Shmuel Rosner, Senior Political Editor of the Jewish Journal, speaks with Jewish Journal Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Rob Eshman about the results of the Jan. 23 Israeli election.
Polls will remain open past midnight in Likud Party primary voting following computer malfunctions at several polling stations.
President Obama told rabbis in a pre-Rosh Hashanah conference call that there is \”no space\” between the United States and Israel on Iran, but added that he would not make public a red line that could trigger a strike against Iran.
With his recent return to the top ranks of Israel’s government, Shaul Mofaz is receiving plenty of attention in high places for emphasizing renewed talk of peace with the Palestinians. It’s yet another high point in a relatively short political career — after 35 years of military service — that is making Mofaz a heavyweight on his country’s political scene.
Two momentous events occurred recently in the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week, he dropped a bombshell on the Israeli public by forging, under the cloak of night, a coalition with Kadima, his party’s leading rival in the Knesset. This move, which forestalled early elections expected in September, demonstrated yet again Netanyahu’s formidable political skills, in this case by co-opting his most dangerous parliamentary foe.
If Israel goes to elections as expected this summer, will it be a replay of 1988 or 1992? Both Israeli election years also were American presidential election years, as 2012 is.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made Time magazine\’s 2012 list of the 100 most influential people in the world for the second year in a row.
Israel\’s prime minister and president invoked the Iranian threat during remarks at the annual Yom HaShoah ceremony at Yad Vashem.
Israeli President Shimon Peres asked President Obama to release convicted spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard.
President Barack Obama, aiming to head off any premature Israeli strike on Iran, sought to assure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that the United States would always \”have Israel\’s back\” but said there was still time for diplomacy.
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