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Government / News Briefs / Coronavirus

Netanyahu Sidesteps Coronavirus Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu was in the vicinity of Health Minister Yaakov Litzman.

Video of the Day

Shabechi Yerushalyaim with Bibi

By Video of the Day

Prime Minister Netanyahu also sings....

Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten

Israel Uncensored: Is Israel Headed for Early Elections?

By The Land of Israel

The Israeli public sees through the attacks being carried out against the Prime Minister and the “right” by the judiciary, media, etc. and thus as time goes on, continues to voice support for the PM and his party explains Caroline Glick. Listen to the rest of her interview with Joshua Hasten today on Israel Uncensored.

Headline / US / Politics / Jerusalem

On Again: Trump to Start 'Modest' Embassy Move to Jerusalem by 2019

By JNi.Media

It is not clear whether Trump had been briefed on the new timetable when he told Reuters 'By the end of the year? We’re talking about different scenarios.'

Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten

Israel Uncensored: Is Corruption a Bigger Danger than Iran?

By The Land of Israel

Were Saturday night’s ‘anti-corruption’ demonstrations in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv really just political attacks against Prime Minister Netanyahu? Joshua Hasten interviews Danny Seaman from Mida today on Israel Uncensored.

Ari and Jeremy

Israel Inspired: Trump & Netanyahu - Behind Closed Doors

By The Land of Israel

Is the 2 State solution dead? Can Israel build in Judea and Samaria? Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel discuss the historic meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the many unanswered questions on today's Israel Inspired.

Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten

Israel Uncensored: Is ISIS in Jerusalem?

By The Land of Israel

Prime Minister Netanyahu suggested that Sunday's truck-ramming terrorist attack was ISIS-inspired. Joshua Hasten interviews Dan Diker and discusses the PM’s comments on today's Israel Uncensored.

Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten

Israel Uncensored: Bibi's UN Speech Gives Rosh Hashanah Inspiration?

By The Land of Israel

Rosh Hashanah inspiration was found in an unlikely place in the form of a positive and optimistic speech to the UN by Prime Minister Netanyahu. On this weeks Israel Uncensored on The Land Of Israel Network with Josh Hasten and special guest Rabbi Guy Avihod.

Guest Blog

Did We Win?

By Rabbi Alan Haber

"...while Hamas has been weakened it has not been destroyed..."

Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Bibi, Abbas Met Before Ceasefire

By Meir Halevi Siegel

For years, Binyamin Netanyahu's views on negotiating with terrorists, and on negotiating under fire have been clear: In his defining treatise on the subject Terrorism: How the West Can Win, Netanyahu spelled out clear guidelines for dealing with the scourge of attacks on civilians. Amongst other principles, the then up-and-coming Likud leader said clearly that terrorists must […]

Op-Eds

Last Defense Of Obama’s Defenders On Israel Has Evaporated

By Seth Mandel

Obama never hid his contempt for the Israeli government or the majority of Israel’s voters.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

IDF Chiefs Brief Netanyahu in South

By Meir Halevi Siegel

IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz and GOC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Sammy Turgeman met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon Monday at an air force base in southern Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu said, "The IDF is making progress in the field according to plan and the operation will be expanded until the goal is achieved […]

News Briefs / Europe

Israel Joins EU Science Research Program

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Israel, Europe welcoming Israel into exclusive European science club - as long as progress doesn't come from 'wrong' side of Israel

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Netanyahu Meets Border Police in J'lem

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Prime Minister visits IDF, Border Police troops, thanks for help scuttling terror attempts in Samaria

Israel / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

Netanyahu Connects Hitler with Nuclear Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is one thing “never to forget,” and it is another to remember not to let it happen again.

Israel / News Briefs / Judaism

PM Netanyahu Visits Kfar Chabad Matza Bakery

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited the matza bakery in Kfar Chabad on Tuesday, two weeks before the beginning of Passover. "At home, I have eaten this matza for years.” he said. “Today, for the first time, I am also preparing it myself. I am very excited. I wish the entire Jewish People a Happy Passover." […]

Moshe Feiglin

Is the Temple Mount in our Hands?

By Moshe Feiglin

If the nationalist Knesset members don’t provide the answer, the Arab MKs will do so in their place.

