ Senate briefing

Harsh rhetoric from Washington continues, with the U.S. blasting Israel’s ‘unreal’ evaluations of Iran accord and Netanyahu warning that Kerry’s ‘bad deal’ could lead region to war.

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Tensions heightened and rhetoric escalated between Washington and Jerusalem on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave what was described as a “fairly anti-Israeli” briefing on Capitol Hill while his State Department dismissed Israeli evaluations of the proposed nuclear deal with Iran as “inaccurate, exaggerated and not based in reality.”

Kerry speaks with reporters.

Kerry speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill before testifying before a Senate panel. – Photo: AFP

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| November 6, 2013
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Kerry meets Natanyahu in J’lem, told of concerns over lack of progress

 

U.S. Sec of State Kerry promises the Arabs an additional $75 million in aid to create Palestinian jobs.

Prime Minister says Abbas ‘continues to run away from the historic decisions needed to make a genuine peace.’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday peace talks with the Palestinians had failed to make real progress and he hoped U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry‘s visit could get them back on track.

Kerry and Netanyahu

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov.

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| November 4, 2013
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Hagel: US sanctions & Israeli threats brought Iran to nuclear talks

 

U.S. Secretary of Defense says he does not think Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is trying to sabotage nuclear talks.

Rouhani agrees with Ayatollah Khamenei, saying he isn’t optimistic about the results of nuclear talks with West.

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s threats of military action against Iranian nuclear sites, combined with the pressure of harsh Western sanctions that crippled the Iranian economy, might have helped bring the Islamic Republic to the negotiating table, US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday.

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at a press conference.- Photo: REUTER/SYuri Gripas

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at a press conference.- Photo: REUTER/SYuri Gripas

“It’s true that sanctions – not just US sanctions but UN sanctions, multilateral sanctions – have done tremendous economic damage,” Hagel told Jeffrey Goldberg last week.

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| November 3, 2013
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Israel’s PM: Arab’s Refusal to Recognize Jewish State is Root of Conflict

PM Netanyahu reminds Palestinian Arabs on the 96th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, that recognizing Israel as a Jewish State is precondition for peace.

By Tova Dvorin

 

 

In cabinet meeting this morning (Sunday), Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reiterated the importance of international recognition of Israel as a Jewish state in helping bring peace to the Middle East, as part of remarks commemorating the 96th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.

Netanyahu - Screenshot

PM Netanyahu – Screenshot

“The declaration championed the rights for the Jewish nation to have a national home in the Land of Israel,” Netanyahu stated. “There is no doubt that the international recognition of the right to a Jewish homeland and its historical significance is fundamental. Continue Reading »

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| October 17, 2013
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Pope Francis to receive Israel’s Prime Minister next week

 

Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican to discuss Iran and then meet with US Secretary of State Kerry to discuss the peace talks.

By The Associated Press

 

Israel‘s prime minister plans to meet with the pope on a trip to Italy next week.

President of Israel Shimon Peres, Papa Francisco I ,April 30, 2013 - Photo courtesy: GPO

President of Israel Shimon Peres, Papa Francisco I, April 30, 2013 – Photo courtesy: GPO

Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican next Wednesday. Israeli President Shimon Peres, who serves in a largely ceremonial position, met the head of the Catholic church in April.

Earlier this week, Israel’s Channel 2 reported that Pope Francis will visit Israel in Marc

A statement Wednesday from the prime minister’s office announcing the scheduled meeting said Netanyahu also will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry on the same trip. Continue Reading »

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| October 12, 2013
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Netanyahu in NYT interview: Churchill & Herzl were even more alone

Amid tensions with paper, Israel’s PM speaks with New York Times. Although Netanyahu reiterates intentions regarding Iran, the paper chooses to focus on his growing isolation, taking jab at Netanyahu, saying ‘such isolation is hardly new to man with few personal friends’.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – Only a week and a half after taking a jab at the New York Times during his UN speech – a move that earned him a critical op-ed in the prestigious paper – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the paper an interview as part of his current media blitz.

Netanyahu at UNGA (Photo: AFP)

Netanyahu at UNGA – Photo: AFP

The story mostly focused on Netanyahu himself and depicted the Israeli leader as growing more and more isolated because of his hawkish stance on Iran – a position which according to NYT, the prime minister is no stranger to. Continue Reading »

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| October 6, 2013
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Poll: 2/3 of Israeli Jews support unilateral strike against Iran nuclear sites

 

Poll comes just days after Israel’s PM Netanyahu tells UNGA: “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone”.
Most Israelis don’t believe talks will end Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Should the need arise to attack Iran, an overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews would support a unilateral Israeli strike even without international support, a new Israel Hayom-New Wave Research poll shows.

Israelis say that if necessary their country should launch its own strike on Iran

Israelis say that if necessary their country should launch its own strike on Iran

According to the poll, 65.6 percent would be in favor of such a move and 21.8% would oppose it. Continue Reading »

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| October 6, 2013
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Netanyahu admits he’d ‘consider’ taking phone-call from Rouhani

Netanyahu: “If I meet with these people I’d stick this question in their face: Are you prepared to dismantle your program completely?”

By JTA

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. media he would not initiate contact with the new Iranian president, but would not turn down an overture out of hand.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – Photo GPO

“Yeah, we’re not the first to call,” Netanyahu told Piers Morgan, a CNN host who asked him in an interview broadcast Thursday if he would take a call from Hassan Rouhani.

Separately, Netanyahu told NPR in an interview broadcast Thursday that he would consider an offer to engage directly with Rouhani, but also suggested such engagement was beside the point. 

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| October 4, 2013
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Netanyahu in BBC interview: Iran’s nukes will mean slavery for Persians

Israel’s Prime Minister also told CBS that Iranian missiles could hit the U.S.

Lead U.S. negotiator with Iran suggests to lawmakers to delay imposing additional sanctions against Iran ahead of the talks.

By and Reuters

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told BBC Persian Thursday that if Tehran develops nuclear weapons, it will spell slavery for the Iranian people. The interview was one of several given in the wake of his United Nations General Assembly address.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in interview with BBC Persian.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in interview with BBC Persian (screenshot).

 

“If the Iranian regime gets nukes, the Iranian people will never be freed from tyranny and will live in slavery forever,” he said in his first interview to a Persian-language television channel, which broadcasts to around 12 million people every week, according to network figures. Continue Reading »

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| October 3, 2013
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Israel’s PM: Iran’s Khamenei leads a ‘messianic, apocalyptic radical cult’

In a NBC interview , Israeli PM Netanyahu says Iranians may want change, but realistically speaking, they are governed by an appointed Supreme Leader, not their ‘elected’ President Rohani.

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In an interview with NBC on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei cannot be trusted because he heads a “cult” that is “wild in its ambition and aggression” adding it is a “messianic, apocalyptic, radical regime.”

Prime Minister Netanyahu in NBC interview, following UNGA speech


Prime Minister Netanyahu in NBC interview, following UNGA speech, October 2, 2013. – Photo: Screenshot

 

Asked whether he believes the Iranians chose to elect President Hassan Rohani because they want change and a lifting of the sanctions, Netanyahu said he’s sure they do, but stressed that Iranians are not governed by Rohani but by Ayatollah Khamenei. Continue Reading »

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