State Dept. Slams Netanyahu: ‘Overstated,’ ‘Oversimplification,’ ‘Scary’
The Obama administration’s response to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Iran speech Tuesday included some cutting criticism from State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, who described his assertions variously as “rhetoric and nothing more,” “a little overstated and just not accurate,” “gross oversimplification” and “scary hypotheticals.” Harf also suggested some of Netanyahu’s claims belonged in “a […]
Netanyahu warns Congress: Deal will lead to Iranian nuclear bomb
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday that a proposed agreement between world powers and Iran was “a bad deal” that would not stop Tehran from getting nuclear weapons — but would rather pave its way to getting lots of them and leave the Jewish State in grave peril. In a dramatic address to […]
Democrat Pelosi says Netanyahu’s Congress speech ‘an insult to the intelligence of the US’
Senior Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Tuesday as “an insult to the intelligence of the United States,” while a senior US official said that the premier had contradicted himself during the address. Netanyahu failed to offer an alternative in his speech to the US Congress on […]
Jerusalemites express overwhelming support for Netanyahu’s speech
Citing existential fears – coupled with the perceived naiveté of the Obama administration – residents in the capital’s Zion Square on Monday said they overwhelmingly supported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right to address Israel’s perspective on a nuclear Iran. Despite conceding the diplomatic fallout that such a polarizing Congressional speech would engender, a cross-section […]
Netanyahu ready to take Iran case to Congress in controversial speech
From the White House to Capitol Hill, anticipation was mounting Tuesday over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress which he plans to use to make his case against a pending nuclear deal with Iran. The prime minister, who previewed his speech a day earlier during remarks to the pro-Israel lobby, warns that […]
Israel Will Never be ‘Passive in the Face of Threats to Annihilate Us’
A record crowd of 16,000 received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a long standing ovation on Monday at the 2015 AIPAC (America-Israel Public Affairs Committee) Policy Conference. “Reports of the demise of the United States-Israel… You’re here to tell the world that our alliance is stronger than ever,” the Israeli Prime Minister told […]