Herzog: Netanyahu must cancel his speech to US Congress:
Labor leader warns PM 'throwing Israel's security under the bus'; Jewish Republicans threaten to 'shame' politicians who boycott address Ref. Source 7
Netanyahu urges Jews to move to Israel after Copenhagen attacks:
"Israel is your home. We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe," Netanyahu said in a statement, repeating a similar call made after attacks by Islamic extremists in Paris last month that killed 17 people, including four Jews. Ref. Source 1
Netanyahu's New Campaign Ad: If Israel Listened To The United States, It Wouldn't Exist:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned his row with the White House into part of his campaign, releasing a new video Saturday night which argued that if Israel's first prime minister had listened to the United States, the State of Israel might not exist. Ref. Source 3
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech today in Washington struck a conciliatory tone, saying that despite controversy surrounding his Tuesday address to Congress, Israel and the United States "Will weather this storm."
Polling has shown Americans disapprove of House Speaker John Boehner's move to invite Netanyahu to speak to Congress without notifying the White House. That, and the timing of the speech so close to the Israeli election, has critics accusing Boehner and Netanyahu of politicizing the issue of Iranian nuclear talks.
But in his address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Prime Minister challenged those critics, insisting that his Tuesday speech is "Not intended to inject Israel into the American partisan debate," And reaffirming his support for President Barack Obama.
Netanyahu instead framed his congressional address as part of a "Moral obligation" To sound the alarm on Iran, which he warned has "Vowed to annihilate Israel." Ref. CNN
Why Obama So Dislikes Netanyahu
There is no question about whether President Obama — along with Secretary of State John Kerry and the editorial pages of many newspapers — has a particular dislike of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But there is another question: Why? And the answer is due to an important rule of life that too few people are aware of: Those who do not confront evil resent those who do. Take the case at hand. The prime minister of Israel is at the forefront of the greatest battle against evil in our time — the battle against violent Muslims. No country other than Israel is... Ref. Source 9
Israeli media project conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party will emerge with the most parliament seats, besting the center-left Zionist Union, led by Isaac Herzog. Ref. USAToday
This is better for Israel. Even though Benjamin Netanyahu may seem radical he is no where near the kind of extremism that the Zionist in power will bring to Israel.
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Netanyahu backs off Palestinian statehood comment
Two days after his election victory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu appeared to reverse his stance on Palestinian statehood, saying in an interview with MSNBC: "I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution. I haven't changed my policy." Before Tuesday's election, Netanyahu said in an interview that there would not be a Palestinian state if he remained as prime minister. Ref. USAToday