Tag: Netanyahu
Likud sweeps latest poll despite mounting corruption allegations
According to poll conducted last week, Netanyahu on easy path to win a fifth term should elections be called, with governing party projected a plurality of 34 seats in Knesset • Zionist Union, currently...
Was this Netanyahu’s last AIPAC stint as prime minister of Israel?
With a wobbly coalition threatening his political stability and under investigation for alleged corruption, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surely must have appreciated the opportunity to escape Israel and receive a warm welcome by...
Israeli judge, prosecutor scandal leads to judicial inquiry
The president of Israel’s Supreme Court announced the establishment of an official inquiry into the relationship between judges and law-enforcement officials, following the collusion of a judge with a state prosecutor in a case...
Police question Netanyahus under caution in graft case
Police investigators arrived at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem on Friday to question Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu under caution on suspicion that he bribed a telecom chief in exchange for positive media coverage.
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Judge, attorney purportedly discovered colluding in case against Netanyahu
A leaked text conversation between the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court judge overseeing an investigation against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the attorney representing investigators has sent shockwaves through the country, showing that the...
Prime Minister Netanyahu hails US Embassy move as ‘great moment’ for Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday hailed a recently announced U.S. plan to relocate the American Embassy in Israel from its current abode in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as early as May of this...
Amid host of corruption probes, Netanyahu’s Likud party continues to gain in polls
Amid a host of ongoing corruption investigations potentially implicating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his close associates, Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party continues to gain popularity, Israel’s Channel 13 reported Saturday.
Netanyahu is currently linked to multiple corruption...
Growing cloud of corruption allegations may steer Israel toward elections
As both ongoing and newly launched investigations involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continue to agitate the political sphere, it is becoming increasingly likely that he will announce early elections, and that his government will not complete...
Experts warn of ‘escalation’ between Israel and Russia over Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week did not appear to resolve the two countries’ differing objectives in Syria, and it remains unclear if the status-quo can continue.
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Israeli PM rejects German FM assertion that Israel seeks ‘two-state solution’
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu publicly rejected an assertion Wednesday by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel that Israel actively sought a “two-state solution.”
Following a meeting between the two leaders in Jerusalem, Gabriel stated that he...