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...
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
| 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...
Al Jazeera
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Mosaic
| Jan 29, 2013
The Israeli Prime Minister expressed concern over the chemical stockpiles in Syria leading to Israeli forces conducting maneuvers in the Negev desert as fears of a power imbalance in the region mount. Al Jazeera's Elias Karam investigates.
IBA News
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Mosaic
| Jan 23, 2013
Gil Hoffman of the Jerusalem Post gives his take on the surprising results of the Israeli election. IBA reports on the day's winners and losers and how the vote will dictate the formation of the Knesset's new coalition.
PBS NewsHour
| Jan 22, 2013
Though Benjamin Netanyahu has been re-elected as prime minister of Israel a third time, his right-wing Likud party won by a surprisingly small margin over the next most popular centrist party in parliamentary elections. The race reveals a politica...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 19, 2013
With elections coming up in Israel, politicians are focusing their campaigns on what they believe Israelis care most about - the economy. The economy has been described as Prime Minister Netanyahu's achilles heel, but is it enough of an issue to g...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 13, 2013
The Israeli Prime Minister says no one will be allowed to block the construction of more homes in parts of the occupied West Bank. Binyamin Netanyahu's comments came after Israeli police evicted Palestinian and international activists from a prote...
Euronews
| Nov 29, 2012
The UN General Assembly's vote to uprade Palestine's status was swiftly condemned by the US and Israel -- two of only nine nations that voted no. An Israeli government spokesman dismissed the move as "meaningless theater," while Hillary Clinton ca...
— Apr 30, 2012 at 07:03 pm
...a political development with global implications, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled he soon might call early elections — a decision...
— Apr 17, 2012 at 02:56 pm
...prisoners have launched a hunger strike to mark the Palestinians' annual prisoners day. Text on picture quotes a poem by Ibrahim Tokan. (AP Phot...
— Jun 30, 2012 at 06:56 pm
...home in Herzliya Saturday, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement mourning Shamir's death. Shamir served as prime mi...
— Jan 21 at 02:45 pm
...her irrelevant in the race. What’s the point of having a leader with no clear agenda on the most urgent matters? And so Bibi it shall be again. ...
The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel. The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem. The current prime minister is Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud, the ninth person to hold the position.
Following an election, the President nominates a member of the Knesset to become prime minister after asking party leaders whom they support for the position. The nominee then presents a government platform and must receive a vote of confidence in order to become prime minister. Between 1996 and 2001, the Prime Minister was directly elected, separately from the Knesset.
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