Benjamin Netanyahu Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Benjamin Netanyahu.
Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders
Arab countries endorsed a Mideast peace plan Monday that would allow for small shifts in Israel's 1967 border, moving them closer to President Barack Obama's two-state vision. Speaking on behalf of an Arab League delegation to Washington, Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani called for an agreement ...
Israel lawmaker: Hezbollah getting chemical arms
A former Israeli defense minister alleged Monday that Syria's chemical weapons are "trickling" to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. It was the first such claim by a senior politician in Israel, but he did not supply evidence to support his assertion. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a retired general who is now a ...
Israel: Iran has not crossed nuclear 'red line'
Israel's prime minister on Monday said that Iran is steadily edging closer to nuclear weapons capability but has not yet reached the "red line" he drew in a speech to the United Nations last fall. Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his assessment as Israel took delivery of the fifth of six advanced ...
Israel responds to Gaza rocket fire with airstrike
Israel responded to rockets fired from the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on sites used by Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory, the military said on Sunday. It said its jets struck "a terrorist weapon storage facility and a Hamas training installation" after rockets landed in southern Israel ...
Israel wary quiet on Syrian front about to end
Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil war raging next door, where jihadist rebels are battling Bashar Assad's troops in a village. Watching it all unfold from a few kilometers ...
Israeli court: Stop detaining women at holy site
An Israeli court has instructed police to stop detaining women for performing religious rituals that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men. Members of a liberal women's Jewish group have been trying to break the Orthodox monopoly at the Western Wall in Jerusalem by conducting mixed-gender prayer and wearing religious ...
Researchers track evolution of Philly's odd accent
Will Philly no longer be a place where residents drink wooder and root for the Iggles? Gid eowt! A University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor says the Southern-inflected sound of the Philadelphia dialect is moving toward a more Northern accent. Some of Philly's trademark twangy, elongated vowel sounds are becoming less ...
Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews
A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. Newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely popular for opposing the long-standing preferential treatment enjoyed by the religious minority, is moving swiftly to slash state handouts to large families, compel lifelong seminary students to work and ...
Israel shoots down drone, Hezbollah suspected
Israel shot down a drone Thursday as it approached its northern coast from neighboring Lebanon, raising suspicions that the Hezbollah militant group was behind the infiltration attempt. Hezbollah denied involvement, but the incident was likely to heighten Israeli concerns that the Shiite militant group is trying to take advantage of ...
Israel says it shoots down Hezbollah drone
The Israeli military says it has shot down an unmanned aircraft sent by the Hezbollah group into Israeli skies. Military officials said the aircraft was downed Thursday off the Israeli coast in Israeli airspace near the northern city of Haifa. It is the second known instance in which the Lebanese ...
Back From Asia
President Obama returned to Washington, D.C. on Sunday afternoon, after he wrapped up his 10 day trip to Asia. He met with reporters on Air Force One for a few minutes on the way home. This transcript was provided by the White House.=THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary___________________________________________________________For Immediate ...
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