Al Jazeera English
| Mar 22, 2013
US President Barack Obama is rounding off his Middle East visit -- and there seems to have been one major development. Israel says it will restore full diplomatic relations with Turkey, after apologizing for a botched naval raid in 2010 that kill...
Voice of America
| Mar 20, 2013
Iran's nuclear program and the chaos in Syria dominated President Obama's talks with Israeli leaders on the first day of his state visit. Obama -- who planted a tree at the home of Israeli president Shimon Peres -- travels to the West Bank today f...
Euronews
| Mar 20, 2013
The first day of President Obama's Israel visit included a press conference with PM Benyamin Netanyahu where he issued a stern warning to the Syrian regime about chemical weapons. Obama said use of chemical weapons would be a "serious and tr...
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Mosaic
| Mar 20, 2013
As President Obama prepares for his trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan, Mosaic interviews Columbia University's Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies. While Iran will likely be near the top of the agenda during talks bet...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 20, 2013
US President Barack Obama has pledged unwavering support for Israel on his first visit there as US President. He also stressed the need for Middle East peace at the start of a three-day trip to the region, but didn't mention the Palestinian issue...
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Mosaic
| Mar 19, 2013
As President Obama prepares for his trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan, Mosaic interviews Columbia University's Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies. The discussion focused on US-Israel relations and the fundamental cha...
Euronews
| Mar 17, 2013
As Israel prepares for a visit by US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has named Moshe Yaalon, a right-wing former armed forces chief, as his defence minister. Yaalon shares Netanyahu's reluctance to give up the occupied We...
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Mosaic
| Mar 14, 2013
Israel has finally formed a coalition government, 51 days after its general election. Joining Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud-Yisrael Beitenu party are Yesh Atid, Jewish Home, and Tzipi Livni's Hatnuah party, but the orthodox parties are notable absent...
Russia Today
| Mar 12, 2013
Some young Israelis serve in the army, others study theology. And that's causing growing frustration among secular Jews over the ultra-religious refusing to do national service. But the deeply-orthodox say they are playing their part. Paula Slier ...
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Mosaic
| Feb 20, 2013
Tzipi Livni's centrist Hatnuah Party is the first to join the Benjamin Netanyahu coalition government following Israel's election on January 22. The center-right Shas Party and Yisrael Beiteinu are still in talks, as well as the right-wing Naftali...
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...Yitzhak Shamir. 1991-1992 - Deputy Minister in the prime minister's office. 1993 - Is elected the Likud party chairman. June 1996-July 1999 - Pr...
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is an Israeli politician and the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as a member of the Knesset, the Chairman of the Likud party, Foreign Affairs Minister and Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs. Netanyahu is the first Israeli prime minister born in Israel after the establishment of the state.
Netanyahu joined the Israel Defense Forces during the Six-Day War in 1967, and became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit. He took part in many missions, including Operation Gift and Operation Isotope, during which he was shot in the shoulder. He fought on the front lines in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, taking part in special forces raids along the Suez Canal, and then leading a commando assault deep into Syrian territory. He achieved the rank of captain before being discharged. Netanyahu served as the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988, member of the Likud party, and was Prime Minister from June 1996 to July 1999. He moved from the political arena to the private sector after being defeated in the 1999 election for Prime Minister by Ehud Barak.
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