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Don’t downplay the impact of the ICC indictment of Netanyahu

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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...
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) discusses Iranian nuclear activities on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Feb. 1, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

Longtime Israel ally, Iran-nuclear deal foe Menendez being pushed to resign

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Sen. Robert “Bob” Menendez (D-N.J.), a longtime supporter of Israel and critic of the Iran nuclear deal, is facing widespread calls for his resignation following charges from the U.S. attorney’s office that he accepted...
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked attends the Jerusalem Post Conference, in Jerusalem, Oct. 12, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli interior minister opposes ‘anti-Netanyahu law’

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Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced on Wednesday that she opposes newly proposed legislation that would prevent those under indictment from serving as prime minister. “I don’t think that the attorney-general should determine who is...
Knesset member Hanin Zoabi at an Education Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, Jan. 17, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Former MK Hanin Zoabi to be indicted on fraud charges

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Israel’s attorney general announced on Tuesday that former Knesset member Hanin Zoabi of the Balad Party will be indicted on fraud charges. Zoabi is accused of forging documents submitted to the State Comptroller between 2013...
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a ceremony for outgoing State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan in Jerusalem, on Dec. 18, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Jerusalem court orders attorney general to produce authorization for PM probes

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In a decision that could have significant political ramifications, the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday ordered prosecutors to hand over Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s authorization for police investigations into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Prosecutors have...
Illustrative photo of the set-up of a rave on Moshav Hodaya. Credit: Israel Police.

In first, Israeli COVID-19 carrier indicted for attending rave, despite diagnosis

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Israel’s Southern District Attorney’s Office submitted an indictment on Monday to the Beersheva Magistrate’s Court against a confirmed coronavirus patient who violated his quarantine to attend a rave—an organized dance party at an outdoor...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a Likud Party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 25, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Transcript: Netanyahu’s exclusive post-arraignment ‘Channel 20’ interview

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In the wake of his arraignment at the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday afternoon and hours after conducting the first Cabinet meeting of the newly sworn-in government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud Party event in Lod, Israel, on Feb. 11, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Netanyahu’s trial to start just weeks after Israeli elections

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial will start on March 17, just two weeks after Israel holds its third election in less than a year, the country’s Justice Ministry announced on Tuesday. The Justice...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem on Jan. 1, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Did Netanyahu outmaneuver his political opponents by calling off immunity push?

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Shortly before the release on Tuesday of details on the Mideast peace plan by U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity on the three indictments...
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit holds a press conference at the Justice Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem, announcing his decision that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stand trial. Nov. 21, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Netanyahu formally indicted in three corruption cases

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Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit filed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment in Jerusalem on Tuesday, just hours after Netanyahu withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases against him. The indictment...