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Benny Begin

Menachem Begin's compromise and conviction: Insights from the Camp David talks

Benny Begin honored his father’s legacy at a Jerusalem event marking 46 years of Israel-Egypt peace, highlighting Menachem Begin’s principles and diplomacy.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Then-US president Jimmy Carter, then-Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, and then-Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin during the signing of the Camp David Accords in the East Room of the White House in Washington, September 17, 1978.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and MK Benny Gantz on the forefront of the Philadelphi Corridor (illustrative)

Majority of Israelis now prefer giving up Philadelphi in order to reach deal - poll

The poll showed that the Israeli public mostly prefers giving up control of the Philadelphi Corridor in order to enable a prisoner-hostage exchange deal (48%).

|ByMOSHE COHEN
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Elections remain ahead despite the budget deadline extension passing

Mutual mudslinging started the moment after the so-called peace was declared, so why should we assume that the election threat is going away?

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu informs Rivlin he has formed a government

New government set to be sworn in very late Thursday night; Netanyahu offers Foreign Ministry to Miri Regev

|ByGIL HOFFMAN

Gantz threatens Edelstein: We won’t let anyone stop immunity hearing

“Netanyahu has requested immunity and we will use all parliamentary means and tools that are available to us to deliberate on his request,” said Gantz.

JANUARY 8, 2020
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Kohelet Policy Forum, Jerusalem, January 8, 2020.

Netanyahu, resign - Benny Begin demands

Former Likud MK Benny Begin told Army Radio that Benjamin Netanyahu "cannot be prime minister."

DECEMBER 17, 2019
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Benny Begin, the son of the late Prime Minister Menahem Begin and a member of Netanyahu's cabinet, arrive to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem October 31, 2010