Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems determined to revive his planned Africa-Israel Summit...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent the past year courting African leaders seeking to exchange development aid investment and counter-terrorism expertise for African support in international fora such as the United Nations...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's charm offensive began after December's United Nations Security Council resolution co-sponsored by Angola and Senegal condemned Israeli settlement activity...

ESL Agence Publics and Brussels-based Aspect Consulting were also hired via the Israeli firm Shaviv Strategy and Campaigns – which counts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu among its clients – to coordinate Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's re-election campaign in April 2016 and promote the work of the electoral commission the Commission nationale électorale indépendante (AC Vol 57 No 7 Sassou makes it modest)...

Timor Consulting and Shaviv Consulting – which counts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu among its clients – advised presidential campaigns in Zambia Congo-Brazzaville Kenya Botswana and Egypt (AC Vol 57 No 5 Lungu schemes to survive & Vol 57 No 7 Sassou makes it modest)...

Given the poisonous relations between outgoing US President Barack Obama and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu this looks ill-judged...

His campaign headquarters in a plush office in the capital was staffed by consultants from Agence Publics a Paris public relations firm which counts French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy among its former clients and Shaviv Consulting which worked for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his re-election in 2015...

This week Israeli newspapers have been reminding readers that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government launched strikes on arms convoys in Sudan destined for Gaza's ruling Harakat al Muqawama al Islamiya in 2009 and 2011 (AC Vol 50 No 7 Air strikes and silence & Vol 52 No 8 Hosting Hamas)...

For example will Iran's Hassan Rouhani sit next to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu at the memorial service...

It scheduled meetings with lots of photo opportunities with both President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...