Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu

• Monday, June 14th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Israel's new PM Naftali Bennett sworn in after 12 years of Netanyahu rule

  

  Naftali Bennett Sunday became Israel's 13th prime minister, thus bringing an end to 12 years of rule by Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Israeli opposition announces agreement which includes Arab party to replace Netanyahu as Prime Minister

  

  Just minutes after the deadline, opposition Israeli politicians notified President Reuven Rivlin they have reached an agreement to form what will be the first government involving someone of Arab descent.

• Friday, May 21st 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Truce between Israel and Hamas starts Friday at dawn

  

  After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the terrorist group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire starting at dawn on Friday, May 21, it was announced.

• Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Israel sees no imminent end to Gaza air strikes

  

  Israel was still pounding Hamas positions inside the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Monday morning, just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that there was no end in sight to the operations.

• Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro seeks Israeli developed nasal spray against Covid-19, recommended by his “good friend” Netanyahu

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro said the Brazilian government would seek emergency use authorization for an Israeli-developed nasal spray against Covid-19 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “miracle” treatment.

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Oil-rich Middle East and its inevitable declining power

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – The only officials present were American and Saudi,” tweeted the Saudi Arabian foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, but he was lying. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu really did fly in to Saudi Arabia to spend a few hours with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:09 UTC

  Oman welcomes Bahrain's decision to normalize relations with Israel

  

  Oman welcomes Bahrain's decision to normalize relations with Israel and hopes it will contribute to Israeli-Palestinian peace, Oman state media said on Sunday.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Netanyahu praises Fernandez for his “persistence” in investigating the bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday congratulated Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez for his “persistence” in investigating a 1994 bombing of a Jewish community in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:11 UTC

  Fernandez off to Israel for a Holocaust Remembrance summit ceremony; Macron, Putin, Pence among attendants

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernández will visit Jerusalem this week to participate in the International Leaders Forum in Commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Fight against Anti-Semitism, which will constitute his first official trip overseas after taking office on December 10.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 09:36 UTC

  Israel nuclear power: Netanyahu slip of the tongue or subtle warning

  

  In an apparent slip of the tongue, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile.