Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
‘Whoever harms Israel will pay a heavy price,’ Netanyahu says
Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists "are learning—and will learn the hard way—that whoever harms Israel will pay a very heavy price for it," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday after the Israeli Air Force...
Netanyahu testimony postponed due to ‘rare circumstances’
The judges in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted on Monday the premier’s request to postpone his testimony that was schedule to take place on the following day to Oct. 25, citing...
‘Very friendly’ Netanyahu-Trump call focused on Israeli victory, Gaza hostages, PM says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a "very friendly, warm and important" phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the need to complete Jerusalem's victory over Iranian-backed terror proxies and free the hostages held by...
Netanyahu testimony details clash with US over Iran, Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial, revealing stark disagreements with then-U.S. President Barack Obama over Iran's nuclear ambitions and regional influence as well as the...
Netanyahu to hostage families: Assad’s fall could facilitate deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told representatives of hostages' families groups on Sunday that the fall of the Assad regime, weakened by Israel's determined stand against Hezbollah and Hamas, could help advance a deal for...
Doha dives back in as Trump seeks ceasefire before Jan. 20
Doha is no longer sitting on the sidelines of the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, after suspending its involvement on Nov. 9, citing a lack of "good faith" on the interested parties' part.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's...
Israel faces an uncertain path in the wake of the ICC arrest warrants
For the past several months Israel has been fighting on multiple fronts, however, one of the war's most critical theaters has increasingly been not Lebanon or Gaza, but The Hague. Anti-Israel activists have been...
Khamenei: ICC should sentence Netanyahu to death
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Monday to issue a death sentence against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not an arrest warrant.
Speaking before a...
Netanyahu convenes closed-door meeting on Lebanon ceasefire talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a consultation on Sunday night with Defense Minister Israel Katz and other senior security officials to discuss the Lebanon ceasefire efforts, Hebrew media reported on Monday.
“We are close...
Israeli politicians condemn ICC warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant
Israeli politicians from across the political spectrum condemned the International Criminal Court’s decision on Thursday to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar...