By Joel Greenberg, Mar 18, 2013 07:32 PM EDT, SOURCE The Washington Post JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel was ready for a “historic compromise” in talks with the Palestinians as he presented a new government… Read More ›
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Man to watch as new Israeli government takes office: Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon. Here’s why. (Hint: he once called war with Iran “inevitable.”)
Joel C. Rosenberg’s Blog | March 18, 2013 at 5:49 pm Members of Israel’s 33rd (modern) government took the oath of office in Jerusalem today. Below is a list of the key players. But after the Prime Minister himself, the man… Read More ›
Israel’s elections: What just happened?
Israel voted for change, and moved a little from right to center; Lapid is the big success but Netanyahu is still a winner, albeit battered and constrained By David Horovitz January 23, 2013, 2:49 pm | SOURCE Happy chaos: Supporters… Read More ›
ISRAEL ELECTIONS AND THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL
SOURCE “For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye … Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion:… Read More ›
Here’s the final vote tally. Does Netanyahu’s severely weakened political standing mean he’s less likely to hit Iran in 2013?
JOEL ROSENBERG| January 23, 2013 at 10:58 am Israelis have voted and with the final numbers in, two things are clear: 1) Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-Beitenu party is far and away the largest party; but, 2) Netanyahu is no longer “King Bibi”… Read More ›
Who is Yair Lapid? And how did he suddenly become the 2nd most powerful man in Israel?
SOURCE|January 23, 2013 at 4:53 am “It appears that the big winner of the elections is Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid party,” reports the Times of Israel, “and US commentator Jeffrey Goldberg is already speculating about the White House… Read More ›
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wins Historic Reelection
SOURCE Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wins historic reelection 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… Read More ›
Nearing Midnight: Israel’s Prophetic Positioning
Terry James Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is, amazingly, being viewed as a moderate in the politically right-oriented Likud party these days. This fact shouldn’t go without considerable notice by those who look at Bible prophecy from the futurist viewpoint…. Read More ›
A different Israel after January 22
The elections will almost certainly yield a leadership that firmly rejects Palestinian statehood and adamantly champions settlement expansion — not so much because the electorate is swinging heavily to the right, but because the right has already swung heavily to… Read More ›
With elections fast approaching, will this man be Israel’s next Defense Minister?
January 12, 2013 at 5:03 am| SOURCE Moshe ”Bogie” Ya’alon is currently Israel’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Strategic Affairs. He’s a senior military and foreign affairs advisor to Netanyahu, and previously served as the Israeli Defense Force’s chief of staff. Some keen… Read More ›
Binyamin Netanyahu Fights Surge From Rightwing Opponent Before Poll
SOURCE Israel‘s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has been forced to recalibrate his election campaign in response to a downward spiral in opinion polls due to a surprise challenge from an ultra-nationalist startup millionaire and veteran of Israel’s most elite commando… Read More ›
ISRAEL UPDATE DECEMBER NEWS REVIEW
David Dolan NATIONAL ELECTIONS LOOMING IN ISRAEL The Israeli government came under fresh international criticism in December after it was announced that hundreds of new Jewish homes would be built in the northeast perimeter of Jerusalem. The area, near the… Read More ›
Netanyahu battered by the Jewish Home-builder
A month before the elections, with the international community slamming him for settlement construction, the PM is losing support to a right-wing party led by a millionaire former aide who claims he builds far too little By David HorovitzDecember 20,… Read More ›
Muslims Claim Netanyahu Plans to Build ‘False’ Holy Temple
Netanyahu’s latest building plan for Jerusalem is none other than for the Third Temple, claims Al Aqsa Foundation. Arutz Sheva 7 By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu First Publish: 11/28/2012, 11:05 AM Overlooking the Temple Mount Flash 90 Al Aqsa officials warn that the… Read More ›