But the election may give Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, something to bargain with.
Defence Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said the move had been decided in advance, before the US statement.
The prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, agreed in principle that they should do their service.
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is stuck between a diplomatic rock and a political hard place.
Today it is becoming clear that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has no choice but to lead.
On Monday, Binyamin Netanyahu, the finance minister and Mr Sharon's main rival, joined the referendum call.
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Incoming Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must understand the traps being set for him and their sources.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu just returned from yet another visit with US President Barack Obama.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have some explaining to do.
The right-wing Likud, led by Binyamin Netanyahu, would jump from 12 seats to 32.
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Their goal was to turn the public against Binyamin Netanyahu - Schalit's imaginary jailer.
But under Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's current prime minister, the old logic is enjoying a comeback.
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Many of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's supporters were stunned last week when IDF Chief of Staff Lt.
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His hostility toward Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during the latter's visit to Washington this week was breathtaking.
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Like the Likud under Binyamin Netanyahu, Ya'alon is proof positive that Livni and her cronies are lying.
But Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, said Israel would not apologise for its soldiers defending their lives.
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, the minister of trade, once Mr Barak's strongest backer, is urging Labour to set a deadline.
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Field Marshal Muhammad Tantawi refused to speak with either Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu or Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Much to his discredit, Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu has refused to criticize the outgoing government's surrender to Hamas.
Schiffer's article opened with an account of Peres's current moves to undermine Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's foreign policy.
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The street-smart Labour Party leader and minister of defence, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, was quick to read the new reality.
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Adelson is best known for his support for the US-Israel alliance, and his friendship with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
In his latest screed, he compared Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to someone in the throes of an LSD trip.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was hoping to avoid his clash with US President Barack Obama this week in Washington.
Last week Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu went to Moscow to gin up support for sanctions from the Russian government.
So declared Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as he spoke at Auschwitz-Birkenau on Wednesday, the 65th anniversary of its liberation.
Their hawkish leader, Binyamin Netanyahu, who emerged shortly afterwards as prime minister for the second time, has been riding high.
Dagan is in the midst of an unprecedented, arguably illegal and certainly unseemly campaign to delegitimize Prime Minister Binyamin Netayahu.
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When Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, called Mrs Albright's bluff, Mr Clinton's support for her was conspicuous by its absence.
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Binyamin Netanyahu has never been a fan of closure as a policy (though he has occasionally wielded it as a punishment).
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