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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2019
Netanyahu plays pre-election Trump card, vowing to annex settlements
Palestinians voiced alarm while Israelis weighed the gravity on Sunday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sudden election promise to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 24, 2019
Calling claim 'blood libel,' Netanyahu denies profiting from submarine contract
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied profiting from a state contract to buy submarines from a German conglomerate, calling claims from a political rival "blood libel" in a rare broadcast interview on Channel 12.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2019
Rockets fired from Gaza at Tel Aviv for first time since 2014, Israeli military says
Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at the Tel Aviv area on Thursday, setting off sirens, the Israeli military said, and several explosions were heard.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2019
Iran warns Israel against further airstrikes targeting its positions in Syria
Iran warned Israel on Tuesday of a "firm and appropriate" response if it continued attacking targets in Syria, where Tehran has backed President Bashar Assad and his forces in their nearly eight-year war against rebels and militants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 25, 2018
Easy win for Benjamin Netanyahu predicted in first poll since announcement of snap Israel election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will easily win a snap election set for April 9, according to an opinion poll on Tuesday, the first to be published since the ballot was announced.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 18, 2018
Jordan says nearly 300 Syrian 'White Helmet' rescuers have left for the West
Nearly 300 Syrian "White Helmet" rescue workers and their families who fled Syria for Jordan three months ago have left for resettlement in Western countries under an U.N. sponsored agreement, Jordan said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2018
Netanyahu, in U.N. speech, claims existence of secret Iranian nuclear site
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described what he said was a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran and accused Europe of appeasing Iran as he sought to rally support for U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2018
Palestinian stabs U.S.-Israeli citizen to death at West Bank mall, is captured
A Palestinian fatally stabbed an American-born Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank on Sunday then was himself shot and seized by armed civilians who gave chase.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2018
Oslo Accords peace hopes a fading memory 25 years on amid unresolved issues, new tensions
As Palestinians prepare to lower the flag over their shuttered mission in Washington, no one can predict when they will return to the city where just a quarter of a century ago a diplomatic triumph was celebrated on a sunlit White House lawn.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2018
At Dimona reactor, Netanyahu warns Israel's foes they risk ruin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a visit to a secretive Israeli atomic reactor on Wednesday to warn the country's enemies that it has the means to destroy them, in what appeared to be a veiled reference to its assumed nuclear arsenal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2018
Trump staffs team topped by Jared Kushner for roll-out of mystery Mideast peace plan
U.S. officials say the Trump administration is staffing up a Middle East policy team at the White House in anticipation of unveiling its long awaited but largely mysterious Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2018
Gaza cease-fire largely holding after day of fierce fighting
A cease-fire largely held on Sunday along a tense Gaza-Israel border on Sunday following a day of fierce fighting, but Israel remained on high alert and boosted its air defenses in case hostilities resume.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2018
Britain's Prince William, in historic Jerusalem visit, honors Holocaust victims, meets Netanyahu
Britain's Prince William, visiting Israel, said on Tuesday his visit to Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial center in Jerusalem had been a "profoundly moving experience."
Japan Times
WORLD
May 15, 2018
Israeli forces kill 55 protesters on Gaza border as U.S. Embassy opens in Jerusalem
Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on Monday when the high-profile opening of the U.S. embassy to Israel in Jerusalem raised tension to boiling point after weeks of demonstrations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2018
Trump all but decided to exit Iran nuclear deal in 'not a full pullout' manner: sources
U.S. President Donald Trump has all but decided to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord by May 12 but exactly how he will do so remains unclear, two White House officials and a source familiar with the administration's internal debate said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 4, 2018
Bowing to right-wing pressure, Netanyahu scraps African migrant relocation deal with UNHCR
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was cancelling an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, bowing to right-wing pressure to scrap the deal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2018
Pence in Israel on visit overshadowed by Trump's Jerusalem declaration, Palestinian boycott
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence began a visit to Israel on Sunday after being praised as a "great friend" by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and shunned by the Palestinians over U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 15, 2018
Israel says it destroyed Hamas-dug tunnel running under border with Egypt
Israel said on Sunday it had destroyed a cross-border attack tunnel that ran from Gaza into Israel and Egypt dug by Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Palestinian enclave, and that it would destroy all attack tunnels by year's end.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

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