Benjamin Netanyahu

Middle East 09/16/20, 03:06

According to the Oval Office, several Middle Eastern countries are expected to participate in a normalization deal the United States helped facilitate. The Trump administration predicts up to nine more Arab nations will join the new Israel Peace Agreement, which is hoped to be a significant step toward restoring peace and ...

World 12/27/19, 08:28

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consolidated his leadership of the conservative Likud party, defeating his former minister and opponent, Gideon Sa'ar, by a wide margin in the primaries. The final result of the internal vote, which had a 49 percent turnout, was that Netanyahu won 72.5 percent of the votes, compared ...

Asia & Pacific 12/26/19, 13:51

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a primary election for leadership of the ruling Likud party. Official results announced early Friday showed Netanyahu capturing 72% of the votes, compared with 28% for challenger Gideon Saar. Earlier, Netanyahu had declared a “huge victory.” A Likud party member sits by ...

Politics 12/25/19, 20:19

A rocket was fired on Wednesday, Dec. 25, from the Gaza strip and into southern Israel toward the city of Ashkelon, where Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was attending a campaign event. He was rushed offstage, and into a bomb shelter, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed at least one rocket had ...

World 09/12/19, 09:32

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran has been developing nuclear weapons at a secret facility near the Iranian city of Abadeh. In statements to the press, the Israeli leader said the information was obtained thanks to documents seized during a raid on a warehouse in Tehran last year, ...

U.S. 07/10/19, 07:01

An Israeli city, about 6 miles east of Tel Aviv, named a traffic roundabout after U.S. President Donald J. Trump to thank him for his support for the country. Mayor Rami Greenberg of Petah Tikva said his city—the oldest city in Israel—wanted to express its gratitude to President Trump for recognizing ...

Asia & Pacific 06/23/19, 05:17

The Latest on tensions between the U.S. and Iran and in the Persian Gulf (all times local): 1:30 p.m. U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Iran should not "mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness." Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday, Bolton said no one has granted ...

Politics 06/02/19, 19:59

President Donald Trump says Israel has got to "get their act together" after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was unable to form a new governing coalition and a second election was set for later this year. Saying the political situation in Israel is "all messed up," Trump adds, "We're not happy about ...

U.S. 05/30/19, 16:50

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, calling the embattled Israeli prime minister a "strong leader" on the governor's final day of a trade mission to Israel.The meeting came the day after Netanyahu failed to assemble a governing coalition , sending the country into a political crisis."I ...

Asia & Pacific 05/30/19, 06:36

Israel is in unchartered political territory after the newly elected parliament dissolved itself early on Thursday and set another election date, within six months of the previous one. Just 50 days after he seemed to have scored an impressive victory, cruising to re-election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conceded that he had ...

Asia & Pacific 05/30/19, 01:09

Israel faces an unprecedented snap election campaign — the second this year — after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition and dissolved parliament instead.Israel's newly elected Knesset dissolved itself early on Thursday and set a new election date for Sept. 17.It's a shocking setback from Netanyahu, ...

Asia & Pacific 05/29/19, 19:29

PM Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government after April's elections

World 05/29/19, 16:07

The Latest on Israel's political crisis (all times local):11:55 p.m.Israel's parliament has approved a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, taking another step toward early elections.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks in the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a deadline at ...

Asia & Pacific 05/29/19, 04:15

Israel's raucous political world was on edge Wednesday, counting down the hours to a midnight deadline to see whether a new government will be formed or whether, alternatively, there will be an unpresented second national election this year. Backchannel negotiations were continuing throughout the day to try and hammer out a ...

Asia & Pacific 05/28/19, 10:50

Embattled prime minister Netanyahu struggles to form government as deadline approaches

World 05/28/19, 06:24

Israel was in an unprecedented political impasse Tuesday as parliament pressed forward with legislation to dissolve itself in a high-stakes showdown that could lead to another snap election.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had appeared to have secured a fresh mandate to rule after last month's election, with a clear path to ...

Asia & Pacific 05/27/19, 13:13

Israel's parliament on Monday passed a preliminary motion to dissolve itself. The move further pushed the country toward an unprecedented political impasse, less than two months after elections seemed to promise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a new mandate. If the bill receives final passage in a vote scheduled Wednesday, Israel would ...

Europe 05/18/19, 15:23

The Latest on the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest (all times local):23:20Israel's prime minister has called the country's Eurovision representative to wish him luck in the contest.Tamta of Cyprus performs the song "Replay" during the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 18, ...

World 05/06/19, 13:06

The Israeli military lifted protective restrictions on residents in the south on Monday, while Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group reported a cease-fire deal had been reached to end the deadliest fighting between the two sides since a 2014 war.The escalation had killed 25 on the Gaza side, both militants and ...

Asia & Pacific 05/05/19, 19:40

Israel launches airstrikes in response to hundreds of Palestinian rocket attacks; 20 Palestinians and 4 Israelis dead