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Netanyahu and right wing fall short of majority for coalition

Netanyahu and right wing fall short of majority for coalition

Attention will now focus on President, Reuven Rivlin, who will choose the candidate he believes has the best chance of forming a stable coalition, but… Read More ›

Gantz, in morning-after comments, wishes Israel a ‘good unity government’

Gantz, in morning-after comments, wishes Israel a ‘good unity government’

Blue and White chairman says he hopes politics will ‘calm down a little bit’ after vote, as preliminary results show his party deadlocked with Netanyahu’s… Read More ›

Unconfirmed Election Results After 90% Counted: Virtual Tie

Unconfirmed Election Results After 90% Counted: Virtual Tie

  Jerusalem- Despite the fact that official results of the Israeli election have yet to be published since the votes have not yet been inserted… Read More ›

Dutch Court to Hold War Crimes Hearing Against Benny Gantz on Election Day

Dutch Court to Hold War Crimes Hearing Against Benny Gantz on Election Day

According to the principle of universal jurisdiction, some countries, especially in Europe, allow prosecution of foreign officials for war crimes if the local state refuses… Read More ›

Israel faces potential deadlock in neck-and-neck second election

Israel faces potential deadlock in neck-and-neck second election

A unity government between the two biggest parties may be the most reasonable way out of the gridlock, but Blue and White has vowed not… Read More ›

Analysis: IDF troops in Afghanistan? What a US-Israel mutual defense treaty could mean

Analysis: IDF troops in Afghanistan? What a US-Israel mutual defense treaty could mean

Netanyahu claims the pact he vows to advance after the election will guarantee Israel’s security ‘for generations.’ But successive Israeli governments have always rejected the… Read More ›

Iran will still exist the day after Israel’s elections

Iran will still exist the day after Israel’s elections

Opinion: The country’s leadership, whoever it ends up being, must ensure that it is not sidelined by the United States whether it enters into negotiations… Read More ›

Netanyahu: After Jordan Valley and settlements, I’ll annex other ‘vital areas’

Netanyahu: After Jordan Valley and settlements, I’ll annex other ‘vital areas’

Prime minister says all moves to be done in coordination with President Trump and argues, in election pitch, that he is only one capable of… Read More ›

More Talk on A.U.S.-Israeli Defense Treaty. But Where’s IDF Cheif Kochavi?

More Talk on A.U.S.-Israeli Defense Treaty. But Where’s IDF Cheif Kochavi?

The US is Israel’s strongest ally, giving the Jewish State over $3 billion a year in military aid and considers Israel a “major non-NATO ally.”… Read More ›

Netanyahu holds final cabinet meeting before vote in Jordan Valley

Netanyahu holds final cabinet meeting before vote in Jordan Valley

PM takes ministers out of Jerusalem to highlight pledge to annex parts of West Bank if he prevails in Tuesday elections, says Trump plan for… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel’s longest-serving premier fights for his future

Netanyahu: Israel’s longest-serving premier fights for his future

After more than a decade in power, ‘Mr. Security’ seeks to shore up enough right-wing support to continue his rule in Tuesday’s elections   AFP… Read More ›

Trump: ‘I Look Forward’ To Discussing Defense Pact With Netanyahu After Election

Trump: ‘I Look Forward’ To Discussing Defense Pact With Netanyahu After Election

  Washington- U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Saturday that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone earlier to… Read More ›

Polls Predict a Second Stalemate

Polls Predict a Second Stalemate

Likud to remain largest party   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party will emerge the largest in Tuesday’s election, a Smith Research poll taken for Maariv found on… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s dilemma over Trump’s slap in the face

Netanyahu’s dilemma over Trump’s slap in the face

Analysis: The apparent American shift in position on Iran and its nuclear aspirations, in the shape of a meeting between the two presidents and sanctions… Read More ›

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Have ‘No Choice’ But To Go To War With Gaza

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Have ‘No Choice’ But To Go To War With Gaza

  Jerusalem – Israel likely will have to go to war with Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu said. “There probably won’t be a choice but to launch… Read More ›

Is Netanyahu’s Annexation Talk Payback for Trump’s New Iran Policy?

Is Netanyahu’s Annexation Talk Payback for Trump’s New Iran Policy?

Bolton’s departure, coming on the heels of Trump’s comments about meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, is one more ominous sign for Netanyahu.   Would it… Read More ›

Facebook sanctions Netanyahu page over hate speech violation

Facebook sanctions Netanyahu page over hate speech violation

The social network says it had suspended the bot connected to the prime minister account for 24 hours after an inflammatory post, allegedly unauthorized, claiming… Read More ›

US believes Israel planted spy devices near White House — report

US believes Israel planted spy devices near White House — report

Netanyahu’s office denies report that Israel is surveilling Trump administration, says it’s a ‘blatant lie’; Washington refrains from rebuking Jerusalem on matter   The Trump… Read More ›

Shaked: Netanyahu will Form Govt. with Left-Wing, Gantz, If Yamina Too Small

Shaked: Netanyahu will Form Govt. with Left-Wing, Gantz, If Yamina Too Small

Shaked said that the central question of the election was whether or not Netanyahu “will form a left-wing government with Gantz and [Labor-Gesher leader] Amir… Read More ›

Netanyahu annexation pledge dims hopes for Palestinians

Netanyahu annexation pledge dims hopes for Palestinians

World leaders are denouncing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call to annex parts of the West Bank with claims it would be would be devastating… Read More ›