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| April 15, 2015
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Prime Minister Netanyahu: P5+1 deal proves lessons of Holocaust have not been learned

Addressing the Jewish nation, Israel’s President Rivlin says State of Israel is not compensation for the Holocaust, “Israel was established by right, and by love of the ancient homeland.”

By SAM SOKOL

 

Israelis across the country began to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with memorials and ceremonies on Wednesday evening. Ceremonies across the country will continue through Thursday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Holocaust memorial ceremony. – Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST

The commemoration of the six million Jews murdered by the Germans began with a torch-lighting ceremony attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and other senior officials at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| March 20, 2015
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WATCH Netanyahu: I Do Want a 2-State Solution…Just Not Now

Reiterating on his pre-election rejection of the two-state solution, Israel’s PM Netanyahu tells liberal outlet NPR during his media blitz in US: ‘I haven’t retracted my Bar-Ilan speech.’

By Omer Benjakob

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to play down his pre-election rejection of the two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, explaining he did not backtrack on a major 2009 policy speech, but only that he thought conditions were not ripe for a Palestinian state.

Netanyahu and Mitchell – Photo: GPO

Supporters and naysayers alike have attempted to blow the speech off as an election ploy, but the White House said it warranted a “reassessment” by the US of its role. Continue Reading »

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| March 4, 2015
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Al-Arabiya Editor Suggests Obama Heed Netanyahu’s Counsel

In an unexpected op-ed posted by the editor-in-chief of a fiercely anti-Israel newspaper, Faisal Abbas admits ‘this time’ Netanyahu is right, and Iran must be dealt with.

By Ari Yashar

 

Al-Arabiya‘s English edition editor-in-chief Faisal J. Abbas wrote a surprising op-ed on Tuesday, calling on US President Barack Obama to listen to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu after the latter addressed Congress on the dangers of an Iran nuclear deal being formulated.

Netanyahu – YouTube screenshot

Abbas, whose paper is openly anti-Israel and Saudi-owned, began by scornfully conceding “it is extremely rare for any reasonable person to ever agree with anything Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says or does. 

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| March 3, 2015
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WATCH or Read: Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s Entire Speech To US Congress

Transcript and video clip:  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received 24 standing ovations in his phenomenal 40 minute speech before the U.S. Congress on March 3, 2014.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu

 

I want to thank Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Pro Tem Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Minority, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

PM Netanyahu Addresses US Congress on 3, March 2015 – YouTube screenshot

I also want to acknowledge Senator, Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Harry, it’s good to see you back on your feet.

I guess it’s true what they say; you can’t keep a good man down. Continue Reading »

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| February 6, 2015
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VP Biden to Skip On Netanyahu’s Congressional Speech

Refraining from specifying his destination, the U.S. Vice President’s office announces Biden will not attend Israel’s PM’s address on March 3 because he will be abroad.

By The Associated Press

 

US Vice President Joe Biden will miss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress, his office said on Friday. 

Netanyahu and Biden at a meeting in the White House – Archive Photo: Avi Ohayon/GPO

Biden’s office said he will be traveling abroad.

This will be the second time Biden has ever missed an address by a foreign leader to a joint session of Congress, according to Politico. Continue Reading »

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| February 5, 2015
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PM Netanyahu : Iran using Hezbollah to open new front against Israel on Golan Heights

During a visit to IDF bases on Lebanon’s & Syrian borders, Netanyahu vows to oppose any potential nuclear deal between West and Iran.
• Israel’s envoy to the US, Ron Dermer, meets with 7 House Democrats regarding PM’s upcoming speech to Congress.

By Danny Brenner, Shlomo Cesana, Yoni Hersch, Israel Hayom Staff & News Agencies

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Wednesday visited the Hermon Brigade and IDF bases overlooking the Syrian and Lebanese borders in the Shebaa farms region and the Golan Heights, assessing from up close the army’s readiness in sectors that have seen increased tension recently.
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| January 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress Recognizes Natanyahu as Significant Asset to the State of Israel

Likud MK Ze’ev Elkin says, ‘not many world leaders receive same treatment from the U.S. Congress, as Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.’

By Attila Somfalvi

 

The official invitation extended to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before the Congress is a testament to the fact the prime minister is a significant asset to the State of Israel, MK Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) said on Tuesday in an interview with Ynet.

Ze’ev Elkin at Ynet’s studio – Photo: Yaron Brenner

Earlier Tuesday, White House Speaker John Boehner told CBS’s 60 Minutes: “There’s nobody in the world who can talk about the threat of radical terrorism, nobody can talk about the threat that the Iranians pose, not just to the Middle East and to Israel, our longest ally, but to the entire world, but Bibi Netanyahu.”

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| January 27, 2015
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Netanyahu: ‘Today Israel will do what needs to be done to protect the one & only Jewish State’

By i24news

 

As the world observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day in a series of events around the world, aging survivors, heads of state and other dignitaries gather Tuesday at Auschwitz to mark the 70th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation and to sound the alarm over a fresh wave of anti-Semitism.


