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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, on Jan. 23, 2020. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.

As Trump gets set to roll out his Mideast peace plan, Israelis debate timing...

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In an unprecedented political move, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main political challenger Benny Gantz are traveling to Washington to meet separately with U.S. President Donald Trump just prior to the...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Feb. 2, 2014. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu to resign from ministerial posts by Jan. 1

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday that he will resign from all of his ministerial posts by January. He currently holds the health, welfare, agriculture and Diaspora affairs portfolios. Three weeks ago, Israeli...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly Cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on Dec. 1, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Why Netanyahu is not planning to resign

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While Israel’s government remains in a period of unprecedented paralysis, embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains entrenched in his position despite being handed a series of criminal indictments that have been followed by calls...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting of the Right-wing parties bloc at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on November 20, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90

Facing legal uncertainty, can Netanyahu run for prime minister?

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With little political movement and less than two weeks remaining for the Knesset to decide on a prime minister, Israel appears poised to head for an unprecedented third election within one year. The biggest question...
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit holds a press conference at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem, announcing his decision that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stand trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three different corruption cases, dubbed by police Case 1000, Case 2000 and Case 4000. November 21, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/FLASH90

Mandelbit says Netanyahu can remain interim premier while under indictment

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Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not need to resign or take a leave of absence as interim prime minister due to the indictments against him. “There is no...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting of the right-wing parties bloc at the Knesset on Nov. 20, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Netanyahu says indictment an ‘attempted coup,’ vows to remain in office

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone on Thursday night, calling the corruption charges levied against him as an “attempted coup,” and that he vows to remain in office and fight the...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Feb. 2, 2014. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Mandelblit indicts Netanyahu on corruption charges

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Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced the decision on Thursday to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges including bribery, breach of trust and fraud. “In the prime minister’s affairs I found there...
Israelis demonstrate in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the house of Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Petach Tikvah on Nov. 18, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Dershowitz: Criticism of police and prosecution ‘perfectly appropriate’

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Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is expected to decide in the coming days whether or not to formally indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on multiple charges of breach of trust, following lengthy investigations...
Ofer Golan, Likud Party campaign manager and family spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Judge approves ‘surgical’ search of Netanyahu aides’ phones

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Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court Judge Ala Masarwa on Wednesday approved “measured” and “well-defined” searches of cell phones belonging to aides of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The decision came following a complaint by one...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Feb. 2, 2014. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Attorney for Netanyahu: What if the prime minister never received a bribe?

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This week, a recording of a conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the owner of Israel’s Yediot Achronot newspaper, Arnon Mozes, was released to the press. The clip, one of many recordings being used...