Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting yesterday that Israel is under seige from the international communtiy and a unity government is needed to defend the country from efforts to delegitimize it. Jerusalem Post: “Against the efforts to harm Israel with threats, false accusations and boycotts, we must stand – right and left – as one, to deflect the pressures, uncover the lies, and attack the attackers,” he said at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting. “We will harness forces in this country and around the world, will smash the lies of our enemies, and struggle for the right of Israel to live in peace and security – to live at all," he said. Minister without Portfolio Ophir Akunis was more explicit in the call for a national unity government in light of the BDS campaign, telling reporters before the meeting that the “widest government as possible” was needed to “struggle...(Read Full Post)