Results for “Minister of Justice”

…t polls and said I would be stepping down as head of the Labor Party. Still, since the election had been only for Prime Minister, Labor remained the largest party in the Knesset. Mathematically, Arik might be able to cobble together the required 61-seat majority with an assortmen...

… sorts. But in Hungary and elsewhere, illiberal government signifies something much more compre- hensive than the prime minister asserting that “every single migrant poses a public security and terror risk,” and that refugees bring “gangs hunting down our women and daughters”*—tw...

…ayed as a military novice who’d gone into battle without understanding the wartime role and responsibilities of a Prime Minister. Halutz’s “excess of charisma” was held responsible for keeping ministers, and military officers as well, from questioning his judgement or pressing hi...

…sh is a difficult language......for some! This is a true story from the Japanese Embassy in US!!! A few days ago, Prime Minister Mon was given some Basic English conversation training before he visits Washington and meets president Barack Obama... The instructor told Mon Prime Mi...

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votes: one for a party list and one for a directly elected Prime Minister. This would be a personal test, an opportunity for Shimon to build on the still-tenuous achievement of Oslo and finally secure the endorsement of the Israeli people. It seemed, for a while, I might even ha...

…ur future as a Jewish and democratic state; it’s not a favor for the Palestinians... Believe me, I tried hard as Prime Minister, together with President Clinton. So | know, from personal experience, that the Palestinians are not easy partners for peace. Prime Minister Netanyahu...

… in late 2002. But in Israel’s 2003 election — reverting to the old rules again, with a single vote for party and Prime Minister — Arik and the Likud won resoundingly. They doubled their Knesset seats, to 38. Labor, now with only 19 seats, against turned to Shimon Peres, as inter...

…ttacked, and frustrated with me as well. We held dozens of meetings, sometimes two or three a day, chaired by the Prime Minister, sometimes by me as Defense Minister, or by the chief of staff or service commanders. Invariably, I began my remarks by saying: “We have to destroy the...

Just moments after this picture was taken, Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed by the girl seen on the bottom left wearing orange flowers — she was wearing a suicide west. #23 SS Grandcamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020689

Again, Little Hodiaki says, 'George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister,1991.' Now furious, another student yells, 'Oh yeah? Suck this!' Little Hodiaki jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, "Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!' Now with almost m...

…next April, we want you to replace him as chief-of-staff.” Briefly and unusually tongue-tied, I said: “Thank you, Prime Minister’. The news was made public the next morning. A few days later, it was ratified by the government. There was only one vote against, from a former chief...

…wo military units across the border. Especially since our military response would be the last during my time as Defense Minister, I was determined that, this time, it would have a strictly defined objective and a finite time frame. The overall objective hadn’t changed since Olmer...

increase its defense spending. Under Prime Minister Abe, the defense budget has expanded by 7% but has been kept at roughly 1% of GDP, in keeping with historical guidelines. This is small by international standards and more likely than not will rise in the coming years (Chart 24}...

…icon Valley. Every few weeks, Bibi, Lieberman and I would meet for a wide-ranging discussion on the patio of the Prime Minister’s residence. Shortly after we’d abandoned the idea of a military strike, I raised head-on my objections to the skewed image Bibi was promoting of our c...