TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday slammed the left and the media – which he said was “the same thing” – of embarking on an “obsessive hunting” expedition and using corruption charges against him and his family to bring about “a coup against the government.”
Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the anti-mass migration Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has called for Austria to move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem echoing U.S. President Donald Trump.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised Sunday the possibility of snap elections following a dispute with his finance minister over a new national broadcasting service.
TEL AVIV – Now that President Donald Trump’s meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the past, Israeli lawmakers are planning to reintroduce the annexation bill extending Israeli sovereignty to the Jerusalem-area settlement of Ma’ale Adumim.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told MKs from his ruling Likud party on Monday that he still has not reached an agreement with US President Donald Trump regarding the construction of new homes in West Bank settlements.
Secretary General of the anti-mass migration Front National Nicolas Bay visited Israel this week to improve relations between his party and the Israeli government and dispell the party’s checkered past. Bay made a three-day visit to Israel, stopping in Jerusalem
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued his efforts to strike back against what he has suggested to be dishonest and fabricated media coverage on the ongoing investigation against him on Monday afternoon.
The criminal investigations into allegations of corruption by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s deepened on Wednesday, as his wife Sara, a Likud minister and the publishing mogul at the center of one of the probes were reportedly summoned by police to testify over two separate cases.
Israeli media on Sunday reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to negotiate a deal for more positive coverage by a major Israeli newspaper two years ago.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied any wrongdoing Monday ahead of his expected questioning by police in a graft probe, telling his political opponents to put any “celebrations” on hold.
An Arab Israeli lawmaker has caused an uproar after describing ailing Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres as covered “head to toe” in Palestinian blood.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his government was looking into support from European nations for groups engaged in what he described as anti-Israel activities, specifically mentioning France.
Haaretz reports: Following the questioning by law enforcement officials for 15 hours on Thursday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former chief of staff Ari Harow, Channel 2 has reported that the interrogation of Harow focused on the conduct of the
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to fill vacancies in his cabinet by the time the Knesset adjourns for its extended summer recess on August 3, a senior Likud source in the cabinet said on Wednesday.
Jerusalem – Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said on Sunday he had ordered an “examination” into an unspecified affair involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after weeks of media speculation and rumours.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a long-dormant Arab peace initiative with the Palestinians that he has spoken of reviving must be changed before Israel can support it.
Ynetnews reports: The swearing in comes as a part of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s broadening of the coalition government. Government ministers approved Avigdor Lieberman’s nomination as defense minister in a meeting earlier Monday morning. In addition, the government will be welcoming
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is close to agreeing a unity government with the main opposition leader, Israeli media said Wednesday, in a move that could help revive peace talks with the Palestinians.
TEL AVIV – A new plan to separate Jerusalem’s Jewish and Arab neighborhoods has been rejected by both sides of the Israeli political spectrum as well as the Palestinians, according to an article in The New York Times. The plan, which was promoted by a group of liberal Israelis and supported in principle by the leftwing Labor party, would divide eastern Jerusalem’s Palestinian neighborhoods from the rest of the city and transfer responsibility for about two-thirds of the capital’s Arabs to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
The Jerusalem Post reports: If elections were held today, the Likud would lose a number of Knesset seats but still maintain a plurality in parliament while Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid faction becomes the second-largest party in the legislature, according to
The Jerusalem Post reports: Omar Barghouti of the anti-Israel BDS movement, should no longer be permitted to reside in Israel, MK Nava Boker (Likud) wrote to Interior Minister Arye Deri Thursday. “Barghouti spends most of his time lecturing around the
The Jerusalem Post reports: The Jerusalem Post pushed back on Sunday against characterization of the newspaper as politically slanted by an informal adviser to former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton. The assertion, leveled by longtime Clinton family confidant Sidney Blumenthal,
The Jerusalem Post reports: Legislation that would make the 10th of the Hebrew month of Nissan “Aliya Day” passed a preliminary reading in the Knesset Wednesday. The bill would institute a day to mark immigration to Israel in schools, the IDF,
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday expanding police powers, allowing them to stop and frisk suspects without probable cause, the latest attempt to crack down on near-daily Palestinian attacks on Israelis. Critics say the law will
Ynetnews reports: A poll ordered by Moshe Kahlon’s Kulanu party shows that MK Yair Lapid’s (pictured) party Yesh Atid is garnering more and more support, while the Likud party is losing its power. According to the poll, conducted three weeks ago,
Israel’s Culture Minister proposed a new law on Wednesday to cut off government funding to organizations deemed anti-Israel. Referred to as the “cultural loyalty law,” Minister of Culture and Sports Miri Regev’s (Likud) proposed legislation, which has been passed on to the
The Times of Israel reports: Senior Zionist Union lawmaker MK Shelly Yachimovich leveled heavy criticism on her Knesset faction’s leader, Isaac Herzog, Sunday morning over his proposal to unilaterally disengage from West Bank territories rather than engage in talks with
An oped published on Wednesday in Commentary magazine claims that the Zionist Union party head’s declaration that the two-state solution is no longer viable marks a “sea change of major proportions” that is being ignored by the left and the Obama administration.
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israeli authorities have dropped a probe into ex-military chief Gabi Ashkenazi over an alleged smear campaign, opening a path into politics for the potential challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reports said Thursday. Ashkenazi is a popular former
Ynetnews reports: The Likud court on Wednesday afternoon canceled the upcoming elections for party head, deciding unanimously that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the chosen candidate and would continue as chairman of the Likud. With no one to run against
TEL AVIV – In an unprecedented move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally welcomed his Likud party’s first openly gay lawmaker as he was sworn in to the Knesset on Monday. It is rare for the prime minister to welcome new Knesset Members,
TEL AVIV – The Likud party tapped its first openly gay Knesset Member to take over as Interior Minister following former minister Silvan Shalom’s resignation. Amir Ohana, a lawyer, IDF reserve officer (pictured second from left), and veteran of the
JERUSALEM — A top official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government who has been accused of sexual misconduct said on Sunday that he would step down. The official, Silvan Shalom, the Israeli interior minister and deputy prime minister, has denied
