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Netanyahu backs spying secrecy after Prisoner X death
Exposure of intelligence activities can “badly damage” state security, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday in his first remarks on the arrest and death of a jailed Australian-Israeli with Mossad links. In remarks to his outgoing cabinet, the Israeli prime minister insisted that the security forces be allowed to “quietly”…
Netanyahu wins narrow victory in Israeli elections
Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud-Beitenu list won a narrow victory in legislative elections but was weakened by the unexpectedly strong showing by the centrist Yesh Atid, which campaigned on economic issues. The result is likely to cramp Netanyahu’s room for manoeuvre vis-a-vis his future coalition partners. Television exit polls showed Netanyahu’s…
U.S. and Israeli leaders locked in tension as threats loom
US President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu will have to bury past hostilities if the Israeli prime minister is re-elected to jointly face looming threats such as Iran, analysts say. The two men have never warmed to each other, and ties have remained frosty. Obama pointedly failed to make time…
Israel’s Netanyahu has little to fear ahead of vote
A month before Israelis go to the polls in a snap election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has plenty to be confident about, with his only real challenges coming from within his own rightwing camp. Polls put the joint list of his Likud party and the Yisrael Beitenu faction far ahead…
Jon Stewart blasts media coverage of Gaza-Israel conflict
Though disappointed to learn the Iron Dome wasn’t a giant yamaka, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Monday night was thankful that the Gaza-Israel conflict ended “before it could fulfill the Mayan 2012 prophecy.” Stewart said the media seemed obsessed with finding the winners and losers in the deadly…
Israel firms up security as Gaza truce takes hold
Israel restricted Palestinian access to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday and kept a tight grip on security as a first death tested a hard-won truce ending fighting in and around Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing Likud party meanwhile prepared for a crunch primary Sunday amid signs its popularity…
Israeli parliament votes to dissolve and hold elections in January
JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament voted overnight to dissolve itself and hold early elections on January 22, officials said Tuesday. The dissolution of the Knesset was approved by 100 votes to none in a third reading after a lengthy session in the 120-seat chamber. Last week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced…
U.S.-Israeli gap on Iran nukes widens
WASHINGTON — The gap between Israel and the United States on Iran widened Sunday as Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Tehran was 90 percent toward a nuclear weapon and insisted on a “red line” from Washington. The Israeli leader, speaking on two US political talk shows, pressed the need for a…
Israeli anti-government protester lights himself on fire during rally
A protester was in hospital in a serious condition after setting himself alight at a march for social justice in Tel Aviv late Saturday, police said. “He left photocopies in the street of a letter that he had read out before setting himself on fire,” police spokeswoman Luba Samritold AFP, adding that the man…
Netanyahu warns Iran on high-profile U.S. visit
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday winds up a high-profile US visit focused on Iran’s perceived nuclear threat after warning that his country would not live in the “shadow of annihilation.” Netanyahu was to meet with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and visit the US Congress a day after keenly-watched talks withPresident Barack…
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