Yehuda Avner, speechwriter for 4 Israeli prime ministers, dies Avner also was an adviser to Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin and Menachem Begin.
Netanyahu maintains comfortable lead in pre-election polls Three Israeli election polls predicted a comfortable victory for Israel’s Likud Beiteinu party in upcoming elections.
Netanyahu aide Ron Dermer brings American sensibilities to Israeli politics Ron Dermer, the American-born senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has been floated as a possible successor to Michael Oren as Israel’s next ambassador to Washington.
