Min. Hanegbi: ‘Netanyahu here to stay’

Likud MK says the left needs to forget about replacing the Prime Minister, unity gov’t only alternative to partnership with Joint List. Hezki Baruch, 08/03/20 Minister of Agriculture Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud) addressed the political deadlock at the weekly government meeting today (Sunday) and called on the left to cease their efforts to get the Likud […]

Israel’s New Diplomatic Moment

Trump’s peace plan calls attention to Palestinian division and the collapse of the Arab political order. Jonathan Spyer March 3, 2020 6:50 pm ET Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared victory in Monday’s Israeli election, the third since April, following two inconclusive results. Although Mr. Netanyahu may be frustrated in his attempt to form a government, […]

Netanyahu Claims ‘Enormous Victory,’ Pledges to Form ‘Nationalist Government’

 by Benjamin Kerstein Confetti falls as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands next to his wife Sara after speaking to supporters following the announcement of exit polls in Israel’s election at his Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 3, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed an “enormous victory” in […]

Netanyahu, right-wing allies vow to form ‘strong national government’

PM agrees with party chiefs from his bloc to assemble new coalition as soon as possible, though exit polls say they’re one seat short of a majority TOI staffToday, 11:17 pm Shortly after exit polls showing an apparent Likud surge to 36 or 37 seats from its current 32 on Monday night, Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Netanyahu pledges ‘immediate’ annexation steps if reelected

In interview day before vote, PM says other priorities are signing defense treaty with US, lowering cost of living, and ‘eradicating the Iranian threat’ AFPTOI staffToday, 11:37 am A day ahead of Israel’s third election in a year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday that if reelected he would annex swaths of the West Bank […]

Netanyahu Threatens Gaza Terror Leaders: If Quiet Not Restored, ‘You Are Next in Line’

by Algemeiner Staff and Agencies     A rocket is fired toward Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 24, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa. Gaza terrorists on Monday fired rockets toward Israel, which responded with air strikes, in the second day of an escalation that ebbed but did not come to an end […]

Netanyahu hurrying to approve outposts as elections approach

PM Benjamin Netanyahu approved the supply of electricity to 12 developing settlements in Judea and Samaria ahead of the approaching election Eitan Divinsky, 23/02/20 Channel 12 reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the supply of electricity to 12 developing settlements in Judea and Samaria ahead of the approaching March 2 Knesset elections in which […]

Netanyahu calls emergency coronavirus meeting, says better to overprepare

  Netanyahu calls emergency coronavirus meeting, says better to overprepare February 23, 2020 Netanyahu convenes discussion on the Coronavirus (GPO/Amos Ben-Gershom) GPO/Amos Ben-Gershom Netanyahu calls emergency coronavirus meeting, says better to overprepare Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-calls-emergency-coronavirus-meeting-says-better-to-overprepare/ Email Print Netanyahu called the special meeting to discuss ongoing strategy in combating the contagion.  By World Israel News […]

Report: 1,000 new housing units in east Jerusalem set for approval in coming days

Green light of project in Givat Hamatos neighborhood comes after Netanyahu vowed new construction After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to build thousands of new homes in east Jerusalem, the Prime Minister’s Office is preparing to grant the green light for the construction of 1,000 new units in the neighborhood of Givat Hamatos, […]

The massive – but reversible – defeats of Iran and Turkey

With our attention focused on other things – Israel’s elections, the legal fraternity’s aggressive lawfare against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump’s peace plan, to name just a few – profound strategic shifts have upended the strategic balance in the Middle East. Israel’s two most formidable adversaries – Iran and Turkey – both came […]

Netanyahu says returning of soldiers’ remains ‘inseparable’ from agreement with Hamas

February 18, 2020, 07:41 AM Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 Speaking to Israel’s Army Radio, premier slams gag order hovering over Harpaz Affair Israeli incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Tuesday with Israel’s Army Radio, covering several topics ahead of the […]

Europeans See Opening to Replace US as Mideast Peace Brokers

Middle East observers often remark at the undisguised desire of the European nations to become more significant players in the Mideast peace process. Until now it has been a futile aspiration. But since the Palestinian Authority has initiated a boycott against American involvement in the search for peace, some pundits see a potential role for […]

New recordings resurface questions over Mandelblit’s role in Harpaz affair

Right-wing daily alleges decade-long anti-Netanyahu ‘conspiracy’ after report says AG, then the top army lawyer, helped then-IDF chief Ashkenazi hinder investigators in 2010 TOI staffToday, 10:12 am Recordings of phone calls from a decade ago released by Channel 13 news on Sunday night shed new light on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s uncomfortable position in the […]

‘We are preparing for a wide-ranging operation in Gaza,’ Netanyahu tells community leaders

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Flash90) Flash90 ‘We are preparing for a wide-ranging operation in Gaza,’ Netanyahu tells community leaders In a meeting with regional council heads, the prime minister said that Israel was “prepared for any scenario,” including “a wide-ranging operation.” By World Israel News Staff On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met […]