Juan Cole / TruthdigApr 18, 2016
The far-right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled the stunt of holding a Cabinet meeting in the Occupied Golan Heights -- a first -- on Sunday, and Netanyahu engaged in some grandstanding, declaring that his country will never relinquish this patch of Syria. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 8, 2016
The fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu functions as a U.S. Republican even as he heads a foreign state disturbs many prominent Democrats, including strong Israel supporters. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 13, 2015
Bibi's scheduled visit to the U.K. next month is already mired in controversy now that a petition calling for the Israeli prime minister's arrest upon arrival to London has gone viral. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 18, 2015
Far right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commemorated Israel’s “Jerusalem Day” with a speech in which he said, “Jerusalem was always the capital of the Jewish people only, and no other,” and warned that Muslim terrorism menaced it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 17, 2015
Whether Benjamin Netanyahu gets another term as prime minister of Israel or not, he will be remembered for the damage he has done to the interests of the United States as well as those of his own country. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 16, 2015
Israeli polling suggests that Benjamin Netanyahu’s party might get only 21 seats or fewer in the 120-seat Israeli Parliament, with his rivals, the Zionist Union, getting 24 or 25. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigFeb 21, 2015
Israel, despite the attempts of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cast it as a monochrome “Jewish state,” has a divided and complicated population. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigFeb 18, 2015
Seems like war's not the only thing Bibi likes to spend inordinate amounts of his citizens’ cash on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 4, 2014
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once held that one of two North Carolina men who were freed this week after decades due to DNA evidence should be killed under the death penalty; a "war" within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is breaking out; meanwhile, a human rights lawyer was recently arrested after standing on a sidewalk during a pro-Palestinian rally in New York City while waiting for her children. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 12, 2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has determinedly beaten the drums for war with Iran. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJan 27, 2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is caught in a firestorm of controversy because his son Yair, 23, is dating a Norwegian woman whom he met while she was studying at a university in Israel. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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