Government / News Briefs

Peres Says He is Stepping Down in July – No Matter What

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres categorically rejected on Wednesday any suggestion, as reported here,  that he would agree to extend his five-year term of office if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu were to ask him to do so. The Prime Minister reportedly wants Peres to serve an extra year in order to give the Knesset time to enact […]

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Court Decision May Help Likud Dump Netanyahu’s Concessions to PA

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu may have to follow Sharon and form a new party if he insists on selling out to the Kerry-Obama-Abbas trio.

US / Iran / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

White House Says Netanyahu’s Visit Shows ‘Deep Bonds’ with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The White House on Wednesday confirmed that President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet on March 3 and added that the Prime Minister’s visit “is a demonstration of the deep and enduring bonds between the United States and Israel, and our close consultations on a range of security issues.” That was White […]

US / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Netanyahu and Kerry Likely to Meet during AIPAC Session in March

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is likely to meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during the AIPAC convention in March, U.S. State Dept. spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday. “I would not be surprised if they have a meeting, of course, or they see each other while he’s here,” she said in answer to […]

Government / News Briefs

Bennett Apologizes to Netanyahu

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jewish Home party Naftali Bennett personally apologized to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday night, dousing the flames of the political fire that threatened to spread out of control. The differences between the two over a future Palestinian Authority state were headlined on Tuesday when Bennett, referring to the Prime Minister‘s earlier statement that Jews could […]

Israel / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Says Deal with Iran Left It 6 Weeks Away from the Bomb

By Jewish Press News Desk

The interim deal between the major world powers and Iran left the Islamic Republic “six weeks from a nuclear weapon,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv Tuesday night. He has previously said that the goal of should not just be to stop Iran from […]

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Attorney General to Close ‘Bibi Tours’ Case

By Jewish Press News Desk

Another “Let’s get Bibi” case has bit the dust. Attorney General Yehudah Weinstein has accepted the recommendations of the police and state prosecutors and will close the “Bibi Tours” case that raised suspicions that Netanyahu illegally pocketed money for trips when he a Knesset Member, The case arose after a Channel 10 reporter claimed that […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holocaust

Palestinian Authority Daily Claims Netanyahu Has ‘Nazi Genes’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The official Palestinian Authority daily last week, days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, published an op-ed demonizing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who it said has Nazi genes that he may have “acquired it genetically from the days of the Nazis and the Aryan race." The report, translated and published by the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), […]

News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Assimilation

Anti-Assimilation Group Begs Bibi: Break up Son’s Dating Non-Jew

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Lehava Organization for the Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land appealed to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday to break up his son Yair’s relationship with a Norwegian non-Jew. Yair Netanyahu is dating Sandra  Leikange a fellow student, Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, The Jewish Press reported here earlier today. Citing the Prime Minister’s late […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Says Rouhani Master of Deception

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mohammed "Rouhani is continuing with the Iranian show of deception,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday after the Iranian president’s speech to the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos. Rouhani said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to engage in constructive cooperation for promoting global energy security, drawing on its vast oil and gas […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to Visit Israel in July

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayer told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Davos Wednesday that she expects to visit Israel in July. Meeting at the 014 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the Prime Minister told her that whereas major powers were once measured in terms of territory, today they are measured by the number of […]

Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Peres Demand for ‘Jewish State’ Recognition an Obstacle to Peace

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

President Shimon Peres has told diplomatic officials that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's demand that the Palestinian Authority recognize Israel as a “Jewish State” is “unnecessary” and is an obstacle to a peace pact, the Yisrael HaYom newspaper reported Wednesday. The “Jewish state” issue has been one of Netanyahu’s’ favorite ploys to make PA chairman Mahmoud […]

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Polls Show No Chance for Obama to Wreck Netanyahu Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two new polls show that Israel is marching rightward and that the nationalist and religious parties would even be stronger than in the current coalition if elections were held today, mostly at the expense of Yair Lapid The Likud Beitenu party, which reflects the merger of Likud and Yisrael Beitenu that still may be dissolved, […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu to Address Davos Forum on 'Israel – Innovation Nation'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will travel Wednesday to the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, where he will deliver an address under the heading "Israel – Innovation Nation,” with an emphasis on the cyber industry. He also will attend the IT session, in the presence of Cisco CEO John Chambers, and a cyber session that […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Hezbollah

White House Condemns Iran for Honoring Hezbollah Terrorist

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Obama administration thinks better of Palestinian Authority terrorists than it does of those in Hezbollah.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jordan

Netanyahu Makes Surprise Visit to Jordan for Secret Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jordan might be the X factor in Kerry’s foolsmanship in the Middle East.

