The Obama-Netanyahu meeting: it’s not about whether they like each other ANALYSIS by HERB KEINON September 30, 2014 – 3:45 P.M. NEW YORK – Within minutes of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s meeting in the Oval Office Wednesday with US President…
With lofty rhetoric, passion and sarcasm, UN speech is vintage Netanyahu
The PM’s speech: vintage Netanyahu ANALYSIS • By HERB KEINON Sept. 29, 2014 – 4.30 P.M. UNITED NATIONS – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stood on the world’s grandest stage on Monday and delivered three key messages: Israel’s fight is your…
Netanyahu to Post: ‘Who turned out to be right?
‘Who turned out to be right?’ Surprisingly buoyant, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sits down with the ‘Post’ and extols policy-making based on looking at the region as it truly is, without wishful thinking by HERB KEINON September 24, 2014 –…
Rosh Hashana’s underside: When the shofar just won’t blow
The shofar blowin’ blues OUT THERE by HERB KEINON September 23, 2014 – 5:30 P.M. Few are the moments during the synagogue-going year as widely anticipated and as pregnant with expectation as the first blowing of the shofar on that…
Netanyahu to ‘Post’: Saudi peace initiative is for bygone era
Netanyahu to ‘Post’: Saudi peace initiative is for bygone era Month after Liberman embraces plan, PM denies its relevance • By HERB KEINON September 23, 2014 – 8:30 A.M. The Saudi peace initiative of 2002 is no longer relevant in…
Bibi, Rouhani to duel again at UN; Israel, US issue read-outs of strategic talks that shows differences
Netanyahu, Rouhani to address UN at end of month Israel, US put out brief communiques of just-completed strategic dialogue that illustrates difference of focus by HERB KEINON September 13, 2014 – 10:00 P.M. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Iranian President…
First Fox Sports wipes Israel off map, then expunges map altogether
Qatari company prevents Fox Sports from putting Israel on map by HERB KEINON September 11, 2014 – 9:00 P.M. First Fox Sports – Middle East wiped Israel off the map, then — following complaints — they simply got rid of…
Pew poll: Israelis more satisfied with direction of their country than Americans are of theirs
Pew Poll: Israelis much less glum about country and economy than most in the world by HERB KEINON September 9, 2014 – 8:00 P.M. Half of Israel’s population believes the country is going in the right direction, and 59% believe…
Report of Qatar funds to Brookings — Martin Indyk’s think-tank home — raises eyebrows in Jerusalem
Israeli officials question Brookings impartiality following reports of major Qatar funding Brookings is home to former US envoy Indyk by HERB KEINON September 7, 2014 – 10:15 P.M. Israeli government officials on Sunday questioned the impartiality of the prestigious Brookings…
Liberman: New elections needed in PA, not in Israel
Liberman: Elections critical now in PA, but not in Israel by HERB KEINON September 7, 2014 – 4:00 P.M. Liberman: Elections critical now in PA, not in Israel By HERB KEINON September 7, 2014 – 4:00 P.M. Elections are desperately…