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Address by PM Netanyahu at Bar-Ilan University I turn to you, our Palestinian neighbors, led by the Palestinian Authority, and I say: Let's begin negotiations immediately without preconditions. Israel is obligated by its international commitments and expects all parties to keep their commitments...In my vision of peace, in this small land of ours, two peoples live freely, side-by-side, in amity and mutual respect. Address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University (simultaneous English translation) Honored guests, citizens of Israel. Peace has always been our people's most ardent desire. Our prophets gave the...

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared Sunday that the 2009 Bar Ilan speech in which he voiced support for a demilitarized Palestinian state is no longer relevant. The Friday brochure Olam Katan that was distributed at synagogues this Sabbath asked the parties running for election where they stood on the idea of establishing a Palestinian state. Deputy Minister Tzipi Hotovely replied to the brochure in the name of Likud, and said that “The Prime Minister has announced to the public that the Bar Ilan speech is null and void. Netanyahu's entire political biography is a struggle against a Palestinian state.” Following...

Welcome news for nationalists: The Cabinet Sunday approved Bar-Ilan lecturer and conservative columnist Dr. Yoaz Hendel as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s new media advisor. His official title is head of the National Information Directorate (NID), and Dr. Hendel said he intends to change the department’s structure and establish a media and spokesman's directorate, which will be headed by current Channel 2 News Deputy Managing Director Liran Dan. Video Hendel also was a columnist for the Hebrew-language Yediot Acharonot newspaper and military correspondent for the Makor Rishon newspaper. In a column last year, Hendel castigated the freedom of Arabs to build...