Government / News Briefs

‘Scoop’ Tries to Defame Netanyahu for Using Temporary Tax Haven

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held a bank account in a Channel Island tax haven for a short period of time when he was not in the government more than 10 years ago, the Globes business newspaper revealed Wednesday evening. The “exposé” also details a transfer of less than $3,000 from his account to a law […]

Israel / US / News Briefs

Ex-Sec’y of Defense Gates: I Tried to Ban Bibi from White House

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote in his new book that he once tried to ban Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from the White House, when he was President George H. W. Bush’s national security adviser, because of what he said was the Prime Minister’s “arrogance and outlandish ambition.” Netanyahu was deputy foreign minister […]

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

US Rebukes Ya’alon for ‘Offensive’ Remark that Kerry is Messianic

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When an Israeli leader says what he really thinks of Kerry, it‘s no wonder the US is insulted, even if true.

US / Hamas / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Hamas Welcomes Kerry with Rocket Attack on Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Kerry is manipulating peace talks as if Hamas does not exist, but one day, he will have to come terms with reality.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Kerry Lands in Israel, Heads for 2-Hour Meeting with Netanyahu

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry landed at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport around 3 p.m. Thursday, bringing with him the usual traffic headache for motorists who are kept away from the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway while  his cavalcade takes him for a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Kerry is scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Netanyahu to Wait for Kerry to Leave before Declaring New Housing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be more polite in announcing new housing for Jews in Judea and Samaria this time around and will wait until U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is out of town before stating the plans, Army Radio reported Wednesday. Almost every time an American official visits Israel and wins concessions for […]

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Netanyahu Complains after Opening the Door to Free Terrorists

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu led the move to free murderers of Jews to continue “peace talks” and then criticized the Palestinian Authority for celebrating the return of terrorists early Tuesday morning. He also said  after freeing the murderers, by itself a threat to further terror, that there will not be peace unless Israel defends itself […]

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

White House Presses Congress Not To Intensify Sanctions

By JTA

The National Security Council has asked Congressmen at a White House briefing to delay passing new Iran sanctions, according to BuzzFeed. The meeting with top staffers from congressional committees dealing with Iran sanctions was called after the Obama administration launched renewed talks this month with Iran in the wake of pledges from its newly elected […]

Terrorism / US / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Masochist Gov’t Set for More ‘Pain’ by Freeing PA Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel insisted in July that it would release 104 terrorists in four stages as a test of Abbas’ willingness for peace. Three murders and two attempted murders later, Israel will bow to Kerry for stage two.

US / Iran / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Iran against the World, Netanyahu Alone against Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Mass media adopt Iran’s sweet talk with an internal gag order on bad talk, such as Iran’s drawing a red line that is on the other side of uranium enrichment. Netanyahu, a lone voice, goes on British media blitz.

Government / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Catches Netanyahu with His Jeans Down

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is a brilliant speaker but not perfect. He goofed in his interview with BBC’s Persian service last when he stated, "I think if the Iranian people had freedom, they would wear jeans, listen to Western music, and have free elections.” Pictures and Tweets from Iran flooded the Internet, with pictures and […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Netanyahu Speech a Gamble that Abbas Won’t Call Israel ‘Jewish’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Be careful what you wish for. Netanyahu again turns Abbas’ refusal to see Israel as a Jewish state a "red line.” If Abbas “doesn’t miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity,” fine. But what if Abbas calls his bluff?

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Media

Netanyahu in US: 'Thanks for Bad Press, Postpone the Eulogies’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Like him or not, Netanyahu is at his best as a speaker. He was stunning as Ambassador to the UN in 1984. He wowed over in Congress two years ago. Now he media blitzed the US. Truth triumphs a bad press.

