fbpx
ADVERTISE
pick up locations
donate

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.

Category

benjamin netanyahu

Netanyahu reportedly considering West Bank withdrawals

Jewish Journal April 12, 2011

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering withdrawing Israeli troops from the West Bank, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. Tuesday\’s report comes a day after Netanyahu said during a meeting with the ambassadors of European Union countries that he believes there is little chance of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians resuming anytime soon, and that he is considering what actions to take if negotiations are not resumed.

Goldstone would have to request that U.N. dump report

Jewish Journal April 4, 2011

Richard Goldstone would have to ask the United Nations on behalf of his committee to rescind its report on Israel\’s actions during the 2009 Gaza war to set such an action in motion, a U.N. spokesman said. The U.N. Human Rights Council, which commissioned the report, has not received such a request, The Associated Press reported Monday.

Peres arrives in D.C.

Jewish Journal April 4, 2011

Shimon Peres arrived in Washington for a three-day visit that will include a meeting with President Obama. Peres, who arrived Monday, will discuss \”security cooperation between Israel and the United States, recent developments in the Middle East, and the pursuit of peace between Israel and its neighbors,\” during his meeting with Obama, according to a statement from Peres\’ office.

Palin heading to Israel

Jewish Journal March 17, 2011

Sarah Palin, who is believed to be considering a presidential run in 2012, will visit Israel. The former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008 will stop in Israel for two days next week on her way back to the United States from a speech she is giving a business group in India.

The Al Jazeera document dump and you

Douglas M. Bloomfield January 26, 2011

Map making seems to be an increasingly popular pastime in the Middle East these days. The Palestinians claim they prepared their mapped vision of the two-state solution but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to look at it. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is reportedly preparing maps that will give Palestinians an interim state on land they already control but no more. Now a leading Washington think tank has unveiled a series of maps detailing proposals for drawing Israeli-Palestinian borders.

Abbas says he will not compromise

Jewish Journal September 7, 2010

Mahmoud Abbas said he will not compromise during peace negotiations on core issues such as final borders and the status of Jerusalem.

Likud winner Bibi takes aim at extremist party rival

Leslie Susser August 24, 2007

After his overwhelming victory in the Likud\’s leadership primary last week, Benjamin \”Bibi\” Netanyahu might have felt well on the way to succeeding Ehud Olmert as prime minister. For months he had been leading in polls for the premiership, and was now seemingly in control of his party.

GA News: Netanyahu compares Iran nuke threat to Hitler’s Germany

Tom Tugend November 13, 2006

The Iran missile program calls for developing 25 nuclear weapons per year, ultimately with a range to reach the East Coast of the United States, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu warned the annual summit meeting of North American Jewish leaders Monday afternoon. \”It\’s 1938 — and Iran is Germany,\” he repeated again and again as he addressed some 5,000 delegates attending the United Jewish Communities\’ General Assembly (UJC-GA) at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

New Articles

More news and opinions than at a
Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.
© Copyright 2024 Tribe Media Corp • Powered by Lightdrop

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.