PM Netanyahu responds to Hezbollah attack: Don’t test Israel
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday that Israel should harshly respond to the Hezbollah shelling of IDF convoys near the border with Lebanon. “The firing of rockets at our soveriegn territory should be responded to harshly and disproportionately, just as China or the US would in similar circumstances,” said Lieberman. At least eight people […]
Smartphone Jitters
My son wants me to upgrade to the latest iPhone. I resist trading up to the up-to-the-minute cutting-edge version because I have “SUA,” Smartphone Upgrade Anxiety. “SUA” may actually be a real condition. I don’t know. I made it up. You see, I am smartphone-technologically-challenged. Every cellphone I have ever had has had an irritatingly […]
Benjamin Netanyahu presented with emergency plan to absorb 120,000 French Jews
Indicating displeasure with Israel’s immigration promotion and absorption strategy, the Jewish People Policy Institute last week presented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with its emergency plan for the absorption of 120,000 French immigrants. According to the high profile Jerusalem think tank, which maintains close ties with the Jewish Agency and senior politicians, Israel has thus […]
Israeli ambassador to US calls Benjamin Netanyahu address a ‘sacred duty’
Israel’s ambassador to the United States forcefully defended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to address a joint session of Congress next month, describing the move as a “sacred duty” for the Israeli leader in a critical period for the “survival” of the state. The current agreement under consideration by world powers and Iran, Ambassador […]
White House going nuclear on Netanyahu
With their guttersniping failing to stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned March speech before Congress, White House aides are unloading their full arsenal of bile. “He spat in our face publicly, and that’s no way to behave,” one Obama aide told an Israeli newspaper. “Netanyahu ought to remember that President Obama has a year and […]
After chilly White House response, Kerry says Benjamin Netanyahu welcome to speak in US ‘any time’
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was welcome to give a speech at “any time” in the United States, hours after the White House expressed displeasure with the procedure behind a congressional invitation extended to the premier, AFP reported. Earlier Wednesday, US House of Representatives Speaker John […]
Boehner, White House Clash Over Netanyahu Invite
Instead, Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress next month. He didn’t consult with the White House before extending the invitation, and administration officials are not happy. Press secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday afternoon that Boehner’s invitation is a breach of normal diplomatic protocol. Typically, a nation’s leader would contact the White […]
Tel Aviv terror attack a result of wild incitement coming from Palestinian Authority
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placed responsibility for Wednesday morning’s stabbing attack in Tel Aviv on the shoulders of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for allowing vicious incitement against Israel. “This same terrorism tries to hit us in Paris, Brussels, and elsewhere,” he said. Netanyahu and Abbas walked together in the front line in […]