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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the funeral of former Israeli minister of Defense and minister of Foreign Affairs, Moshe Arens, at Savyon Cemetery, on January 8, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

‘Dramatic announcement’ keeps Netanyahu’s legal woes atop election cycle

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In a prime-time televised address on Monday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placed looming corruption charges against him at the center of the current election cycle, ahead of issues relating to security or...
Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to a press conference at the Kirya government headquarters in Tel Aviv on Dec. 4, 2018. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

In primetime address, Netanyahu dismissed accusations of corruption

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Billed ahead of time by his spokesperson as “something dramatic,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied the series of allegations that have been leveled against him, with Israeli police recommending last month that the prime minister...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive in Brazil. January 2, 2019. Photo by Avi Ohayon (GPO).

Ahead in polls, Netanyahu’s legal troubles provide main electoral challenge

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Israel’s Channel 10 News reports that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is likely to announce his intention to proceed with a pre-indictment hearing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the April 9 elections. That places...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the plenary session in the Knesset on Oct. 31, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

The left is trying to steal the election, declares Netanyahu

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticized the left and the media in a video message published on Thursday evening in which he said that they are “putting brute, inhumane pressure on the attorney...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro on an official state visit in Brazil, Dec. 28, 2018. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Netanyahu heralds ‘new era in relations between Israel and Brazil’

Anyone who wants additional proof that Israel is a rising world power should see the great admiration for Israel in Brazil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. Netanyahu arrived in Brazil last week...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the plenary session in the Knesset on Oct. 31, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Israeli prime minister asserts: ‘I will not resign, even if ‎indicted’ ‎

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told associates on ‎Wednesday that he has no intention of stepping down, ‎even if he faces a criminal indictment.‎ Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit is currently ‎reviewing police recommendations to file corruption...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the 2018 AIPAC policy conference. Credit: AIPAC.

2019 Israeli elections, ‘Case 4775’: The public trial of Netanyahu

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Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to win a record-tying fifth election on April 9, which would put him in position to become the longest-serving premier in Israeli history—longer even than founding...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Oct. 7, 2018. Credit: Alex Kolomoisky/POOL/Yediot Achronot.

Despite all the controversy, Netanyahu forecasts his re-election in 2019

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured his Likud Party on Monday that he will win re-election and therefore maintain the current governing coalition when elections take place in April. The Israeli leader confirmed on Monday that elections...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly Sunday cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Dec. 9, 2018. Credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Running the Jewish nation with a razor-thin majority

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Since Avigdor Lieberman’s resignation as Defense Minister and Yisrael Beytenu’s departure from the government in mid-November, the ruling coalition led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now has just 61 Knesset members out of...
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to a press conference at the Kirya government headquarters in Tel Aviv, on Dec. 4, 2018. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Despite new police recommendations to indict, Netanyahu has no intention or legal mandate to...

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When Israeli police issued a third recommendation to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for suspected bribery, opposition leaders increased their calls for Israel’s second longest-serving leader to resign. Yet all indications point to Netanyahu...