With Israel heading to its third straight election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to buy some much-needed time as he tries to fend off a slew of criminal corruption charges. But the embattled Israeli leader heads into the three-month campaign a shell of ...
Parliament vote puts Israel on verge of third election in under a year
Israel's parliament has passed its first reading of a bill to dissolve itself, putting the country on the verge of its third national election in under a year. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of the motion, which would set elections on March 2. It ...
Israeli parliament starts dissolving itself for third election
The Israeli parliament began voting to dissolve itself on Wednesday and pave the path to an unprecedented third election within a year. The preliminary vote passed without objections. Barring a nearly unfathomable about-face, three more measures are expected to pass and call a new ...
Israeli aircraft strike Hamas sites in Gaza after three rockets are fired from Palestinian enclave
Israeli aircraft bombed several militants' sites in Gaza early Sunday, hours after three rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave toward southern Israel. The military said in a statement the airstrikes targeted military camps and a naval base for Hamas, the Islamic militant group controlling ...
U.S. warship seizes suspected Iran missile parts set for Yemen
A Navy warship has seized a "significant cache" of suspected Iranian guided missile parts headed to rebels in Yemen, U.S. officials said Wednesday, marking the first time that such sophisticated components have been taken en route to the war there. The seizure from a small ...
After U.S. drops opposition, Israel plans new Jewish-only settlement in Hebron flash-point
Israel's defense minister announced plans to build a new Jewish-only settlement in the heart of a flash-point West Bank city on Sunday, weeks after the United States said it no longer considered such communities illegal. The move in Hebron in the southern West Bank sparked ...
Thousands rally in show of support for embattled Israeli leader
Thousands of people rallied in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday in what was intended to be a show of strength for the Israeli leader as he battles a corruption indictment and a possible rebellion within his own party. While the demonstration has ...
Netanyahu supporters silent following Israeli prime minister's indictment on corruption charges
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked to project business as usual Sunday as he returned to work following his indictment on corruption charges, but a wall of silence from his usually loyal Cabinet ministers could mean tough times ahead for the embattled Israeli leader. Netanyahu is ...
Iran planning attacks on Israel, Netanyahu says during Golan base visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of planning attacks against the Jewish state and said everything possible would be done to prevent them. The prime minister, who was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday and is seen to be battling for his ...
Israel's attorney general on Thursday formally charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption cases, throwing the country's paralyzed political system into further disarray and threatening the long-time leader's grip on power. Capping a three-year investigation, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit charged Netanyahu with ...
Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes in Syria; Damascus says two killed
Israel said its aircraft struck dozens of Iranian and Syrian military targets in Syria on Wednesday in retaliation for rockets fired toward Israel a day earlier. Syrian state media reported two civilians were killed and several others injured in the attacks, but said Syria's air ...
U.S. angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements
The Trump administration Monday softened the U.S. position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, reversing four decades of American policy and further undermining the effort to gain Palestinian statehood. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. is repudiating the 1978 State ...
