CNN’s Christiane Amanpour was accused of “hostility” after a tense back-and-forth with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in which the anchor criticized the Jewish State’s response to recent violent Palestinian riots against Israeli police and Jewish worshippers, with the Israeli leader replying: “When faced with violence you have to act tough.”
The Israeli military hit terror targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to a missile fired from the coastal enclave, which broke a four month lull in rocket fire.
Jordan’s prime minister on Monday praised Palestinian rioters on Temple Mount for physically assaulting Israelis going to pray at the site, which is Judaism’s holiest.
Clashes between Palestinian rioters and Israeli security forces erupted again on Sunday morning in the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, as Palestinians tried to stop Jewish worshipers from entering the holy site.
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s new laser missile defense system has successfully intercepted mortars, rockets and anti-tank missiles in recent tests, Israeli leaders said Thursday.
Palestinian rioters on Saturday night vandalized Joseph’s Tomb, one of Judaism’s holiest sites, setting it on fire and smashing the gravestone.
Israeli officials have asked the Biden administration to pressure the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to cut the “pay-for-slay” scheme and refuse payments to the father of the terrorist who carried out Thursday’s attack in Tel Aviv, Israeli media reported.
The Palestinian terrorist who carried out a deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv was shot and killed on Friday morning by security forces in the adjacent city of Jaffa where he was hiding next to a mosque.
In another dramatic development that could topple Israel’s already teetering government, a member of Knesset from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s Yamina party has said he will quit the government unless three demands are met. The move comes a day after coalition
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is suddenly the favorite to mount a comeback after current Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost the majority he needs to hold his coalition together with a key defection on Wednesday.
Israel’s government looked set to crumble Wednesday after coalition whip Idit Silman announced she is quitting to form a new government, causing the ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to lose its majority.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned the country may face “many more” attempted terror attacks in the near future, after Israel Defense Forces killed three Palestinian terrorists overnight en-route to committing an attack in Israel.
A busload of ultra-Orthodox residents from Bnei Brak, the city in which the last week’s shooting massacre took place, traveled to Israel’s north to pay their respects at the funeral of an Israeli Christian Arab police officer who was killed while taking down the Palestinian terrorist.
Palestinians in multiple cities came out in droves to celebrate a shooting attack by a terrorist in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday evening that killed five people.
Two Ukrainian nationals, an Arab Israeli police officer, and two fathers were identified as the five victims of a shooting attack by a Palestinian terrorist in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday.
Arab Israeli terrorists who swore allegiance to the Islamic State terror group killed two Border Police officers and injured 12 others in a shooting attack Sunday in the southern Israeli city of Hadera.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday said Israel was “concerned” over the prospect of the U.S. removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the terror list amid a renewed nuclear deal with Iran.
Foreign ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt will gather in Israel for the first time ever in a historic summit U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said would have been “unimaginable” a few years ago.
Ukraine’s intelligence services are working in “close cooperation” with their Israeli counterparts, a senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s said Thursday according to the Haaretz daily.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday evening about the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met on Tuesday with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Sharm el-Sheikh, in a bid to boost regional ties.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Israel was spearheading many efforts to hold talks between his country and Russia and suggested Jerusalem might host a peace summit between the two sides.
Hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a bitter speech to the Israeli parliament on Sunday condemning Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s mediation efforts with Russian President Vladimir Putin as an attempt to mediate “between good and evil,” the Ukrainain leader reversed course and said his country was “grateful” to Israel’s prime minister.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed Israeli lawmakers via Zoom in a fiery speech on Sunday, and called on Israel to help prevent a Russian “final solution.”
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett held an hour-long telephone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky Saturday evening, after the Ukrainian leader proposed Jerusalem host peace talks with Russia.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’s open for talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Israel, but only if there is a cease-fire in place.
Israel believes Russia and Ukraine are at a critical juncture and pending a possible ceasefire, but if talks fail, the Russian invasion of Ukraine could become far more brutal, the Axios news site reported Wednesday citing government officials.
Russian President Vladimir Putin would have never invaded Ukraine if he “had known what was going to happen,” the Russian president’s former speechwriter and political consultant told Israeli media on Sunday.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Israel expressed his appreciation for Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s ongoing mediation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying his efforts were “priceless” and “worth more than weapons.”
Israel has a “moral duty” to do everything in its power to bring an end to the human suffering in Ukraine, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday after returning to Israel from a flash trip to Moscow and Berlin. His travels involved meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to provide military assistance to the embattled eastern European nation, Israeli media reported Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett offered to act as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine during a phone call with President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, a statement from the Kremlin said.
Israel on Monday appointed an Arab Muslim to serve as in the country’s highest court as one of four new Supreme Court justices.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that Israel was making preparations for the day after the “weaker and shorter” nuclear agreement with Iran is signed.
Australia on Thursday announced it will designate Hamas as a terror group in its entirety, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to praise the country for “standing strong in the face of terror.”
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday flew to Bahrain in what would be the the first-ever official visit by an Israeli leader to the country.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned this week that a new nuclear deal with Iran would enact a “heavy price” on the region and would “damage the ability to deal with the nuclear program.” “The greatest threat against the State of
Three armed Palestinian terrorists were killed in a rain of bullets by Israeli forces Tuesday in a rare daytime operation in the West Bank, in what the Palestinian Authority referred to as a “horrific crime.”
Tuesday saw another record-breaking caseload in Israel with nearly 44,000 new coronavirus infections, including senior government ministers as well as several thousand healthcare workers.
New coronavirus infections in Israel hit an all-time high on Wednesday, as the government announced only at-risk groups and individuals over 60 would be eligible for PCR testing in a bid to relieve pressure on testing centers.
