Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
Hard-line Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank’s Jordan Valley if re-elected
TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a deeply controversial pledge on Tuesday to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank...
Netanyahu tells Hezbollah’s Nasrallah to ‘calm down’ after drone incident
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday to “calm down” after Nasrallah said his movement was preparing...
Netanyahu secures election victory
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won the Israeli national election, securing a record fifth term in office despite running neck-and-neck with his challenger...
Israel votes with Netanyahu’s future at stake
Israelis voted on Tuesday in a high-stakes election that will decide whether to extend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long right-wing tenure despite corruption allegations...
Netanyahu says plans to annex settlements in West Bank if reelected
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he would annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins another term...
Netanyahu, Pompeo to meet Monday: Israeli PM’s office
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brussels later on Monday, the prime minister’s...
U-turn-cum-reconcilliation
It is not easy to escape the black hole of power
Prominent global leaders, who are praised for their vision and brought into power...
Netanyahu condemns killing of Saudi journalist but keeps focus on Iran
SOFIA/JERUSALEM: Israel on Friday condemned the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, but said cooperating with Riyadh against...
Netanyahu warns of plan to oust him
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jewish state's president and a former minister of conspiring to have him toppled, triggering charges of...
Our ‘rights are not up for bargaining’, says Palestinian president
NEW YORK: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Thursday that his people's rights "are not up for bargaining" and he accused the United States (US) of...
Erdogan, Natanyahu lash out at each other on Twitter
Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at each other on Twitter on Wednesday.
The round of trading insults went...
Natalie Portman explains why she is not attending the ‘Jewish Nobel’...
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood actress Natalie Portman has snubbed a prestigious prize known as the “Jewish Nobel,” saying she did not want her attendance to...
Netanyahu praises US strikes in Syria, warns about Iran
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coupled praise for US-led strikes on Syrian targets on Saturday with a warning that Iran’s presence there further endangers...
Saudi gives Air India overflight rights for its Israel routes: Netanyahu
WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Saudi Arabia had granted Air India permission to fly over its territory on its...
Netanyahu disappointed by Modi’s refusal to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
NEW DELHI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was “disappointed” by India’s refusal to back recognition of Jerusalem as his country’s capital...
India buys missiles from Israel ahead of Netanyahu’s visit
NEW DELHI: India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the defence ministry announced Tuesday ahead of a...
Israeli PM faces new questions in graft probe
JERUSALEM: Fraud squad detectives questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Jerusalem residence on Friday, the seventh time in a nearly year-long corruption...
