Posts Tagged ‘Prime Minister of Israel’
Israel Visit a Bust for Obama
By Amanda Hill After over four years in office, President Obama has conducted his first state visit to Israel, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Since it was the Presidents first visit to Americas ally, media coverage was extensive and opinionated. U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu REUTERS/Nir Elias As an American citizen that is not only concerned about the freedom of my country but the freedom of the free world; Obama’s visit seemed extremely useless and fruitless. Of course seeing as the President has never visited Israel prior, and has only hosted the Israeli Prime Minister to Washington once, it seems the President was un-reluctantly pressured into visiting Israel because of the escalating situation in Iran, [...]
President Obama and PM Netanyahu Joint Press Conference – Full Text
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU OF ISRAEL IN JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE Prime Minister’s Residence Jerusalem PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Mr. President, Barack, it’s a great pleasure for me to host you here in Jerusalem. You’ve graciously hosted me many times in Washington, so I'm very pleased to have this opportunity to reciprocate. I hope that the goodwill and warmth of the people of Israel has already made you feel at home. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Very much so. U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Media Credit: REUTERS/Nir Elias) PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: We had an opportunity today to begin discussing the wide range of issues that are critical to both our countries. And [...]
Breaking: Former Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir dead at 96
Former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir passed away at the age of 96 on Saturday at the care home in which he resided in Tel Aviv.Shamir served as Israel's seventh prime minister from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992. via Former PM Yitzhak Shamir passes away at ... JPost - National News. Shamir, who was born in 1915 in Ruzhany, served in Israel's Shin Bet, and later on as Speaker of the Knesset as part of the Likud and Israel's Foreign Minister before succeeding Menachem Begin as Prime Minister in 1983. In response to the death, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Shamir "led Israel with a deep loyalty to the nation, to the land and to the eternal values of the Jewish people." via Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96 Israel News | Haaretz Daily [...]
Benjamin Netanyahu rocks Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a rousing speech to a joint session of Congress, in which he praised the strong ties between America and Israel, warned of the dangers of a nuclear Iran, and laid out his vision for peace with Palestinians when they're ready to negotiate. He received an overwhelmingly positive reception from Congress, with C-SPAN reporting 26 standing ovations. At one point, his speech was disrupted by a protestor who unfurled a banner about "occupation" and shouted "End Israeli war crimes." Without wavering, Netanyahu celebrated the fact that there were protesters in true democracies, unlike the "farcical parliaments" of Tehran and Tripoli. Netanyahu argued that in a region of 300 million Arabs, Israeli Arabs were the only ones who were [...]
Speaker Boehner to Invite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Address Congress
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today announced his intention to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address a joint meeting of Congress during his official visit to the United States next month. Prime Minister Netanyahu last visited the Capitol on March 23, 2010. This would be his second address to a joint meeting of Congress: he first appeared on July 10, 1996. “It will be a great honor for Congress to welcome Prime Minister Netanyahu next month as part of his official visit to the United States,” Speaker Boehner said. “America and Israel are the closest of friends and allies, and we look forward to hearing the Prime Minister’s views on how we can continue working together for peace, freedom, and stability.” In all, [...]