Israel / News Briefs

Rosh Hashana Greetings from Prime Minister Netanyahu (Video)

By dvora

Rosh Hashana Greetings from Prime Minister Netanyahu

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Abbas Stuns Israel, Implies Surrender of ‘Right of Return’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas has caught Israel sleeping at the political chessboard and has checked, if not checkmated, the government by stating he will give up the demand for foreign Arabs to flood Haifa and Jaffa.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon

Netanyahu ‘Retaliates’ To Missile Strike with Words and Threats

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu assured Israel, attacked by enemy missiles in the northwestern Galilee, "We are using a variety of measures – of both defense and prevention – and we are operating in a responsible manner. Our policy is clear: to protect and also to prevent.” He added, "Anyone who hurts us, and anyone who […]

US / Government / News Briefs / Europe / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Bloomberg News: Netanyahu Running Scared from Worldwide Boycott

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Déjà vu. The “peace process’ began in 1991, when the threat of an international boycott forced Yitzchak Shamir to debate Arafat in Madrid. The same threat has Netanyahu running scared, says a columnist.

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Six of 26 Freed Terrorists are from Rival Groups to Abbas’ Fatah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel gave Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas a double boost in the planned release of 26 terrorists names Monday morning, first by agreeing to Abbas’ pre-condition linking their freedom with the resumption of peace talks and secondly by including six terrorists from gangs that are rivals to Abbas’ Fatah party terrorist branch. Two of the […]

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Rabbis Urge Netanyahu to Quit Rather than Free Terrorists

By Jewish Press Staff

Abbas has declared no Jew will be able to live in a PA state. The Rabbinical Congress for Peace says since Abbas obviously is not interested in peace, Netanyahu should quit before freeing terrorists.

Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / European Union

Netanyahu Gambles Again, Refuses to Sign New Agreements with EU

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the Prime Minister gets his way and the European Union blinks first, he could be riding high in the saddle again. If Netanyahu blinks first, he'd better run for his life.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Hezbollah Claims It Ambushed Four IDF Soldiers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The IDF reported Wednesday that four soldiers were wounded at the Lebanese border in “operational activity.” No names, No location. No nothing. Now Hezbollah says, “We did it.” IDF replies: Comment.

Op-Eds

Will Hezbollah Terrorism Save Israel from Delusional Peace with PA?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatens the US-led "peace talks," saying he will back “Palestine resistance” to ensure that all of the Land of Israel will not remain in Jewish hands.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Is Netanyahu a New Ariel Sharon in Disguise?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Is Bibi now Sharon Number Two? Sharon turned on backers and expelled Jews from Gaza. Bibi frees terrorists and chases surrender. A new poll shows his star soaring and Lapid’s dropping. Bibi the “peacenik?”

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Obama Calls Netanyahu, Abbas to Follow the Script for Direct Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama’s trust of Netanyahu and Abbas not upset Kerry’s peace process cart is zero, so he called both leaders on Thursday just in case they forgot who is calling the shots.

Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Netanyahu Puts Arab MK in His Place (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Like his policies or not, Netanyahu, knows how to talk. See the video to his response to the chutzpah of an Arab MK who says Arabs were in Israel before Jews and will be afterwards.

US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Kerry Jumps on Okay for Freeing Terrorists, Announces Peace Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry and Livni have a lot in common. They both talk a lot and say nothing; they love themselves; and they are celebrating their return to diplomatic stardom. They may be “stars for a day.”

Terrorism / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Cabinet Approves Freeing 104 Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It took Netanyahu several hours to win a respectable majority in the Cabinet to capitulate to Abbas' demand and approve the release of 104 terrorists in order to allow the renewal of direct talks in Washington on Tuesday.

Terrorism / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

US Bus Bomb Victims Relive Horror over Terrorists’ Release

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sandy Bloom of New York and her husband Dov of Pittsburgh suffered for years from burns in a deadly 1988 terrorist attack on a bus. Now they are suffering from the thought of the terrorists being freed.

Terrorism / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Cabinet OKs ‘Peace Process’ Referendum, Delays Vote on Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu threw a sugar pill at the Cabinet by proposing a change in the Basic Law for a national referendum before giving Israeli land to the PA. The Cabinet is contemplating swallowing the bitter pill – freeing terrorists.

Terrorism / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Israel to Get Nothing but Talk for Freeing 104 Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel is to free 104 terrorists so Kerry can take the credit for the resumption of “direct talks,” but what will be on the agenda? Peace? Recognizing Israel? No. The PA will talk about a timetable for talks.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Netanyahu: ‘Freeing Terrorists Clashes with Justice,’ but So What?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu says freeing terrorists is unjust, is against public opinion, and is painful. So why do it? Because it is in the “interest of the State,” meaning John Kerry is in charge of Israel’s security.

Fresno Zionism

Why Bibi Wants a Referendum

By Vic Rosenthal

He who gets to write the questions, wins the referendum.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jordan / Settlements

Kerry’s New ‘Peace’ Brainstorm: Talk with Abbas without Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry is flying to the Middle East, but who cares about Egypt or Syria? He will meet with Abbas in Jordan; Israel is not on his itinerary. He is cooking up something nasty or really is weird.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religion

Netanyahu Opens ‘Direct Talks' with Abbas: Greetings on Ramadan

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Who says Netanyahu does not want peace with Abbas? He picked up the phone to wish him greetings on Ramadan. Why didn’t Kerry think of that? Maybe Arabs will call tonight and wish Bibi a good fast.”

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Florida

Netanyahu Names American Immigrant Ron Dermer Ambassador to US

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren was the only American to hold the post – until Tuesday. Netanyahu has appointed Ron Dermer, a close aide, to take over the job.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

PA Touts Kerry’s Return while He Stays at Wife’s Hospital Bed

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Big Lie, big explosion. Media spread a story yesterday that Kerry will be back in town this week. Today, the PA claims Bibi met with PA honchos. Abbas forgot that Kerry’s wife is in critical condition.

Israel / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Burger Ranch Going to Ariel, Where McDonald’s Fears to Tread

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Will Obama Munch at a Burger Ranch and support the settler movement? Will McDonald’s repent for boycotting Samaria? Will the Third Intifada erupt over Burger Ranch’s setting up shop in Ariel?

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Netanyahu Rival Danon Elected Head of Likud Central Committee

By JTA

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon, who has said the Likud Party and Israel’s governing coalition are opposed to a two-state solution, was elected chairman of the party’s Central Committee on Sunday. The victory by Danon was a blow to party leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but he pledged to work with Netanyahu for the good […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Jordan / Settlements

Kerry Sweating to Save Face and Announce ‘Peace Talks’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has turned his schedule upside down to keep his three-ring circus from collapsing under his “peace tent” that he has weighted down with his fake smile and iron fist to save himself from looking like a diplomatic clown. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas are […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jordan

Kerry to Wait for Dessert after Meals with King Abdullah and Bibi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry may or may come up with results in his peace process trip to the region, but at least he will have a full stomach. He ate and talked with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman Thursday afternoon before flying to Jerusalem, where he and the Prime Minister will dine at […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Netanyahu Invokes Herzl’s Vision on Eve of Kerry’s Visit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry has great timing. He comes to Israel hours after the anniversary of the death of the founder of Zionism, giving Netanyahu the opportunity to state there is no peace without security.

US / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Prof. Yaakov Frankel to Return as Head of Bank of Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The money markets can relax. There is economic growth after Stanley Fischer, who has decided that Israel is not his home. Prof. Yaakov Frenkel, who once headed the Bank of Israel, is returning.

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Cabinet Okays Extending Daylight Savings Time

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Cabinet on Sunday approved a measure to extend Daylight Savings Time until the end of October. It also approved exporting 40 percent of natural gas, and the two decisions prompted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to remark, “Now we have a land flowing with milk and honey, gas and sunlight.” The latest change concerning when […]

Government / News Briefs

Moses Took the Right Turn after all, Says Netanyahu

By Jewish Press News Desk

“It turns out that Moses wasn’t such a bad navigator after all, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Israeli Presidential Conference birthday party for President Shimon Peres Thursday evening. Negating the old joke that Moses could have turned towards Saudi Arabia and lead the People of Israel from Egypt to a land of oil instead […]

US / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu Wants Harvard Prof. Helpman as New Head of Bank

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is trying to recruit Harvard Prof. Elkhanan Helpman, who previously moved to Israel form the Soviet Union, to replace Stanley Fischer as head of the Bank of Israel. Helpman also was the Prime Minister's first choice to head the Bank seven years ago, but after Helpman’s refusal, Fischer was imported from […]

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu Limits Gas Exports to 40 Percent

By Jewish Press News Desk

Offshore gas fields should be allowed to export no more than 40 percent of the natural gas they produce, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday. The Cabinet is expected to approve the recommendation at Sunday’s weekly session. The limit is more restrictive than the 53 percent that was suggested by a committee set up to […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements

Israel Bows to PA and EU Threat, Stops Building in ‘East’ Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Threats work again on Bibi. Israel has not started to build one single home in “East” Jerusalem for Jews this year after a joint Palestinian Authority-EU threat to sue Israel in international court.

