President Donald Trump’s abandonment of the United States’ Kurdish allies to a Turkish military onslaught is giving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu second thoughts about the reliability of his friend in the White House.
Read moreProsecutors began a pre-indictment hearing for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, opening a critical stage in a lengthy legal saga that threatens to end his career and has paralyzed the country’s political system.
Read morePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attorneys met Wednesday with Israel’s attorney general and other top law enforcement officials in Netanyahu’s long-awaited pre-indictment hearing on a series of corruption scandals.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took to the world stage Thursday to slam the United States for “depriving the peace process of any credibility” and undermining prospects for a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Read moreIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday began trying to cobble together a coalition government amid political deadlock that emerged from this month’s repeat elections, which had no clear winner.
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Israel, one of the pioneers of drone warfare, is on the front lines of an arms race to protect against attacks by unmanned aircraft.
Read moreIsrael’s president met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main opponent Benny Gantz together on Monday as he pressures their two parties to form a unity government after last week’s election.
Read moreThe Arab bloc in Israel’s parliament broke with tradition Sunday and endorsed Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz for prime minister, giving the former military chief an edge for the job over incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israelis were contending with the prospect of a third election on Thursday, two days after an unprecedented repeat election left the country’s two main political parties deadlocked, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his rivals holding a clear path to a coalition government.
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Though he appears to have come in second in the race for Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said he will seek the formation of a coalition “Zionist” government that excludes Arab parties.
Read moreIsrael’s two main political parties were deadlocked Wednesday after an unprecedented repeat election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to hold on to his job.
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Israelis vote Tuesday in an unprecedented repeat election that will decide whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power despite a looming indictment on corruption charges.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit declined to revisit its conclusion that former Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak is immune from civil liability for ordering a deadly raid in the Mediterranean Sea, denying a petition to rehear the case brought by the family of a raid victim.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to annex the heart of the West Bank if he wins re-election next week could inflame the Middle East and extinguish any remaining Palestinian hope of establishing a separate state.
Read moreThe Israeli army said Monday that one of its drones “fell” in Lebanon, without denying Hezbollah claims that it shot the aircraft down.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most ancient and well-preserved religious materials known, and researchers announced Friday their discovery of how the documents managed to survive thousands of years.
Read morePresident Donald Trump said Thursday that the official tasked with developing a peace plan for Israel is leaving the administration to pursue work in the private sector.
Read moreThe International Criminal Court prosecutor in The Hague on Monday was directed to reconsider her decision to not pursue charges in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla case.
Read moreIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned Lebanon, Hezbollah’s chief and the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force to “be careful” with their words and actions.
Read moreThe Israeli air force struck in Syria to prevent an Iranian force from launching an attack on the Jewish state with drones armed with explosives, the army said Saturday.
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