Tens of thousands of people again took to the street of Israeli cities on Saturday evening to protest against the right-wing religious government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They called for a more serious effort to negotiate the release of hostages held by the militant group Hamas. This Sunday will be exactly six months since […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, calling it a “terror channel” that spreads incitement, after parliament passed a law clearing the way for the closure. Netanyahu’s pledge escalated Israel’s long-running feud against Al Jazeera. It also threatened to heighten tensions with Qatar, which […]
Tens of thousands of Israelis again took to the streets on Sunday, protesting against the right-wing religious government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During angry protests near parliament in Jerusalem, demonstrators called for the government to resign and urged a fresh election and a quick deal to release the hostages held by the Islamist Palestinian […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A veteran Israeli minister who joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s emergency unity government after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack said on Monday he had resigned after not being included in the highest-level war cabinet. Gideon Saar joined the unity government along with several other members of the opposition to help manage the war on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday is hosting a member of Israel’s wartime Cabinet who is visiting Washington in defiance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Benny Gantz, a centrist political rival of Netanyahu, is sitting down with several senior Biden administration officials this week, including Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuked a top cabinet minister arriving in Washington on Sunday for talks with US officials, according to an Israeli official, signalling widening cracks within the country’s leadership nearly five months into its war with Hamas. The trip by Benny Gantz, a centrist political rival who joined Mr Netanyahu’s hardline government in […]
A top Israeli cabinet minister is heading to Washington for talks with US officials, sparking a rebuke from Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a sign of widening cracks in his wartime government nearly five months into the war with Hamas. The trip by Benny Gantz, a centrist political rival who joined Mr Netanyahu’s hard-line […]
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) suggested that both he and President Joe Biden feel that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership is not good for Israel. “I’ve talked to the president about this. And, of course, he is not going to be public with everything he says to Netanyahu,” Clyburn told CBS’ Robert Costa on “Face […]
Rep. Jim Clyburn said Sunday that President Joe Biden “feels about the way I feel” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “leadership is not good for Israel.” “I’ve talked to the president about this. And, of course, he is not going to be public with everything he says to Netanyahu,” Clyburn, D-S.C., told CBS’ “Face […]
Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu are barely speaking at this point. Biden called Netanyahu’s war in Gaza “over the top” last week. Meanwhile, the US Congress is on the cusp of approving another $14 billion in aid to Israel. Things are so bad between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Qatar on Wednesday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was obstructing mediation efforts in the Gaza war after a leaked recording allegedly captured him calling the Gulf state “problematic”. “We are appalled by the alleged remarks attributed to the Israeli Prime Minister in various media reports about Qatar’s mediation role,” Qatar’s foreign ministry […]
JERUSALEM, Israel—On a busy commercial street in southern Jerusalem, Asaf Eliyahu readjusts to civilian life after returning from Gaza just over a week ago. The soft-spoken florist, whose family kept his shop afloat during his long absence, served as a reservist in the 13th Battalion of the Golani Brigade—an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) infantry unit […]