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July 25, 2023

Middle East

Opinion | The ground is cracking under Netanyahu’s feet

Mr. Netanyahu could use the upcoming Knesset recess for talks

By Editors Desk

Protesters block the traffic on a highway crossing Tel Aviv on Monday. (Oded Balilty/AP)

July 24, 2023

Middle East

Israel protests ahead of judicial reforms, explained

Air Force pilots and Israel’s biggest trade union threatened strikes over the legislation.

By Editors Desk

Protests continue against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial judicial reform plan. Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

July 22, 2023

Middle East

Netanyahu to undergo heart surgery

The Israeli PM said he will be fitted with a pacemaker

By Editors Desk

April 07, 2023

Middle East

Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack

The Israeli military has carried out air strikes on targets belonging to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

By Editors Desk

EPA / A child inspects a small bridge that was destroyed near the southern Lebanese village of al-Qulaila

March 28, 2023

Middle East

Biden: Israel can’t continue this way, no Netanyahu White House invite

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not visited the White House since taking his post in December 2022.

By Editors Desk

March 28, 2023

Middle East

Israeli crisis continues as fired minister apparently refuses to quit

Questions raised over Benjamin Netanyahu’s control over coalition as he makes concessions to far right

By Editors Desk

Israeli security forces use water cannon to disperse protesters in Tel Aviv on Monday. Photograph: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP/Getty Images

February 13, 2023

Middle East

Netanyahu Advances Overhaul of Top Israeli Court, Drawing Thousands of Protesters

Workers went on a general strike Monday and crowds rallied outside Parliament

By Editors Desk

Israelis protested outside Parliament in Jerusalem against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system. PHOTO: OHAD ZWIGENBERG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

December 29, 2022

Middle East

Netanyahu's new government: Historic victory or final defeat? -analysis

Will Netanyahu continue to make history, or will his ultra-right-wing government create the domestic chaos that will spell his ultimate downfall?

By Editors Desk

December 29, 2022

Middle East

Netanyahu poised to return to power in Israel as head of far-right coalition

srael's hawkish veteran Benjamin Netanyahu was set to return to power Thursday after a stint in opposition, heading what analysts call the most right-wing government in the country's history.

By Editors Desk

The leader of Israel’s Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, makes a declaration after Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, asked him to form a government, Jerusalem, Sunday, November 13, 2022. © Maya Alleruzzo, AP

December 22, 2022

World

Putin calls Netanyahu as Zelensky visits Washington

Netanyahu told Putin "he hopes a way will be found quickly to end the war [with Ukraine] and the suffering caused by it."

By Editors Desk

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia September 12, 2019. (credit: REUTERS/SHAMIL ZHUMATOV)

December 22, 2022

Middle East

Israel's Netanyahu forms right-wing coalition government

Designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Wednesday that he has successfully formed a new coalition, setting the stage for him to return to power as head of the most right-wing Israeli government ever.

By Editors Desk

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu informs President Isaac Herzog that he has managed to form a government, in a phone call shortly before a midnight deadline, December 21, 2022 (Likud spokesperson)

November 25, 2022

Middle East

Netanyahu's discovering it's not easy to form a government - opinion

EDITOR'S NOTES: Israel is still a democratic country, but with the balance between the separation of powers changing, the character of the state is also changing.

By Editors Desk

LEADERS OF the new Knesset’s parties. Making a government is not as easy as it seems (photo credit: Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

November 03, 2022

Middle East

Benjamin Netanyahu Wins Another Shot at Leading Israel as Lapid Concedes

Election results show that former prime minister and his allies have secured parliamentary majority

By Editors Desk

Benjamin Netanyahu, center, is likely to form one of the most right-wing and religious governing coalitions in Israel’s history. PHOTO: JINI/ZUMA PRESS

November 03, 2022

Middle East

Israel voted for Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir. Let them govern - editorial

This is just acknowledging that in a democracy, the will of the people should be respected, and the election results have made this country’s wishes known unequivocally.

By Editors Desk

November 02, 2022

Middle East

Netanyahu holds lead to win election, as almost all of votes counted

Bibi's bloc projected to win 62 seats • Meretz, Balad teetering threshold • Lapid calls for patience

By Editors Desk

(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

October 19, 2022

Russia-Ukraine War

Gantz: Israel will not supply weapons to Ukraine

Gantz made the comments in a briefing to EU member-state Ambassadors in Israel.

By Editors Desk

Defense Minister Benny Gantz addresses EU member-state Ambassadors in Israel, October 19, 2022 (photo credit: ARIEL HERMONI/DEFENSE MINISTRY) Advertisement

August 28, 2022

Middle East

Israeli strike destroyed over 1,000 Iran-made missiles in Syria - SOHR

A targeted warehouse, located within the SSRC, reportedly stored thousands of missiles assembled under the supervision of IRGC "expert officers."

By Editors Desk

July 15, 2022

Middle East

Saudi Arabia ends Israel ban by opening its airspace to all carriers

Saudi Arabia announced Friday it was lifting restrictions on "all carriers" using its airspace, an apparent gesture of openness towards Israel ahead of US President Joe Biden's arrival.

By Editors Desk

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, left, looks on as President Joe Biden gives a fist bump to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid during an arrival ceremony after arriving at Ben Gurion Airport, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Tel Aviv.

July 14, 2022

Middle East

Lapid to Biden: Put a credible military threat to Iran on the table

The United States affirms a military threat to Iran in the Jerusalem Declaration.

By Editors Desk

US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid meet on the second day of Biden's visit (photo credit: KOBI GIDEON/GPO)

June 20, 2022

Middle East

What are Naftali Bennett’s political options after he leaves PMO?

There are some in his inner circle who believe there is a strong chance that he will retire from politics, but other options exist.

By Editors Desk

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett poses for a picture at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 26, 2022. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)