Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
Last-ditch Netanyahu-Lieberman meeting ends with no breakthrough
A last-ditch effort by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday morning to form a broad unity government ended in failure. According to a Likud statement, “the meeting...
Netanyahu’s lawyers: ‘The attorney general is listening to us closely’
“The attorney general’s people are listening to us closely,” a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal defense team said on Thursday.
Speaking to the media going into the second day of Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing,...
Pre-indictment hearings begin in Israel, putting Netanyahu on the political sidelines for now
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing began on Wednesday after three years of investigation. Netanyahu, who did not attend the hearing, is seeking to convince Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and state prosecutors not...
Right-wing parties decide to stick together as unity talks flail
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday with leaders of parties from the right-wing bloc to discuss the future of negotiations to form a unity government after talks with Blue and White went...
As coalition talks fail, Netanyahu’s indictment hearings begin
As coalition negotiations appear to have failed, potentially leading Israel into an unprecedented third round of national elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared Wednesday for a pre-indictment hearing with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.
Netanyahu’s...
Netanyahu pre-indictment hearing begins, attorneys to present ‘new evidence’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearing began on Wednesday at the office of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Jerusalem.
Over the next four days, Netanyahu’s attorneys, Amit Hadad, Ram Caspi and Yossi Ashkenazi, will...
Netanyahu wants pre-trial hearing broadcast live
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for his pre-trial hearing next week to be broadcast live on Israeli television.
“After a three-year flood of tendentious, partial media leaks, the time has come for the...
Rivlin taps Netanyahu to form next government of Israel
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has nominated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next government.
In his address, Rivlin said that Netanyahu, who has the backing of 55 Knesset members, six short of a majority,...
Gantz spurns Netanyahu meeting, says he will lead unity government
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz rejected on Thursday afternoon Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s call to join a unity government under the Likud leader’s leadership, stating that he would be prime minister of a...
Netanyahu calls for immediate meeting with Gantz to discuss unity government
Following Tuesday’s deadlock election results, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Thursday morning to request a meeting “at any hour today” to discuss the possibility of...