U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the “sidelines” of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly opening on September 1 — a downgrade from a traditional White House visit.
The Fitch Ratings agency announced Monday that Israel’s credit rating remains at A+ and the outlook for the country’s economy is “stable,” noting that the country’s judicial reforms are not likely to have a negative impact on skills or investment.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog confronted a group of protesters against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms on Wednesday and told them to seek dialogue with their opponents — whereupon they refused and told him to stop the reforms.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) admitted Tuesday that thousands of military reservists who have refused to show up for duty in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms have hurt the ability of the county to defend itself.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his government will pass one more part of his proposed judicial reforms and then postpone the rest of the proposals, a compromise offer that was instantly rejected by the country’s opposition.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has ruled out any possibility of joining a national unity government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is allowed to remain in office, highlighting the personal nature of Lapid’s motives.
Netanyahu showed what it takes to win as a conservative, or as any kind of anti-establishment politician, left or right.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been invited to meet President Joe Biden in the U.S., but not specifically the White House.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fresh from passing the first of his proposed judicial reforms, will next tackle an even more contentious proposal: democratizing the process through which judges are selected.
Global credit ratings agencies are punishing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for pushing through the first and most moderate of his judicial reforms, downgrading the country’s outlook due to high political tensions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended an olive branch to the opposition after the passage of his first judicial reform law on Monday — but his critics rejected the overture, with some talking about “civil war.”
President Joe Biden’s White House expressed regret Monday that Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, had voted to adopt a reform to the country’s powerful judiciary, over the objections of the U.S.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is Israel’s “biggest security threat,” according to a recent Washington Post essay slamming the “Trump-like” premier currently defying President Joe Biden in passing judicial reforms opposed by the current administration.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump have not spoken in years, but Netanyahu’s victory Monday on judicial reform shows the two still have much in common — and can help each other.
Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, passed the first of several judicial reforms proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Monday, defying protests and pressure from the White House.
U.S. President Joe Biden called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to abandon the first of his government’s judicial reform bills, which is due to be voted on by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is proceeding with the first of a set of controversial judicial reforms, despite nationwide protests, warnings from the military, and pressure from the United States.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering in hospital Sunday morning after being fitted with a pacemaker. The procedure took place at Sheba Medical Centre in Tel HaShomer, his office said.
President Joe Biden has threatened the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes ahead with judicial reforms that are opposed by that country’s political opposition.
Israeli doctors, most of whom are unionized, plan to strike for several hours this week to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms, offering patients only emergency services across the nation.
Antisemitic remarks among Democratic officials are “absolutely unacceptable” and have “got to stop,” according to Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who slammed a leading Democrat’s recent claim that Israel is a “racist” country.
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) of New York’s upstate 24th congressional district said that President Joe Biden is “not a strong supporter of Israel” because of his hostility to Israel’s democratically-elected government.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday against threats to democracy by thousands of military reservists who are refusing to show up for duty unless his government stops pursuing judicial reform.
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was still undergoing tests in hospital on Sunday after a dizzy spell but was expected to be released later in the day, his offic
President Joe Biden extended a formal invitation Thursday to Israel’s ceremonial president, Isaac Herzog, to visit the White House next Tuesday — while continuing to snub Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Republican senators, led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, are threatening to delay President Joe Biden’s State Department nominees over policies prohibiting U.S. scientific research aid to certain Israeli-held territories in what the lawmakers refer to as an “antisemitic boycott of Israel.”
The Israeli left is threatening mass desertions from military reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms continue to advance in the legislature.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed President Joe Biden for “snubbing” the Israeli premier by continuously refusing to offer him an invitation to the White House, and he accused the current administration of being the “most relentlessly anti-Israel” one in U.S. history.
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides claimed in an interview Monday that Israelis wanted America to interfere in its internal politics, as he criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms.
President Joe Biden doubled down on refusing to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pay a customary visit to the White House, despite the fact that Netanyahu was elected last year by the Israeli people.
Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman slammed the Biden administration for its having yet to invite the Israeli premier to the White House while accusing it of “strengthening” the otherwise “weak” Iranian regime.
Opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who are protesting against his government’s judicial reforms are planning to block access to Ben-Gurion Airport after blocking the seaport of Haifa on Monday.
Roni Alsheich, former head of the Israel Police, provoked outrage when he told Israel’s Army Radio on Wednesday that he had expected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign when he was indicted in 2019.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to visit Chinese President Xi Jinping , after U.S. President Joe Biden refused to invite Netanyahu to visit the White House since his election last year.
Prosecutors in Israel are furious as news leaked that judges in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most serious corruption trial told lawyers for both sides privately that they consider one charge too weak to succeed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making good on his pledge to move ahead with his judicial reforms, as talks have stalled with the opposition — though he is beginning with the least controversial changes.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out against a potential “mini-deal” between the U.S. and Iran, a verbal agreement that would allow the Iranian regime to stop just short of developing a nuclear weapon.
The U.S. and Iran are nearing what is described as a verbal agreement on Iran’s nuclear program — one that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told aides is one that Israel may be able to accept.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back at Sky News, stating that Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) are part of the Jewish “ancestral homeland” to which Jews have been attached for 3,000 years and the notion of banning Jews from settling in those areas is the true “obstacle to peace,” after the British news outlet attempted to depict the territories as “occupied” lands.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman said Thursday that it is “despicable” that U.S. President Joe Biden is refusing to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the latter’s election in November.
