DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis April 29, 2012, 10:20 PM (GMT+02:00)
Will Netanyahu face an election before Obama?
Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak are facing another of the periodic opposition campaigns to unseat them. New faces have joined the opposition lineup, including a fledgling party, “There is a Future.” They are campaigning against an Israeli attack to preempt a nuclear Iran, questioning both leaders’ credentials for leading one and calling for an early election. However, before peaking, the opposition campaign is starting to backfire, DEBKAfile reports. Netanyahu may count on a successful operation against Iran boosting him at the polls.
DEBKAfile Special Report
April 30, 2012, 11:33 AM (GMT+02:00)
Prof. Benzion Netanyahu
His death aged 102 was announced by the office of his son, prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, early Monday, April 30. Prof. Benzion Netanyahu was a historian of note, editor of the Hebrew encyclopedia, professor and lifelong Zionist who believed that Jews would never be free of discrimination and that efforts to compromise with Arabs were bound to fail. Until a year ago, Prof. Netanyahu was academically active and had begun working on his memoirs. He is survived by two sons, Binyamin and Iddo.
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