Population 10: Israel renames Golan settlement 'Trump Heights'
The Trump name graces apartment towers, hotels and golf courses. Now it is the namesake of a tiny Israeli settlement in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet convened in this hamlet Sunday to inaugurate a new settlement named after President Donald ...
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 ...
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to push the Trump administration's long-awaited plan for Mideast peace, just as Israel was thrust into the political tumult of an unprecedented second election in the ...
Israel heads to election as Netanyahu fails to form coalition
Israel's parliament voted to dissolve itself early Thursday, sending the country to an unprecedented second snap election this year as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition before a midnight deadline. The dramatic vote, less than two months after parliamentary elections, marked ...
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 ...
Israel's Gaza blockade under scrutiny after latest violence shows Hamas still potent force
For 12 years, Israel has maintained a blockade over the Gaza Strip, seeking to weaken the territory's militant Hamas rulers. And for 12 years, Hamas has remained firmly in power, developing a thriving homegrown weapons industry along the way. This weekend's violence, the worst in ...
Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with solemn ceremony as Netanyahu hit surge in anti-Semitism
Israel on Wednesday began commemorating its Holocaust Remembrance Day in honor of the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis, as leaders voiced concerns about a rising wave of anti-Semitism around the world. In emotional addresses to an opening ceremony at Israel's national Holocaust memorial, ...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he plans to name a new settlement in the occupied Golan after U.S. President Donald Trump in appreciation of his recognition of Israel's claim of sovereignty there. Netanyahu, who has been on a trip to the region with his ...
'Horrific,' 'cruel,' 'sad': World leaders react to Sri Lanka terror blasts
Religious and world leaders condemned a series of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed more than 200 people on Sunday, including dozens of foreigners — with British, Dutch and American citizens believed to be among them. Hospital sources also said Japanese citizens were among those ...
