A haredi soldier was attacked by dozens of haredi men on Tuesday night in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea She’arim.
Haredi combat soldiers – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem
According to the police, at approximately 7:30 p.m., the soldier, who was in uniform, was surrounded and threatened by approximately 100 haredi men on Gimzo Street in the heart of Mea She’arim, but managed to flee to a nearby building and alert the police.
The legacy of Likud ideological forebear Ze’ev Jabotinsky will help bring stable peace to Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Knesset Wednesday.
Prime Minister Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting, May 19, 2013. – Photo: Emil Salman/Haaretz/pool
Speaking at a memorial session marking the 73rd anniversary of Jabotinsky’s death, Netanyahu said the Irgun and Betar founder’s realism should be kept in mind today.
“The obstacle to peace between us and the Palestinians is not just fundamentalist terrorist organizations, but the belief that it is possible to destroy the State of Israel,” the prime minister explained.
The government issued two international tenders Wednesday for the construction and operation of two new private seaports to compete with the existing Ashdod and Haifa ports. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared the move, “the end of monopolies” at the nation’s ports.
PM Netanyahu announces tenders for new portz with Lapid, Katz – Photo: Koby Gideon/GPO
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz originally announced in May that the tenders would be issued by July 1.
By Chana Ya’ar
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a blunt warning Monday to the International Committee of the Red Cross, saying Israel has a “legal and moral right” to attack any nation that fires at its civilians.
Speaking with ICRC President Peter Mauer at a meeting in Jerusalem, the prime minister pointed out that Arab terrorists both to Israel’s north and south use civilians as human shields, a crime against humanity.
“Hizbullah terrorists are perpetrating war crimes in Syria and slaughtering innocent Syrian civilians even as it continues to stockpile tens of thousands of rockets, concentrated in residential buildings and aimed at Israeli civilians,” he said. Continue Reading »
Any future agreement with the Palestinians will be brought to the country in the form of a referendum, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at the outset of the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, just hours after finishing a six-hour late-night meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at cabinet meeting, June 30, 2013 – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post
This was Netanyahu’s third meeting with Kerry since he arrived Thursday afternoon.
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon hinted Wednesday that Israel may call up its combat soldiers for a major operation in the near future.
Yaalon spoke as he and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu observed a Golani Brigade drill in the Golan.
“I was impressed by the Golani Brigade’s capability, preparedness and skill,” he said.
“Golani, like many other IDF combat units, is likely to be called to operational service on short notice,” he added. “That’s why this exercise, like other drills in recent days, has special meaning at this time and in this place.” Continue Reading »
Iran seeks to build an arsenal of 200 atomic bombs, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned in an interview with The Washington Post Thursday.
Prime Minister Netanyahu at the President’s Conference in Jerusalem, June 20, 2013. – Photo: GPO
Netanyahu told the prestigious American daily that the election of Hassan Rohani had no impact on the country’s nuclear program since it was Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s intention to continue efforts to amass atomic weapons.
By Elad Benari
Israel wants peace, but it is not willing to sacrifice its security for it, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday evening at the closing session of the Presidential Conference.
“For peace to be maintained, we must be strong in the present and in the future. Because a peace accord that compromises our security will not endure, and I will never compromise the security of the State of Israel and its citizens,” said Netanyahu.
“Therefore, when we talk about ‘tomorrow’ I talk about a tomorrow of peace, security and also prosperity.” Continue Reading »
By Maayana Miskin
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hinted in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that if Russia sends S-300 missiles to Syria, Israel will destroy them before they become operational. So reports Maariv based on reports from diplomatic sources who were updated regarding the meeting between the two leaders.
Netanyahu’s language reportedly was echoed by National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror, who told EU diplomats that Israel would prevent Russian S-300s delivered to Syria from becoming operational.
Those present at the meeting were reportedly “shocked” by Netanyahu’s bold language in speaking to the leader of a world power. Continue Reading »
“We are prepared to compromise for genuine peace, but it’s not reciprocated,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Monday.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – Israel MFA Screenshot
In a video message to the delegates at the 4th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said that anti-Semitism has taken a new form since the rise of Israel, and that it is a myth it has disappeared since the Holocaust. Continue Reading »
“Israel is the most threatened state in the world,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday at the start of “national emergency week.”
Netanyahu arrives for weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusaelm, May 26, 2013 – Photo: REUTERS/Menahem Kahana/Pool
Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, the prime minister said that the threats against the Israeli Home Front have significantly increased in recent years, pointing to missile and rocket threats.
BEIJING — Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu slammed Stephen Hawking for joining the boycott against Israel and canceling plans to attend President Shimon Peres’ conference next month, saying the celebrated physicist should “study the facts.”
Stephen Hawking – Photo: REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
Asked by The Jerusalem Post about Hawking’s boycott at a press briefing, Netanyahu said, “he should investigate the truth, he is a scientist. He should study the facts and draw the necessary conclusions: Israel is an island of reason, moderation and a desire for peace.”
Netanyahu said that Hawking knows that there are many false theories in science.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s famous “red line” speech in the United Nations helped to slow Iran’s nuclear program, the Washington Post said in an editorial Tuesday.
The latest round of talks with Iran “was, by all accounts, a disappointment,” the editorial said. However, it said, “for now, at least, there is no crisis… there is time to wait and see if Iran’s position will soften.”
“For that, proponents of diplomacy over war with Iran can thank a man they have often ridiculed or reviled: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” it stated. Continue Reading »
“There will never again be another Holocaust,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pledged on Sunday evening, in a direct challenge to Iran, during the state ceremony marking the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post
Calling the Jews a people that “seeks peace,” Netanyahu noted that “there are who seek to extinguish this light of ours.”
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