JERUSALEM: Israelis are voting today (Tuesday) in their fifth election in less than four years, with the hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu campaigning for a comeback alongside far-right allies. The latest ballot follows the collapse of the so-called “change” coalition, which united eight disparate parties who succeeded in ousting Netanyahu last year after a record […]
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Israel’s parliament ends Netanyahu’s 12-year rule as ‘crime minister’
TEL AVIV: An alliance of Israeli parties on Sunday ousted Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, and formed a new government in a seismic shift in the country’s turbulent politics. Naftali Bennett, a right-wing nationalist and former tech millionaire, was to take over at the helm of the eight-party bloc, united only by their […]
Biden expresses support for Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’ in phone call with Netanyahu
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Saturday expressed his “strong support” to Israel in a phone call with Prime Minister Netanyahu, saying that Israel had the right to “defend itself” against Hamas and other groups in the country. The American president called Netanyahu and the Palestinian president, speaking to both as violence between Israel and […]
Is a post-Netanyahu Israel here and what to expect from it?
Last week, a man named Yair Lapid came under global spotlight for being tasked by Israel’s president with forming a new government in the country. For a country so long associated with one Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister of twelve consecutive years now, the news galvanized interest and attention. Against this backdrop, the prospect […]
Tehran denies responsibility as Netanyahu says Iran ‘clearly’ behind blast on Israeli-owned ship
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran on Monday for an explosion aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, an accusation rejected by Tehran. The vehicle-carrier MV Helios Ray was hit between Thursday night and Friday morning by a blast above the water line that a US official said ripped holes […]
Netanyahu bot gets Facebook ‘hate speech’ suspension
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party was found on Thursday to have violated Facebook’s hate-speech policy after a post from his account saying Arabs “want to destroy us all.” Israeli media reported that the post which said Israeli Arabs “want to destroy us all — women, children and men” appeared on Netanyahu’s […]
Netanyahu’s West Bank trajectory?
After Golan, PM Netanyahu is saddled with an idee fixe of annexing the West Bank. “I am going to extend [Israeli] sovereignty and I don’t distinguish between settlement blocs and the isolated settlements”, said Netanyahu, a few days earlier to the election. The stark reality is: illegal annexation is underway. The most devious and hoodwinking […]
Israelis go to polls in referendum on Netanyahu’s long reign
Israelis began voting in an election on Tuesday that could hand conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a record fifth term or see him dethroned by an ex-general who has pledged clean government and social cohesion. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. across the country and closed at 10 p.m. But the victor may not be […]
PM Khan Accuses Israel, India of ‘moral bankruptcy’, unlawful control of land for votes
PM Imran Khan on Tuesday lured what he depicted as the “moral bankruptcy” of Indian and Israeli political administration, blaming the officeholder parties for unlawfully involving the West Bank and Kashmir in resistance of global laws and “their very own constitutions” for votes as the two nations head to elections this week. “When leaders in […]
Palestinians denounce Netanyahu’s annexation pledge
Israel’s leader will face a “real problem” if he follows through with his election campaign promise to annex Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Palestinian foreign minister said Sunday. Riad Malki told The Associated Press on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Jordan that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge was likely […]