Former ambassadors Alon Liel, Ilan Baruch and Eli Bar-Navi ask High Court of Justice to prevent deportation of Omar Shakir, a member of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan: The BDS movement is anti-Semitic.
Time magazine's cover story on PM Benjamin Netanyahu was accurate and flattering in some respects, flat-out wrong in others. One thing it certainly got right: In Israeli politics, much like the Middle East, only the strong survive.
Some 65 countries are expected to participate in the conference, slated to take place in the fall. US envoy seeks support for a plan to build a maritime coalition to deter further attacks in the Persian Gulf.
"This nation has extraordinary abilities in the economy, in defense and security, and in statesmanship. We have proven that Israel could be transformed from a small country in the corner of the Middle East into a major force on the global stage,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.
Despite the belligerent, infuriating rhetoric from Jordanian lawmakers, the Jordanian government is rational and has avoided hasty declarations capable of torpedoing the natural gas deal with Israel, which the kingdom badly needs.
