benjamin netanyahu Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/benjamin-netanyahu/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:59:18 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Netanyahu on ceasefire: ‘We have an opportunity to make a historic peace agreement with Lebanon’ https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-on-ceasefire-we-have-an-opportunity-to-make-a-historic-peace-agreement-with-lebanon/ https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-on-ceasefire-we-have-an-opportunity-to-make-a-historic-peace-agreement-with-lebanon/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:25:51 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179844 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli public on Thursday night to explain his decision to accept the 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon announced earlier that evening by President Trump. “We have an opportunity to make a historic peace agreement with Lebanon,” said Netanyahu. “President Trump intended to invite the Lebanese president and me to try […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-on-ceasefire-we-have-an-opportunity-to-make-a-historic-peace-agreement-with-lebanon/feed/ 0 179844 Netanyahu: an address to the nation https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-an-address-to-the-nation/ https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-an-address-to-the-nation/#respond Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:47:06 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179656 Last night, Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation. The unedited text. “Dear citizens of Israel, my brothers and sisters, the campaign is not yet over, but even now it can be clearly stated – we have achieved historic accomplishments. I want you to remember where we were: Iran tried to squeeze us in […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-an-address-to-the-nation/feed/ 0 179656 Netanyahu trial to resume Sunday after wartime court shutdown https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-trial-to-resume-sunday-after-wartime-court-shutdown/ https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-trial-to-resume-sunday-after-wartime-court-shutdown/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:06:38 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179568 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial will resume on Sunday after a weeks-long suspension caused by wartime emergency measures, judges at the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Thursday. “With the lifting of the state of emergency and the return of the court system to work, the hearings will resume as scheduled,” the panel said in […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-trial-to-resume-sunday-after-wartime-court-shutdown/feed/ 0 179568 Australian Jewish leaders stand with Israel but question death penalty law https://www.jwire.com.au/australian-jewish-leaders-stand-with-israel-but-question-death-penalty-law/ https://www.jwire.com.au/australian-jewish-leaders-stand-with-israel-but-question-death-penalty-law/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:47:29 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179394 Leading Australian Jewish organisations have raised concerns over new Israeli legislation introducing the death penalty for terrorists while reaffirming their strong support for Israel and its people. In a statement issued today, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry noted the Knesset had passed the Death Penalty for Terrorists, 5786–2026 bill by 62 votes to 48. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/australian-jewish-leaders-stand-with-israel-but-question-death-penalty-law/feed/ 2 179394 Financial Review apologises over Netanyahu cartoon after backlash https://www.jwire.com.au/financial-review-apologises-over-netanyahu-cartoon-after-backlash/ https://www.jwire.com.au/financial-review-apologises-over-netanyahu-cartoon-after-backlash/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:42:29 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179312 The Australian Financial Review has apologised for a controversial cartoon following strong criticism from Jewish leaders. The cartoon, drawn by David Rowe and published on March 21 under the title “Running on empty”, depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu riding a missile shaped like US President Donald Trump. The cartoon prompted strong criticism from Jewish […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/financial-review-apologises-over-netanyahu-cartoon-after-backlash/feed/ 2 179312 AFR defends controversial Netanyahu cartoon amid antisemitism accusations https://www.jwire.com.au/afr-defends-controversial-netanyahu-cartoon-amid-antisemitism-accusations/ https://www.jwire.com.au/afr-defends-controversial-netanyahu-cartoon-amid-antisemitism-accusations/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:37:27 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179042 The Australian Financial Review has defended its decision to publish a cartoon by illustrator David Rowe that has drawn strong criticism from Jewish leaders. Editor-in-chief James Chessell told Sky News he was “supportive of the cartoon”, which appeared in the newspaper last Saturday, 21 March 2026. The cartoon depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu riding […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/afr-defends-controversial-netanyahu-cartoon-amid-antisemitism-accusations/feed/ 3 179042 Netanyahu’s long road to confronting Iran https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahus-long-road/ https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahus-long-road/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:15:46 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178277 For decades, Israel’s leader has maintained that survival demands strength. After Oct 7, that doctrine became a policy to reshape the region. Two qualities of leadership define Benjamin Netanyahu at this pivotal moment. The first is the ability to pursue an objective that appears impossible, relentlessly and patiently, for years until circumstances align and it […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahus-long-road/feed/ 0 178277 Netanyahu – “together we will fight” https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-together-we-will-fight/ https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-together-we-will-fight/#respond Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:53:13 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178100 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning said the operation was launched to remove “the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran”. He also thanked our “great friend, President Donald Trump, for his historic leadership.” Netanyahu stressed that for decades, the ayatollah “has spilled our blood, murdered many Americans, and massacred its own […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-together-we-will-fight/feed/ 0 178100 Modi pledges closer ties with Israel in historic Knesset speech https://www.jwire.com.au/modi-pledges-closer-ties-with-israel-in-historic-knesset-speech/ https://www.jwire.com.au/modi-pledges-closer-ties-with-israel-in-historic-knesset-speech/#respond Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:14:47 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178066 In a speech reflecting shared history and ambitions for closer ties and condolences, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a two-day visit to Israel by becoming the first Indian premier to address the Knesset. Modi began by expressing sympathy for the victims of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. “We feel your pain […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/modi-pledges-closer-ties-with-israel-in-historic-knesset-speech/feed/ 0 178066 Knesset advances bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall https://www.jwire.com.au/knesset-advances-bill-cementing-orthodox-control-of-western-wall/ https://www.jwire.com.au/knesset-advances-bill-cementing-orthodox-control-of-western-wall/#respond Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:15:26 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178054 Israel’s Knesset has advanced controversial legislation that would place prayer arrangements at the Western Wall under the exclusive control of the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate, prompting a sharp response from mixed-gender non-Orthodox Jewish leaders in Israel and abroad. Lawmakers approved the bill in a preliminary reading on Wednesday by 56 votes to 47. The proposal, sponsored […]

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