NETANYAHU'S PROMISE. Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony where Israel President Isaac Herzog handed him the mandate to form a new government following the victory of the former premier's right-wing alliance in this month's election at the President's residency in Jerusalem, on November 13, 2022. The attack outside a synagogue was the deadliest in the Jerusalem area since 2008 JERUSALEM – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Saturday, January 28, a “strong, swift and precise” response to a deadly Palestinian shooting attack near a synagogue on Jerusalem’s outskirts, as its military sent more troops into the occupied West Bank....