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TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Israeli media’s “Bolshevik propaganda” aimed at demonizing the right and bringing him down with lies about his family.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara is expected to defend herself against an indictment charging that she spent hundreds of thousands of shekels on gourmet meals by claiming that the cooks employed at the prime minister’s residence were unskilled, as evidenced by a letter written by a former cook apologizing for serving a dish with shards of glass in it. 

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Israel Katz will “immediately launch” a trade route initiative called “Tracks for Regional Peace” that will see the establishment of a railway network linking Israel to Saudi Arabia. 

Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat on Saturday accused the US peace team of working to topple the Palestinian Authority, as the American envoys wrapped up a visit to the region aimed to push the Trump administration’s peace plan and enlist humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip.

AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s King Abdullah II set off for the United States on Thursday for talks with US President Donald Trump on Middle East issues including the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the palace said.

Sara Netanyahu’s lawyer Yossi Cohen has described the indictment filed against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife on Thursday as “ridiculous and bizarre.”

TEL AVIV – The Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday finally announced Israel as the host of next year’s competition, adding that joint preparations with the Jewish state’s public broadcaster Kan were now underway.  

Israel on Tuesday night welcomed an announcement that the United States will withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, praising the move as a “courageous decision against the hypocrisy and the lies” of the international body that UN ambassador Nikki Haley said harbors bias against the Jewish state.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said his government would adhere to the Eurovision Song Contest guidelines, which may include nixing a plan to split public broadcaster Kan, in a bid to ensure the country would host the competition in 2019 as planned.

Contents: Israeli airstrike on Syria-Iraq border kills dozens of Shia militia fighters; Russia-Israel alliance grows, while Russia-Iran alliance frays in Syria

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday praised security forces for raiding a massive Hamas terror cell in the West Bank in which several lethal attacks including suicide bombings had been planned against Israel, and said that such

JERUSALEM — A former Israeli government minister, once imprisoned for trying to smuggle drugs, is back behind bars after being charged with spying for archenemy Iran, the country’s internal security agency said Monday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday told his weekly cabinet meeting that he spoke over the weekend with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, reiterating to them the importance of booting Iran out of Syria.

TEL AVIV – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Friday claimed Israel’s win at the 2018 Eurovision contest was rigged by “imperialists” and “Israel knows only how to kill, not how to sing.”

The Russian Embassy in Israel on Thursday evening for the first time hosted its National Day reception in Jerusalem, a nod to Moscow’s April 2017 recognition of Western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

JERUSALEM – Germany has agreed a nine year deal worth over half a billion dollars to lease Israeli military reconnaissance drones capable of carrying missiles, the aircraft’s manufacturers said Thursday.

Even before the U.N. passed a General Assembly condemning Israel for “excessive use of force” in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised US ambassador Nikki Haley for Wednesday night her spirited defense of Israel in the U.N. and her efforts to get an amendment to the resolution added that would condemn Hamas violence.

Whereas Netanyahu presented Trump with clearly articulated plans for achieving Trump’s own goals, Trudeau chose to ignore trade, hoping Trump would just go away.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an extraordinary offer to the people of Iran on Sunday, announcing that Israel would create a Farsi-language website to teach Iranians to recycle wastewater and save themselves from mismanagement by their government.

In a ploy to try to reduce pressure from Israel, Iranian-backed forces, including from the Hezbollah terror group, have withdrawn their forces from areas in southern Syria, only to later return posing as Syrian military units, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

TEL AVIV – Amid calls from Israel demanding soccer’s governing body FIFA to investigate threats against Argentinian players, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed concern that the South American country’s “disappointing” decision to cancel its friendly soccer match against Israel would not set a precedent. 

British Prime Minister Theresa May met her visiting Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in London on Wednesday with the UK premier conceding “differences of opinion” regarding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

JERUSALEM — The sports-crazed nation of Israel was in uproar Wednesday over Argentina’s abrupt cancellation of a World Cup warmup match following pro-Palestinian protests, with some of the country’s leaders accusing Lionel Messi and his teammates of caving to terrorism.

Iran’s plan to boost uranium enrichment capacity did not breach its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal brokered by Washington, the European Union (EU) said.

The latest plan by Iran to expand its nuclear enrichment capacity was aimed squarely at producing nuclear weapons to be used against Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday ordered his Atomic Energy Organization to prepare for weapons-grade uranium enrichment, bringing pressure against European powers desperate to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive after the U.S. withdrew last month.

TEL AVIV – U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Monday slammed American media outlets for their failure to properly fact check in their coverage of the violent riots on the Gaza border, saying journalists should “keep your mouths shut” rather than writing something just to “fit an agenda.”

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Shin Bet security service says it has uncovered a plot to target Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged from their 90-minute meeting in Berlin on Monday still disagreeing about the merits of the Iranian nuclear agreement, but in accord about the need to push Iran out of other countries in the Middle East.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ordered Israel to withhold funds from the Palestinian Authority, in order to compensate farmers living on the Gaza border who have had their crops destroyed by massive fires sparked by flaming kites sent from the Palestinian enclave.

TEL AVIV – Israeli deputy minister Michael Oren on Saturday lambasted France for supporting an “anti-Semitic resolution” from the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli actions during violent riots on the border last month. 

Jerusalem and Damascus rejected reports that a deal had been reached under which foreign forces, including Iran and Hezbollah, would withdraw from southern Syria near Israel’s border. “Israel denies reports that an understanding has been reached,” a diplomatic source said on Saturday.

Israel is holding “advanced talks” with Russia on a potential withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria, Hadashot TV news reported Thursday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has extended his upcoming European tour to include a meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May in Downing Street.

Israel plans to act against Iran anywhere in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman prepared to fly to Moscow for talks about removing the Islamic Republic and its proxy armies from the war-torn country.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday Israel’s military had delivered the “harshest blow” in years to Gaza terrorist groups, which he said are inspired by Iran, in his first comments on the most serious flare-up since the 2014 war.