Prime Minister

2022 - 12 - 21

Trudeau dismisses pitch to impose windfall taxes on energy, grocery ... (CBC.ca)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is dismissing what he calls the “simplistic” idea of slapping a windfall tax on the grocery and energy sectors, adding such a ...

Those rate hikes have contributed to a rise in mortgage rates and the cost of servicing other loans. Trudeau also defended the Bank of Canada's interest rate hikes. And we respect that," Trudeau said. These sectors have been hit with a one-time 15 per cent tax on profits over $1 billion for the 2021 tax year. The rate was 6.9 per cent in October. "In Canada we have strong institutions and the Bank of Canada acts independently in a way that it thinks is best for Canadians.

Who is Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu, Israel's returning prime minister? (The National)

Mr Netanyahu was born in 1949 and is the son of a Jewish historian. Although Tel Aviv is his birthplace, he was raised in Jerusalem and then the US before ...

He later served in a commando unit. [Israel's](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/israel/) new prime minister is not unfamiliar with the position. He has pleaded not guilty to bribery, breach of trust and fraud. [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/benjamin-netanyahu/), who is also known as Bibi, made a comeback over a year [after he left the office](https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2021/07/11/netanyahu-leaves-official-israeli-prime-ministers-residence-after-12-years/) following a 12-year stint. Although Tel Aviv is his birthplace, he was raised in Jerusalem and then the US before returning to Israel in the pivotal year of 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank, as a conscript in the Israeli army. [Mr Netanyahu](https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/11/04/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-election-yair-lapid/), 72, has formed a new government — [the most right wing](https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/12/22/netanyahu-israel-government/) in the Israel's history — after the [fifth national elections](https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/11/01/what-israelis-are-saying-about-todays-elections/) in four years in November.

Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says he has formed new ... (Fox News)

Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday evening that he has formed a new government after his Likud Party and allies won a majority during last month's elections.

We will hold it to the mutual standards we have established in our relationship over the past seven decades," U.S. "We will gauge the government by the policies it pursues rather than individual personalities. 1, with Netanyahu's coalition winning 64 seats in the 120-member Knesset.

Netanyahu set to form government in his sixth term as Israeli Prime ... (Euronews)

Benjamin Netanyahu has informed Israel's president he is ready to form a government in what would be the country's most right wing coalition to date.

Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister, serving a total of 15 years before he was ousted last year. The call came after weeks of difficult negotiations between his Likud party and his power-sharing partners. Even if he is successful, Netanyahu faces a difficult task ahead.

Netanyahu Announces Coalition, Will Begin Unprecedented 6th ... (CBN News)

Just minutes before a deadline set by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu notified him by telephone Wednesday that he had ...

After that, the prime minister-in-waiting will have a week to swear in the new government. We hope that this government will be a real right-wing government that will do a lot of good for the people of Israel, for the nation of Israel – build the country, build new settlements," he said. In so doing, Netanyahu will take the helm of Israel’s ship of state for an unprecedented sixth time.

Israel's Netanyahu Says He Has Formed New Government (Voice of America)

Designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Wednesday that he had successfully formed a new coalition, setting the stage for him to return ...

Netanyahu, who himself is on trial for alleged corruption, is eager to return to office after spending the past year and a half as opposition leader. Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister, serving a total of 15 years before he was ousted last year. But that process turned out to be more complicated than anticipated, in part because his ultra-Orthodox and far-right partners demanded firm guarantees on the scope of their powers. Another ally, Avi Maoz, head of a small religious, anti-LGBTQ faction, has been placed in control of parts of the country's national education system. Nonetheless, Netanyahu said he intended to complete the process "as soon as possible next week." Netanyahu made the announcement in a phone call to President Isaac Herzog moments before a midnight deadline.

'I've done it': Netanyahu announces his 6th government, Israel's ... (The Times of Israel)

7 weeks after elections and minutes before deadline, Likud head tells president he's mustered a majority; right-religious coalition set to expand ...

Sign in to stop seeing this](//crm.timesofisrael.com/sign-in) [firm up Orthodox control](https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-claims-utj-likud-negotiating-vast-expansion-of-religious-rule-rousing-anger/) over religious matters and exert religious oversight on secular matters. The parties also want to end recognition of non-Orthodox conversions performed in Israel for citizenship purposes. Likud MKs have pushed back against narrowing the Law of Return, which is a crucial connection between Israel and the global Jewish diaspora. Currently, government legal advisers are subordinate to the attorney general, in order to maintain the independence of their advice. He has steadfastly maintained his innocence and claims the charges are the product of a politically motivated police and prosecutor, slanted media and a weak attorney general. Shas and UTJ are also especially interested in an override clause that would enable them to pass legislation that will solidify ultra-Orthodox The change in government marks a major shift in tone from Israel’s outgoing, big-tent coalition led by prime ministers Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, whose cross-spectrum coalition united in 2021 to drive out Netanyahu after a 12-year run in power. Previous attempts to lower these weakly enforced bars have been blocked as unequal by the top court. Israel’s largest party and a right-wing powerhouse, Likud will be on the left flank of the prime minister-designate’s incoming coalition. And I of course intend to establish it as quickly as possible.” In line with Israeli law, Netanyahu was also set to inform Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin, who will announce the development during Monday’s legislative session.