Category: Benjamin Netanyahu

What’s the Deal With Protests in Israel?–Professor Eugene Kontorovich on Supreme Court Power Grabs, US Involvement, and Where the Real Danger to Democracy Lies

“Amazingly, President Biden is warning Israel that allowing politicians to be involved in nominating judges is going to perhaps affect our shared democratic values. Well, of course, in America, politicians do exactly that.” Eugene Kontorovich is a scholar of international law, an expert in the Israeli-Arab conflict, and a professor at George Washington University’s Scalia…


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“Amazingly, President Biden is warning Israel that allowing politicians to be involved in nominating judges is going to perhaps affect our shared democratic values. Well, of course, in America, politicians do exactly that.” Eugene Kontorovich is a scholar of international law, an expert in the Israeli-Arab conflict, and a professor at George Washington University’s Scalia…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (March 29): NY Grand Jury Probing Trump to Take Month-Long Break; Gov. Hobbs’s Press Aide Resigns Over Trans Post

The Manhattan grand jury examining former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush money payment to an adult film actress reportedly isn’t expected to hear evidence or vote in the case for the month of April. Trump praised the jury on March 29, crediting the panel for not being what he called “a rubber…


NTD Evening News (March 29): NY Grand Jury Probing Trump to Take Month-Long Break; Gov. Hobbs’s Press Aide Resigns Over Trans Post

The Manhattan grand jury examining former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush money payment to an adult film actress reportedly isn’t expected to hear evidence or vote in the case for the month of April. Trump praised the jury on March 29, crediting the panel for not being what he called “a rubber…


What’s Behind the Mass Protests in Israel

TEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s postponing the process of passing a judicial overhaul in Israel in order to engage in dialogue with the opposition and reach an agreement on an acceptable framework. Netanyahu’s announcement on March 27 follows months of protests in opposition to the government’s judicial reform proposal, during which various…


Netanyahu Rejects Pressure From Biden to Halt Judicial Reform

HAIFA, Israel—Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu rejected pressure from U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday to halt the judicial reform that has sparked massive protests across the country. Israel is a sovereign country that makes its decisions according to the will of its people and not based on pressure from abroad, “including from the best of…


Sunak Stresses ‘Democratic Values’ as He Challenges Netanyahu Over Controversial Israel Legislation

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak challenged the visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reminding him of the importance of “democratic values,” during a meeting in London on Friday, according to Downing Street. The meeting was held in private and appears to have been largely cordial, with Downing Street releasing a statement saying, “The Prime Minister stressed…


Biden’s Job Is Running US, Not Israel

Commentary Widely reported in the press is that President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express his concern about judicial reforms that are currently being considered in Israel. We must wonder why Biden, who demonstrably cannot run our own country, feels behooved to tell others, particularly one as successful as Israel, how…


Iran Blames Israel for Isfahan Drone Strike, Claims ‘Legitimate Right’ to Respond

Tehran has officially blamed Israel for a drone strike last week that damaged a military facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan. “Preliminary investigations suggest that the Israeli regime was responsible for this attempted act of aggression,” Saeed Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Feb. 2. In a statement delivered to the…


Blinken Calls for ‘Two-State’ Solution Amid Mounting Israel-Palestine Violence

On the second day of a three-day Middle East tour, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 30 repeated calls for a “two-state” solution to the perennial Israel-Palestine conflict. Blinken made the appeal amid steadily escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence that in recent days has claimed more than a dozen lives. At a joint press conference…