President Isaac Herzog presented an outline he had hoped would calm the country and avert a constitutional crisis, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately rejected it.
Tag: Speeches and Statements
After China’s Winter of Discontent, Xi Jinping Sets Sights on Growth and Power
China’s government said it expected the economy to grow “around 5 percent” this year. A meeting of the top legislature will reinforce Mr. Xi’s grip on power.
As France Faces Backlash in Africa, Macron Tries Reset With Ex-Colonies
President Emmanuel Macron has embarked on a four-country visit as he slashes the French military presence and says colonial-era habits and attitudes must die.
Biden Accuses Putin of Atrocities and Urges World to Rebuke Him
In sharply opposed speeches, President Biden said Vladimir V. Putin bore sole responsibility for the war, while Mr. Putin said Russia had invaded in self-defense. But they agreed the war would not end soon.
What Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Means for Arms Control
Mutual inspections were interrupted by the pandemic, then by the war in Ukraine. But now New START, the last nuclear agreement between Russia and the United States, is dying, and arms control may be, too.
Blinken Says He Warned China Against Providing Arms to Russia
Josep Borrell Fontelles told international leaders meeting in Munich that Western allies’ recent decision to provide Ukraine with tanks took too long.
Jailed Putin Critics in Russia Offer New Year Messages
Seasonal greetings from imprisoned opponents offered counterprogramming of a sort to the traditional end-of-year speech from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
A Bittersweet First Year for Germany’s New Chancellor
Olaf Scholz came to power with a mandate for domestic renewal. Instead, he was forced to upend his country’s traditional stance on war and foreign policy.
Zelensky’s Welcome in Washington Buoys Morale in Ukraine
Ukrainians, many left in the dark and cold by Russian airstrikes, drew solace from President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to Congress.
Putin Says Russia Is Battling ‘Strange’ Western Elites
Ahead of U.S. elections, the Russian leader sounded like some right-wing Westerners, saying his fight is not with those in the West who hold “traditional values.”