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Netanyahu best suited as next prime minister, likely to form new government, new poll suggests

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "best suited" to serve as prime minister, according to a poll released on...

Bye-bye Bibi: May it happen speedily and in our times

In a profanity-filled telephone conversation last September, according to New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their...

The JD Vance foreign policy test ride is a disaster

Whether he succeeds in getting a “peace” agreement with Iran or not, the vice president’s attempt at appeasement isn’t...

‘Without me, there would be no Israel,’ Trump says at G7

Amid extensive controversy and speculation about the contents of a memorandum of understanding with the Iranian regime, which U.S....

Blundering

This past week has been characterised by a widespread outbreak of blundering among politicians and officials. In Israel, election fever...

Why is Ben Gvir still in the government?

The scene, captured in a video posted on social media by the unabashedly fascist Israeli Minister of National Security,...

Calls for early elections intensify after Haredi leadership rejects Netanyahu coalition

On Wednesday Rabbi Dov Lando, the senior spiritual leader of the Haredi United Torah Judaism party’s Degel HaTorah faction,...

IDF hits more than 85 Hezbollah targets across Lebanon

Over the past 24 hours the Israel Defense Forces attacked more than 85 targets in Lebanon belonging to Hezbollah,...

Jewish leaders condemn Australia’s recognition of Palestine as ‘dangerous and premature’

Jewish community organisations have sharply criticised the Albanese government’s decision to recognise the State of Palestine at the United...

Religious party quits Netanyahu government over army exemptions

Israel’s United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party announced it is leaving both the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling...

Biden urges immediate ceasefire in call with Netanyahu

US President Joe Biden has spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House says, as US officials...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...