Benjamin Netanyahu
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 19: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting with Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit (2ndR) on May 19, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel.
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We are looking for ways to increase the rate of growth of GNP, and opening the Chinese market is certainly one of the things that potentially can do the trick.
I will travel to wherever needed ... I will meet with whoever is needed and I'm doing whatever is needed to protect the security of the citizens of Israel, and I will continue to do so.
We will do this today and by the end of the day, Israel will have a budgetMore quotes »
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Israeli PM criticized for installing bed on plane
-- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized bed on a recent flight to London, officials close to the Israeli leader said.Netanyahu found himself facing Read more »
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Israel groups say PM halts new settlement building
-- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stopped approving new construction in West Bank settlements, two prominent Israeli activist groups said Tuesday, in what could be an attempt to clear the way for renewed peace talks with the Palestinians.Anti-settlement Read more »
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At least 42 Syrian soldiers dead after Israeli airstrike
to discuss covert military operations.Israel on Monday signaled a return to "business as usual," with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arriving in China for a scheduled visit.Syria and its patron Iran have hinted at possible retribution for the strikes, though Read more »
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Israeli PM doesn't rule out helping Syrian rebels
Thursday that the decision of whether to intervene in the neighboring civil war is a "complicated question."Although Benjamin Netanyahu made no clear commitments, his comments indicated that he is at least considering a shift away from two years of neutrality Read more »
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Support grows for liberal area at Israel holy site
be a symbol of unity among the Jewish people, and not one of discord and strife."The plan will be presented to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and must be approved by Israel's government before it is implemented. Netanyahu's office had no immediate comment.Women Read more »
Around the web
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Netanyahu Says Israel Acts To Deny Hizballah Syrian Arms
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is "acting" to prevent Syrian weapons reaching Lebanon's Hizballah and will continue to do so. Netanyahu, speaking at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on May 19, said the Middle East was going through its 5/18/13 from Radio Free Europe Read more »
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Comptroller to review Netanyahu's expenses
daily "Yediot Ahronot" reports that the public outcry over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's expenses has reached the State Comptroller. This week, State Comptroller Joseph Shapira will consult top officials from his office to examine whether government 4:02 AM from Globes Online Read more »
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Govt plans to use army to break any port strike
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Finance Yair Lapid, Minister of the Economy Naftali Bennett, and Minister of Transport Yisrael Katz, do not hide their desire "to break the monopoly" and to create competition between Israel's seaports, and today, Hebrew 3:18 AM from Globes Online Read more »
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Protesters rally in front of PM's Jerusalem, Caesarea residences
one hundred people are rallying in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in the coastal town of Caesarea. The protesters are brandishing an inflated mattress and signs reading "Syndrome of the flying bed" and "Poor is me." Also Saturday night, 5/18/13 from Ynetnews Read more »
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Germany reaffirms support for Israel
made the remarks on Friday during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in al-Quds (Jerusalem). "I want to underline that in these challenging times, Germany stands alongside its Israeli partners," said the German foreign minister, calling from Press TV Read more »