Middle East / Levant / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Arabs Stage Mass Protests Same Day Kerry’s Deadline for Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Leave it to John Kerry and his Foggy Bottom aides to come up with the idea, intentional or not, to make the anniversary of the Six-Day War as the deadline for talks. Instead, Arabs plan mass protest.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs

Netanyahu Aims for 10 Millions Tourists a Year

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel will host 10 million tourists a year by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Second Jerusalem Tourism Conference Wednesday. "What we're doing in the tourism industry is exciting,” he said. “We've doubled the number of tourists from 1.5 million to three million a year, and we need to double […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

Abbas' Adviser Calls Israel-PA High-Tech Meeting ‘Unacceptable’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Microsoft and Cisco learn how Abbas defines ”direct talks.” Their officials are to attend an Israel-PA high-tech confab. Abbas’ adviser says it’s “unacceptable.” It gives the world the wrong impression.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Lapid Threat: On Haredi Draft It's 'Equal Burden' or New Elections

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Lapid’s sounds like Bibi on the “peace process.” He has no trouble raising a regressive tax that hurts the middle class. But give the Haredim a break from the draft? Not in this government. We’ll see.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Bibi to Talk Separately with Kerry, Sarkozy and Hague – in 4 Hours

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has a busy day Thursday and is scheduled to talk with two foreign ministers and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a four-hour time span. His office announced he will welcome U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at 10:15, and the American efforts to bring Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority […]

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements

Kerry Headed for PA-Israel Crisis that He Created

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry has done a lot in three months. He has won the distrust of Abbas. He has personally upbraided Israeli Ambassador Oren. Why is he coming to town this week? Maybe he booked the wrong plane.

Israel / US / Politics

Obama Golfs and Bibi Eats Ice Cream - How Much to Indulge Leaders?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama has been cited for expensive golf outings. Now it’s Netanyahu’s turn: $2,700 for ice cream and $125,000 for an airplane bed. Indulgence or the price of public office?

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Kerry’s Dream and Abbas' Nightmare Meet in Biblical Beit El

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Israeli government has announced a new step in plans to build 300 new homes in Beit El, in  northern Samaria, just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to convince Mahmoud Abbas to return to talks if Israel slaps a freeze on building for Jews in Judea and Samaria. Reports from Israeli […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu Views Chinese Wall ‘Security Fence’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited the Great Wall of China on Thursday, allowing him to make the obvious comparison with Israel’s security fence, dubbed by leftists as the “Apartheid Wall. Unlike the Chinese Great Wall, the “wall” in Israel extends less than 10 percent of the total length of the fortification, […]

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Kerry Hosts Livni, to Return to Israel to Push Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with visiting Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni this week and told reporters he will return to Israel in two weeks to push ahead for more “peace process” talks. In a brief session with reporters,  Kerry did not refer to the de facto building freeze that Israel media reported […]

US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

Report: Kerry Won Five-Week Unofficial Building Freeze from Bibi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu again plays chess, or poker, with the United States. Kerry wants a building freeze to satisfy Abbas’ conditions for resuming talks. Netanyahu reportedly agreed – but for only five weeks.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / Global / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Chinese Media Ho-Hum on Netanyahu’s Visit

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Chinese media have reported Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s current visit as secondary news, reflecting China’s distance from the Israeli-Palestinian Authority issue. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is also in China, and his visit has gained slightly more attention than Netanyahu’s. The Prime Minister’s main mission is economic, and Israel’s trump card in any political dealings between […]

Israel / News Briefs

Netanyahu Promoting Israeli High-Tech in China

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Shanghai Monday and immediately traveled from the airport to an exhibition at a high-tech industrial park and promoted Israel’s high-tech industry. Next to a wall on which were the logos of the companies operating in the high-tech park, the Prime Minister said, "We see here the logos of many […]

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem

Likud MK Regev Chickens Out, Cancels Visit to Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Likud MK Miri Regev really sounded tough. She vowed to visit the Temple Mount to find out why Jews can’t pray there, although everyone else knows why. Now she says she doesn’t want to make a fuss.

Terrorism / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Kerry Hosts ‘Peace Process Partner' Livni to Advance PA Demands

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

John Kerry and Tzipi Livni have something in common. Both of them want to advance their political careers with the booby prize of an Israeli-Palestinian Authority peace agreement.

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