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…te was declared, Israel’s government would not be in the hands of David Ben-Gurion or his Labor Zionist heirs. Our next prime minister would be Menachem Begin, who had inherited the mantle of Jabotinsky’s Revisionist Zionism. He’d headed its youth wing, Betar, in eastern Europe,...

…h why it was a further 24 hours before we Started seriously to work out if there might be some way for us to free them. Prime Minister Rabin was clearly asking himself the same question, however, because on Tuesday afternoon, he called Motta in the Negev. It was now a full 53 hou...

…en travelling, speaking and analysing the world and Australia with undiminished intensity suggesting a man operating as prime minister-in-exile. His idea of leadership is more philosophical than ever, more distant from Bob Hawke or John Howard. His focus is the synthesis between...

…aysia Development Berhad, seeking to claim a portion of those assets. Last month, Malaysian authorities charged f ormer prime minister Najib Razak with embezzling billions in public money from the fund. Clark, the Broidy attorney, told The Journal that Rosenzweig’s firm had been...

…HREE SPRINGS LATER, the Iranian regime once again is faced with a crisis, this time of an external variety. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatens war in between meals, the Pentagon plays war games and policy planners huddle in the White House: Is the Iranian reg...

…r issues and to remain neutral on minor issues. In 2004, China deployed intense pressure on Singapore when then deputy prime minister Lee Hsien Loong paid an unofficial visit to Taiwan. The Chinese were trying to get Singapore to cancel the visit. Singapore adheres to a “One Chi...

…ne our democratic processes. These include efforts to penetrate and sway—through various methods that former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull summarized as “covert, coercive or corrupting”—a range of groups and institutions, including the Chinese American community, Chi...

…curity Council plus Germany) or bilateral negotiations; a military strike, as threatened by President Obama and Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu; and an explicit or implicit shift to containment, indicating that Washington would be prepared to coexist with a nuclear-arme...

…cess to sink into a prolonged coma. Israeli hard-liners, too, may calculate that a short war could serve their purpose: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government may sense weakness and quietly dream of finishing off Hamas once and for all. Syria has been a strong s...

…led him. Making clear his confidence in his adviser, Trump insisted that Flynn come to Monday’s lunch with the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau. Lunch was followed by another meeting about the furor. There were yet more details of the phone call and a growing itemization...

…ed States at every turn. Since then, Japan has become the poster child for economic stagnation and political paralysis. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been unwilling or unable to get his promised reforms enacted, and the country’s economy continues to shrink. Mexico is watching i...

…nce closes on Wednesday with "Investing in African Prosperity," featuring Rwandan President Paul Kagame, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates, and Rhonda Zygocki of Chevron, moderated by Institute Chairman Mike Milken. • Wednesday's lunch program br...

…ecession this year declines to about 15%. Rising Influence of Populist Parties in the Eurozone Since the election of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza Party in Greece in January 2015, populism has been gaining momentum across Europe. The support for populist parties...

… the “abolision of C.P.” because “most murderers are products of invironment.”] In law school, he wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel...arguing that the death penalty was inappropriate even for Adolf Eichmann. Goldberg’s choice of Dershowitz to write his capital punis...

…d had to make, but that he’d concluded he wouldn’t get enough votes to reach his “primary goal” of defeating Bibi. “The prime minister was given a chance and he failed,” he said. ““We must give Barak a chance.” I got up early on May 17, confident we’d done everything we could to...