PM Netanyahu’s speech – English after the Hebrew

The commemoration is likely to be the last big anniversary to be attended by any of the camp’s survivors, and world leaders are also expected to be present at what has become an enduring symbol of the horrors of Nazism and the Holocaust, which claimed the lives of six million European Jews.

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| January 9, 2015
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Video: Natanyahu to French ambassador: 1st rule in fighting terror – do not be afraid

 

WATCH: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells French Ambassador to Israel, Patrick Maisonnave, “Israelis know the anguish & pain that the French people are experiencing.”

By HERB KEINON

 

The first law in fighting terrorism is to not be afraid, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday, at the start of a meeting with French Ambassador Patrick Maisonnave.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with French Ambassador Patrick Maisonnave, January 9. – Photo: HAIM ZACH/GPO

“I know that there are many in France who are asking themselves, how can we fight this dreadful fear-imposing barbarism. Should we continue to publish our views?

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| December 30, 2014
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UK Voices Opposition to Palestinian Statehood Resolution

 

Britain joins the US with concerns how the revised UN draft does not address Israel’s security needs.

By i24news

 

Britain joined the United States and Israel on Tuesday, lashing out against a toughly worded Palestinian statehood resolution submitted to the UN Security Council, Reuters reported.

“British ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Security council Mark Lyall Grant (L) addresses the press, flanked by US Ambassador to the UN Security Council Samantha Power, after a meeting with South Sudan’s president on August 12, 2014 in Juba” – Photo: Charles Lomodong (AFP)

When asked whether Britain would support the revised draft, British UN Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said the country would not.

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| December 30, 2014
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News feature of Israel’s PM Netanyahu in official ISIS magazine

Israel’s Prime Minister is featured in a glossy spread of Dabiq, the Islamic State’s official monthly magazine, which ran a blurb from the premier’s interview from CBS’s “Face The Nation”.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s media aides may want to add Islamic State to the list of recipients of their mass emails and press releases.


Article of Netanyahu in ISIS magazine Dabiq – Screenshot

Netanyahu is featured in a glossy spread of the Islamic State’s official monthly magazine, Dabiq, which saw fit to run a blurb from the premier’s interview with CBS News.

 

 

View original The Jerusalem Post publication at: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ISIS-features-Netanyahu-in-official-magazine-386146

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| December 29, 2014
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PM Netanyahu: If int’l community doesn’t oppose Palestinian UN bid for Israel withdrawal, we will

Israel’s PM Netanyahu says, as Jordan advances Palestinian resolution to UN Security Council on ‘end of Israeli occupation’, ‘We expect the entire int’l community, at least the responsible members of that community, to vigorously oppose this UN diktat.’ 

By Ynetnews & Reuters

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday that if the international community does not oppose the Palestinians’ UN bid, Israel will.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting today with Indiana Governor Mike Pence. – Video screenshot GPO

In a meeting with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Netanyahu stressed that “Israel will oppose conditions that endanger our future.”

The Palestinians plan to submit a final draft of a statehood resolution to the United Nations on Monday calling for a peace deal with Israel within a year and an “end to occupation” of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017

“We expect the entire international community – at least the responsible members of that community – to oppose vigorously this UN diktat, this UN Security Council resolution. Continue Reading »

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| December 25, 2014
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Watch Netanyahu’s Christmas greetings hoping for a more tolerant & peaceful world

Israel’s PM Netanyahu releases video with holiday greeting for all Christians and for the Middle East a peaceful and ‘very Merry Christmas in a more tolerant world’.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished Christians in Israel and around the world a “very merry Christmas,” on the eve of the holiday that marks the birth of Jesus Christ.

Netanyahu's Christmas greeting

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Christmas greeting – screenshot

 

In a video statement released Wednesday night, the premier noted the persecution of Christians in the Middle East have faced recently.

 


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Christmas Greeting – 2014

He stressed that Israel stands as an exception to the “daily staple” of “violence, persecution and fear” that Christians across the region face.

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| December 24, 2014
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WATCH – Netanyahu after sniper attack: I will never allow Jerusalem to be divided again

PM Netanyahu comments on IDF’s response to Hamas sniper fire on patrol emanating from Gaza that seriously injured one soldier earlier on Wednesday.

By HERB KEINON

 

Israel will respond strongly and with determination against all attacks in the south, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday, commenting on the IDF’s response to the sniper fire from Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. – Photo: REUTERS

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| December 19, 2014
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Analysis: Maybe Kerry doesn’t want Netanyahu as PM, Again, – but Abbas definitely does

 

 

Mahmoud Abbas’ actions over the last few months, & definitely over the last few days, clearly shows that he’s interested in keeping Netanyahu well-ensconced as Israel’s premier.

By HERB KEINON

 

Long-time State Department Middle East hand Aaron David Miller wrote a piece on Foreign Policy’s website this week under the entertaining headline “All John Kerry Wants for Christmas Is an Israel Without Bibi.”

Netanyahu and Abbas

Netanyahu and Abbas. – Photo: REUTERS

In this piece, Miller – for the third time this month – warned the US against intervening in the upcoming Israeli elections, saying such intervention could lead to the opposite of what Washington really wanted. Continue Reading »

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