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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at a rally on April 26, 2017.Credit: Office of Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Democratic senators introduce resolution denouncing Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation plan

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Five Democratic senators introduced a non-binding resolution on Thursday denouncing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign promise to annex parts of Judea and Samaria. Two of them, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), are running for the Democratic nomination...
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a ceremony at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Nov. 14, 2016. Photo by Flash90.

Attorney General rejects Netanyahu’s request for pre-indictment hearing delay

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Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will not give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an additional delay on the pre-indictment hearing in the three corruption cases against him, despite Netanyahu’s insistence that the hearing will...
PM Netanyahu Addresses the AIPAC 2019 Policy Conference

‘Left’ a nasty word for Netanyahu

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Dictionaries offer many meanings of the word “sinister.” They include: threatening, ominous, bad, evil, base and disastrous. Also: of or on the left side, left, which is the original meaning of the term. When...
From left: U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Special Envoy for Mideast peace negotiations Jason Greenblatt and Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu meets with Kushner and Greenblatt ahead of peace plan rollout

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Israel with White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt on Thursday ahead of next month’s...
The Plenum Hall at the Knesset, during a discussion to cancel the 2013 law limiting the number of ministers on May 20, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

A guide to the perplexed: What happens if Netanyahu fails to form a government?

Can Netanyahu form a government by Wednesday? If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to stay on as premiere, he has to get the Knesset’s approval for a newly formed government, in the form of a...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the Knesset on June 1, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

It’s time for Netanyahu’s coalition partners to start governing

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On April 9, the Israeli electorate made a clear choice: to empower Benjamin Netanyahu to remain Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu received more Knesset mandates than ever before, five more than in the previous election,...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, on June 22, 2018. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem/Flash90.

Kushner to visit Israel ahead of US Mideast peace proposal

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White House senior adviser and presidential son-in law Jared Kushner is expected to visit Israel next week ahead of the rollout of the Trump administration’s long-awaited peace proposal for the Israelis and Palestinians, reported...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (right) tasks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 17, 2019, with forming a government coalition. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Rivlin gives Netanyahu two more weeks to form coalition

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Following a request by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has agreed to grant Netanyahu two more weeks to form a coalition. Netanyahu will now have until May 29 to form a...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel – Gaza peace possible if Netanyahu wants it

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Benjamin Netanyahu has served as prime minister for the past 11 years, coinciding with Hamas’ rule over Gaza ever since it usurped power in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority after a brief violent confrontation...
PM Netanyahu addressing the Memorial Day opening ceremony. Photo: GPO/Kobi Gideon.

PM Netanyahu addresses the Memorial Day opening ceremony

Following is an excerpt from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks today (Tuesday, 7 May 2019), at the assembly for Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars at Yad Lebanim in Jerusalem: "The light of...