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Opinion | Netanyahu Must Go
  + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
Israel must destroy Hamas as a military and political force in the territory while minimizing harm to civilians. And for all of that to happen effectively, Benjamin Netanyahu must go. Why — to paraphrase Scarborough and his co-hosts — was Netanyahu asking Qatar to fund Hamas to the tune of hundreds of millions just weeks before the massacre? Why was the bulk of the Israeli military nowhere near Gaza in the first hours of the attack? When an Israeli minister is forced to humiliate himself on American TV because he can muster neither the sophistry nor the servility that a smoother answer would require, it’s a sign he’s in the wrong government.
Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Nir Barkat, Joe, , Joe Scarborough, Scarborough, , Netanyahu, Barkat Locations: Gaza, Israel, Lebanon’s, Damascus, Hamas’s, Syria, Qatar, Iran, Jerusalem
New York CNN —The presidents of Harvard University, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania are scheduled to testify before Congress next week at a hearing on antisemitism on campus, lawmakers announced Tuesday. “College and university presidents have a responsibility to foster and uphold a safe learning environment for their students and staff. Now is not a time for indecision or milquetoast statements.”According to the House committee, the hearing will include testimony from Harvard President Claudine Gay, MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Penn President Liz Magill. “President Gay looks forward to sharing updates and information on the university’s work to support the Harvard community and combat antisemitism,” Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton said in a statement to CNN. Last weekend three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont.
Persons: Virginia Foxx, ” Foxx, Claudine Gay, Sally Kornbluth, Liz Magill, Gay, , Jason Newton, , Magill, Penn, ” Penn, Steve Silverman, Marc Rowan, Dick Wolf, Jon Huntsman, Leon Cooperman, Israel, Nir Barkat Organizations: New, New York CNN, Harvard University, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Education, Israel, Republican Rep, , “ College, Penn, Harvard, CNN, Columbia, Ivy League, of Education, Cornell University , Columbia Locations: New York, Israel, Burlington , Vermont
Top Israeli official has a warning for US universities
  + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
New York CNN —Nir Barkat, Israel’s minister of economy and industry, is warning American universities to crack down on antisemitism. “You’re going to see many funders of Ivy League and other universities shy away from that behavior,” he said. The Israeli official said there must be an attitude change and a willingness to “fight them everywhere – including on the campuses.”“Terror is multiplication. You multiply the will to create terror and the ability to create terror,” Barkat said. The Israeli official praised President Joe Biden for “unwavering support,” including his wartime visit to Israel.
Persons: New York CNN — Nir Barkat, ” Barkat, Barkat, “ You’re, , Marc Rowan, Jon Huntsman, Dick Wolf, Edgar Bronfman , Jr, Liz Magill, ” Magill, , Joe Biden Organizations: New, New York CNN, “ Schools, CNN, Ivy League, University of Pennsylvania, FBI, Columbia, Harvard, , Columbia University, Penn, Israel Locations: New York, Manhattan, United States, Israel, Barkat, Washington
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe need time to wipe Hamas off the face of the earth, says Israel's Economy & Industry MinisterNir Barkat, Israel Economy & Industry Minister, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war, what's at stake in the conflict, economic impact of the war, and more.
Persons: Nir Barkat, what's Organizations: & Industry, & Industry Minister Locations: Israel
In a bid to rein in inflation, the Bank of Israel last week raised its benchmark interest rate by another 25 basis points to a 2006 high of 4.75%, its 10th straight hike of the key rate that stood at 0.1% last April. Mortgage and loan payments, often tied to both inflation and the central bank's rate, have in turn jumped. Banks have been slow to pass on the benefits of higher rates to customer deposits, the Competition Authority said. The Competition Authority, formerly the anti-trust authority, said it had launched the investigation in 2022 when interest rates were starting to rise, and based on preliminarily results, it asked banks last week to provide more data. Yair Avidan, the supervisor of banks, last week told reporters that 82% of the rate hikes have been passed on to customers.
JERUSALEM, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Bezalel Smotrich took over as Israel's finance minister on Sunday, pledging fiscal responsibility and a boost to competition while working to tackle high living costs at a time of elevated inflation and slowing global economic growth. "Israel will be an island of stability and responsibility," the 42-year old Smotrich, head of the far-right pro-settler Religious Zionism party, told Reuters after the ceremony at the finance ministry. He added that Israel would take all necessary steps to support economic stability and be the "safest place" to invest. Incoming economy minister Nir Barkat said he intends to ease the "unbearable load" on businesses in Israel, declaring a "war on regulation", which he called "a cancer on the economy". New tourism minister Haim Katz promised to promote tourism in the occupied West Bank.
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