Israel’s Netanyahu, Gantz miss midnight deadline to form unity govt
Israel’s parliament speaker Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu missed a deadline to form a unity government on Thursday, prolonging the country’s unprecedented political crisis. The right-wing premier Netanyahu and centrist Gantz, Israel’s former army chief, have gone head-to-head in three stalemated elections over the past year. Following the most recent vote last month, […]
Israeli strikes kill 23 Syrian, foreign fighters in Syria
Israeli airstrikes killed 23 Syrian and foreign fighters in Syria Thursday, a monitor said, the latest in a spate of raids Israel has said targeted an Iranian presence on its doorstep. Israel has pledged to prevent its main enemy from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, where it is backing President Bashar al-Assad’s government alongside Russia […]
First Palestinian killed in protests against Trump peace plan
A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli troops on Wednesday in the West Bank city of Hebron, the first Palestinian killed in protests against US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan. The Israel army said troops responded to a “violent” rioter armed with a Molotov cocktail. Hebron, a traditional hotspot in the occupied […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu in Uganda to boost ties
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Uganda on Monday for a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni, on a trip to boost ties with the East African nation. Netanyahu arrived to a rainswept Entebbe airport accompanied by his wife, Sara, before heading to meet Museveni, an AFP photographer said.` Court sentences two men to death for armed […]
Israel braces for dramatic day with PM immunity vote
As Knesset meets to start proceedings, Netanyahu will be thousands of miles away in Washington with the US president, who will unveil his long-awaited peace plan Tuesday was shaping up to be a dramatic day for Israel with the start of Knesset proceedings on Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for immunity in his corruption probes. Meanwhile, the […]
World leaders arrive Jerusalem for World Holocaust Forum
Around 40 world leaders, on Wednesday, arrived in Jerusalem for the fifth World Holocaust Forum scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. Britain’s Prince Charles, the Presidents of Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Ukraine, the vice president of the U.S. as well as the kings of Spain and Belgium were among the participants in the two-day forum. The […]
