Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
After Gantz exit, Netanyahu disbands War Cabinet
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed members of his government of his intent to dissolve the War Cabinet set up after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
The premier told ministers on Sunday that the powerful...
Top Biden envoy meets with Netanyahu as conflict in north heats up
Amos Hochstein, deputy assistant to the U.S. president and senior adviser for energy and investment, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem on Monday as the Biden administration attempts...
What will be the impact of Gantz’s departure from the government?
Barring any unforeseen events, War Cabinet member and Minister-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz is expected to take his eight-member faction out of the Netanyahu government on Saturday night. With his departure, the national emergency government and...
Erdoğan urges Muslims to fight ‘bloodthirsty vampire’ Netanyahu
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “vampire who feeds on blood” and urged Muslims to act against the “threat” posed by the Jewish state.
“The world is watching...
Netanyahu: Israel has ‘no better friend’ than Sen. Lindsey Graham
The Jewish state has no truer friend than Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the visiting U.S. lawmaker during a tête-à-tête at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
“We have no better friend, and...
Netanyahu denies receiving advanced warning of Hamas onslaught
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) vigorously denied media reports on Thursday that Israel’s premier had received advanced warning from the Israel Defense Forces’ Military Intelligence Directorate of a possible attack by Hamas from the...
Equating Israel with Hamas isn’t the worst of the ICC’s turpitude
The only thing surprising about the decision by International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan on Monday was that it included Hamas, alongside Israel, as deserving of target. Otherwise, it shouldn’t have come as...
Netanyahu: Israel has ‘surprising’ plans for Hezbollah
The Israeli government is determined to restore security on the border with Lebanon and create the conditions that will allow displaced citizens to return to the north, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday.
“We have...
Don’t downplay the impact of the ICC indictment of Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic and American political opponents are not all cheering the decision of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to call for indictments of both the Israeli leader...
Israeli AG, state attorney reject ICC request to arrest Netanyahu, Gallant
Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Attorney Amit Aisman rejected as “without foundation” the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s request to the Hague court to issue arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and defense...