Netanyahu hints at Israeli involvement in Iraq blasts targeting pro-Iran forces
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Thursday of possible Israeli involvement in attacks against Iranian-linked targets in Iraq. A series of blasts in the past few weeks have hit weapons depots and bases belonging to paramilitary groups in Iraq, many of them backed by ...
Go to Israel to see 'cruel reality of the occupation,' says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar
Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticized Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the Jewish state and called on fellow members of Congress to visit while they cannot. Omar, of Minnesota, suggested President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were ...
Israel bars entry to outspoken Muslim U.S. congresswomen on Trump's urging
Israel said Thursday that it will bar two Democratic congresswomen from entering the country ahead of a planned visit over their support for a Palestinian-led boycott movement, a decision announced shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted that it would "show great weakness" to allow ...
Israel advances plans for 2,300 settlement homes, further diminishing chance of two-state solution
Israel has advanced plans for more than 2,300 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a surge of such approvals since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, an NGO said Tuesday. A defense ministry planning committee issued the approvals while meeting over ...
Jared Kushner visits after Israel OKs 700 homes for Palestinians and 6,000 for settlers
Israel has given rare approval to Palestinian homes in the part of the occupied West Bank it fully controls while also backing a large settlement expansion, ahead of White House adviser Jared Kushner's key visit Wednesday. An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity Wednesday, ...
When travelers shop at dozens of duty free shops at airports worldwide, they may be paying for more than a bottle of vodka or box of chocolates. The Falic family of Florida, owners of the ubiquitous chain of Duty Free Americas shops, funds a generous ...
Palestinian leaders accused the Trump administration of punishing them with one hand and offering to reward them with the other, as protesters turned out in the West Bank and Gaza on Wednesday to demonstrate against a U.S. economic peace plan. At a U.S.-led conference in ...
Israel court convicts prime minister's wife of misusing public funds to buy catered meals
Under a plea bargain which saw her admit to lesser charges, an Israeli court on Sunday convicted the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fraudulently using state funds for meals. In a deal approved by Judge Avital Chen at Jerusalem Magistrates' Court, Sara Netanyahu ...
Netanyahu setback and remarks by Kushner and Pompeo dim hopes for U.S. Mideast peace plan
Already low hopes for a U.S. peace plan in the Middle East dimmed further Monday as President Donald Trump acknowledged widespread doubts and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, suggested Palestinians weren't ready to govern themselves. The Trump administration, which has staunchly supported Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to declare himself winner of last month's Israeli election, but he now has until Wednesday to appease an erstwhile ally, form a government and avoid a possible rematch. The man at the center of the crisis in Netanyahu's coalition-building, ...
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu struggles to form government amid rumors of new election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday embarked on what he termed a "final effort" to break a deadlock on forming a governing coalition ahead of a Wednesday deadline for a deal. In power for the past decade, Netanyahu has unexpectedly struggled to seal an agreement ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a site for a promised new settlement to be named after U.S. President Donald Trump had been chosen and formal approval was underway. "I promised that we would establish a community named after President Trump," Netanyahu said ...
