Israel approves partial prisoner swap, temporary ceasefire with Hamas

The Israeli Cabinet has approved a partial Qatari-brokered prisoner swap and temporary ceasefire in the early hours of Wednesday morning, paving the way for the first Israeli hostages to return home possibly as soon as Thursday. Read more

Netanyahu takes hit in polls as crisis deepens

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suffered a hit in the polls over a judicial law his hard-right coalition has championed as he attempts to navigate his gravest domestic crisis. Read more

Netanyahu refutes claims his judicial reforms harm Israel’s democracy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected criticisms that his government is harming Israel’s democracy with the passage of its judicial reforms. Read more

Fitted with his new pacemaker, Netanyahu to attend Israel vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is “doing excellently” after an unscheduled pacemaker implant and planned to be in parliament for a judicial reform vote that has brought country-wide protests to a boil and stirred calls for compromise. Read more

Zelenskyy: Netanyahu didn’t take up my offer to visit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit but the latter didn’t take him up on the offer. Read more

Israel gives first nod to contested Supreme Court bill

Israel’s parliament has given initial approval to a bill that limits some Supreme Court power, part of a rebooted judicial overhaul by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has set off a deep political crisis. Read more

Tens of thousands contest judicial reforms in Israel

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets again in Israel to protest the government’s controversial judicial reform. Read more

Herzog pitches ‘people’s plan’ to resolve growing societal rift

Israeli President Isaac Herzog presented what he termed the “people’s plan,” referring to a compromise judicial-reform proposal that he developed, in a national address on Wednesday night. Read more

Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine can avoid humanitarian disaster

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine Liberation Organisation President Mahmoud Abbas need to break their silence and confirm or deny whether two of their senior officials have been discussing implementing the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution or alternative solutions in secret back channel meetings for the last two months. Read more

Fighter pilot removed from post as Israeli protests against judicial reform continue

During a day of nationwide protests against controversial judicial reforms, a reserve fighter pilot was suspended, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helicoptered to the airport to meet with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and then fly to Italy for a state visit. Read more

Hamas gunman wounds three in Tel Aviv attack

A Palestinian gunman has opened fire in Tel Aviv, wounding three people before being killed by police in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has labelled a “terror attack” amid rising unrest in the West Bank. Read more

IDF kills murderer of Yaniv brothers in Purim Day operation

Israel Defence Forces troops have killed the terrorist who 10 days ago shot dead at point-blank range brothers Hallel Menachem and Yagel Yaakov Yaniv near the Arab village of Huwara. Read more

Ehud Ya’ari: Israel in “one of the most serious crises that I can remember”

Pre-eminent Israeli political commentator and Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Fellow Ehud Ya’ari has addressed AIJAC supporters in Sydney, covering the current internal disputes raging within Israel over proposed judicial reforms. Read more

Netanyahu: ‘Freedom of protest is not a license to drag the country into anarchy’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a televised address on Wednesday evening, spoke out against the violent protests that roiled the country throughout the day, in some cases leading to clashes with police. Read more

Judge the Jewish rioters, but don’t rationalize Arab murderers

In terms of the amount of coverage it has received in the media, the most important event in the Middle East in the last week was a riot carried out by Jews that took place in the town of Huwara following a terrorist attack committed by Palestinian Arabs that took the lives of two young Jewish men. Read more

Israel’s parliament advances law for judicial overhaul

Israel’s parliament has voted to push ahead with a contested overhaul of the country’s judicial system championed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government that has sparked mass protests.  Read more

Netanyahu’s surprising pick for National Security Adviser is ominous message to Iran

Tzachi Hanegbi is about to become one of the most influential figures in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government after the Prime Minister appointed him to the position of National Security Adviser and head of the National Security Council (NSC). Read more

Netanyahu far-right government takes power

Already dogged by criticism at home and abroad, a new Israeli government is set to be sworn in – the final stroke in Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s political comeback. Read more

Netanyahu ‘to pursue Saudi ties’

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United States to reaffirm its commitment to Saudi Arabia and pledged to pursue formal Israeli ties with the Middle Eastern country for a “quantum leap” in peace, Al Arabiya English reports. Read more

Israeli exit polls point to Netanyahu win

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears well placed to return to power after exit polls following the election showed his right-wing bloc heading for a narrow majority lifted by a strong showing from his far-right allies. Read more

Netanyahu: New nuclear deal with Iran ‘paves with gold’ path to bomb

Israeli opposition leader and head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that the nuclear deal currently being negotiated with Tehran would “pave with gold” Iran’s path to nuclear weapons. Read more

Plea bargains should not be for prime ministers

It’s the sort of story that makes you wonder about who is doing the leaking and why. Read more

Netanyahu to face corruption charges in court

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend a Jerusalem court today to face corruption charges in three cases, becoming the first sitting prime minister in Israel’s history to be tried before a three-judge panel. Read more

Netanyahu rejects all charges, calls indictment ‘attempted coup’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a public statement on Thursday after Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit charged him with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, calling the indictment an “attempted coup against the prime minister.” Read more

Pre-indictment hearings on Netanyahu’s corruption cases begin

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearings before Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit regarding three corruption cases began Wednesday and will take place over four days. Read more

Netanyahu warns: ‘Iran taking a significant step toward producing nuclear weapons’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Iran’s announcement that it has officially breached the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and called on the European countries to take action. Read more

Netanyahu expresses regret over shot down Russians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to media on Russia-Israel relations at Ben-Gurion International Airport before leaving for the UN General Assembly in New York. Read more

Netanyahu in Vilnius

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have visited the Choral Synagogue and the National Library of Lithuania in Vilnius. Read more

Netanyahu to Putin: Iran needs to leave Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, just hours after Israel shot down a Syrian drone that had infiltrated Israeli airspace. Read more

Netanyahu addresses Iranian people in new YouTube video

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a new video to the Iranian people with a World Cup theme…and shows he control the ball! Read more

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