Investing in Stability: Israel’s Incoming Government
Three successive election campaigns greatly undermined Israelis’ sense of political stability.
Three successive election campaigns greatly undermined Israelis’ sense of political stability.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an Independence Day message that he \”appreciate(s) deeply all that America has done for Israel.\”
The United States will help Israel buy four more Iron Dome short-range anti-missile systems, a Pentagon official said.
President Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House for talks.
Israel was prepared to extend a West Bank construction freeze, but the United States withdrew the idea, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
After meeting with U.S. leaders, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak predicted that comprehensive talks with the Palestinians on all final status issues would begin within months.
Israel\’s Chief Sephardic Rabbi Shlomo Amar said he will no longer be responsible for any state conversions if the Knesset passes a bill requiring the recognition of all military conversions. In a letter sent to Benjamin Netanyahu, Amar called on the prime minister to prevent the bill from passing, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Amar has charged a committee to look into legal and halachic issues surrounding the military conversions. He asked Netanyahu to allow the committee to conclude its work before allowing the legislation to go forward.
The Obama administration reportedly suggested that Israel extend its current settlement freeze for three months, which Israel appears to have rejected.
The banquet, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, raised $2.7 million and counting toward the federation\’s $12 million Jews in Crisis campaign goal.