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Netanyahu, Benjamin

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Revelations on Israeli-Syrian negotiations

3 June 2022

Notes taken, on 9 June 1996, by American/Israeli diplomat Dore Gold, during the interview that took place in Washington between newly-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Bill Clinton, were released by the Israel State Archives.
Dore Gold’s notes shed light on the (...)

Probe into suspicious death of witness in Netanyahu trial

15 September 2021

Greece has opened an investigation into the apparently accidental death of an Israeli couple.
Haim and Esther Giron were en route on a private Cessna C182 from Haifa (Israel) to Samos (Greece). However, for an unknown reason, the plane exploded over the sea shortly before landing on the island (...)

Netanyahu strengthened by investigations

15 September 2017

Two judicial inquiries have been initiated probing into the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and another one initiated into his wife’s, Sara’s, affairs.
These investigations came after his predecessor, Ehud Barak, launched an appeal to use the courts to bring Netanyahu down so that the (...)

Netanyahu recognises the “Solution of Two States»

15 December 2016

In an interview with 60 Minutes, the Prime Minister Netanyahu asked the President-Elect, Donald Trump, to implement the “solution of two States” [2].
Until now, Mr Netanyahu had been vehemently fighting against this proposal and was specifically asking for the opposite: an expansion of the (...)

Benjamin Netanyahu, the luxury Prime Minister

4 December 2013

At a time when the country is going through a difficult economic crisis, the Israeli media have disclosed the extravagant expenditures of the Prime Minister and his wife Sara : 909 000 dollars, in 2012.
In 2012 Benjamin Netanyahu spent $1,700 on scented candles, $23,300 on flower arrangements, (...)

Netanyahu calls Obama’s bluff

by Melkulangara K. Bhadrakumar

New Dehli (India) | 16 November 2012

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marshals troops toward Gaza, Barack Obama is making a grievous error by being seen as walking in step. Post-election optimism over direct talks with Iran will be shattered should Israel invade, and the Arab world will view the US president as full of (...)

Netanyahu as seen by Sarkozy and Obama

8 November 2011

Following a technical glitch at the Elysée Palace, a tidbit of conversation between Presidents Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy was overheard by journalists covering the G20.
According to Dan Israel, who reported the incident on the internet site Arrêt sur Images, "Obama first criticized Sarkozy (...)

Netanyahu: No solution without recognizing Israel as a Jewish state

18 June 2011

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that the Israeli-Arab conflict would remain until the Palestinians recognize Israel as a state for the Jews.
He said that Israel would not fight over “a few kilometers of land”, but that what was important is that the Palestinians (...)