Tag: Netanyahu

Israel’s Arab list party pushes Gantz ahead of Netanyahu

Israel’s Arab-dominated Joint List party on Sunday backed Benny Gantz to form a new government, making Gantz’s bloc of supporters larger than that of...

Israel heads to new election after Netanyahu stumbles

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was confronted with one of the biggest defeats of his political career Thursday after failing to form...

Israel won’t let Iran get nuclear weaponry: Netanyahu

JERUSALEM: Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weaponry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, reiterating a long-held Israeli position after Tehran announced...

Netanyahu won’t move ‘even one’ settler for US peace plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has told US President Donald Trump that Israel would not remove “even one person” from a settlement...

Netanyahu says prepared for ‘comprehensive’ Gaza operation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday Israel is prepared for a widespread military campaign in Gaza as tensions simmered following the latest flare-up...

Rare rocket strike near Tel Aviv wounds Israelis, Netanyahu to return

TEL AVIV: A rocket from Gaza hit a house in a rare strike north of Tel Aviv on Monday, wounding seven Israelis and leading...

Merkel, Netanyahu seek to brush past differences for Israel talks

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday as they seek to publicly brush past their list...

Iran’s FM calls Netanyahu’s claims at UN an ‘obscene charge’

TEHRAN: Iran's foreign minister denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's allegations against Tehran at the UN General Assembly as an "obscene charge," the state-run...

Egypt’s Sisi urges peace talks restart at meeting with Israel’s Netanyahu

JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for a resumption of Israel-Palestinian peace talks when he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the...

Israel’s Netanyahu to meet Egypt’s Sisi in New York

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in...

Bolton and Netanyahu blast ‘wretched,’ ‘disastrous’ Iran deal

  US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on Monday bemoaned the “wretched” Iranian nuclear deal in his talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in...

Israeli minister confirms Netanyahu met Sisi over Gaza

JERUSALEM: Israel's finance minister confirmed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt in May to discuss...

Netanyahu hits back at Erdogan, says Turkey ‘becoming dictatorship’

JERUSALEM: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday Turkey was becoming a "dark dictatorship" as he hit back at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's...

Israel’s Netanyahu, Jordan’s Abdullah talk regional peace

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman on Monday to discuss ways to advance regional peace, Netanyahu's office...

Netanyahu praises Pompeo’s firm speech on Iran

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Pompeo had outlined a "very strong position" welcomed by Israel. Earlier Monday, Pompeo issued a steep list of...

Israeli ex-spymasters warn country is ‘critically ill’ under Netanyahu

JERUSALEM: Six former Israeli spymasters accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday of jeopardising the country’s future as it prepares to celebrate the 70th...

Thousands in Israel anti-graft demo after Netanyahu indictment call

Thousands of Israelis marched against corruption in Tel Aviv on Friday, in the first protest since police recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be...