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Gantz’s Calls for Unity against Netanyahu Rejected

January 13, 2021

Most Israeli parties have declared their refusal to unite or merge with the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) alliance chaired by Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, local media reported yesterday. “I am […]

If Elections are Held Today: New Poll Predicts Rise of Right, Demise of Center in Israel

January 9, 2021

According to a public opinion poll, released by Israel’s Channel 13 on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, the Likud, is exhibiting strength ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections scheduled for March.  The elections will […]

Report: Netanyahu Canvasses for Arab Votes in Election Campaign

January 4, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been canvassing Arab citizens in Israel for their votes in the upcoming general election, Quds Press reported on Sunday. Netanyahu is also the leader of the Likud Party. According […]

Israeli Government on the Verge of Collapse as Budget Deadline Looms with No Deal

December 22, 2020

Talks between Israel’s Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) with Likud parties broke down yesterday evening after the former backtracked from agreements related to putting off passing the budget bill and avoiding the fourth election in […]

New Israeli Political Party Splits from Ruling Likud

December 18, 2020

A new political party was officially announced in Israel on Thursday by Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar who split from the ruling Likud party headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Anadolu Agency reports. The Israeli state-owned […]

Thousands of Israelis Take Part in anti-Netanyahu Protests as Israel Moves toward Early Election (VIDEO)

December 6, 2020

Several thousand protesters in Jerusalem gathered on Saturday outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding his resignation as Israel moves toward an early election. The protesters have been gathering weekly for the […]

Report: Netanyahu Planning for New Elections

November 27, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held a series of meetings with members of his Likud party to hold internal elections in preparation for holding general elections, Israeli media reported. Sources said Netanyahu confirmed during […]

‘My Friends Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’: Netanyahu Speaks of His ‘Warm Relationship’ with US Democrats

November 11, 2020

For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the election victory of US Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden and his vice president, Kamala Harris will not make any difference as far as the United States government’s strong […]

Israeli MKs Propose Bill to Revoke Arab Prisoners’ Citizenship if They Receive PA Aid

October 29, 2020

Members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, have proposed a bill that would revoke Israeli citizenship for Arab prisoners who receive financial aid from the Palestinian Authority, Anadolu Agency has reported. While Palestinian Arabs who live […]

Israel Calls for Banning Film Documenting Its Crimes in Jenin (VIDEO)

October 28, 2020

An Israeli Knesset committee has called for banning a film documenting Israel’s siege on the occupied Palestinian West Bank city of Jenin in 2002 and the crimes carried out against its residents, Quds Press reported […]

Israeli Knesset Approves Israel Deal with UAE

October 16, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli parliamentarians on Thursday that the Israeli normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has “no secret annexes or hidden clauses” before the Knesset overwhelmingly approved the deal, […]

Israeli MK Calls for Long-term Military Aggression against Gaza (VIDEO)

August 21, 2020

The Chairman of the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, MK Avi Dichter of the Likud Party, has called for a long military aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip. “We must prepare for it […]

Knesset Rejects Bill Preventing Netanyahu from Heading Government

August 13, 2020

Israeli Knesset (parliament) rejected a bill on Wednesday which would prevent its members indicted on criminal charges from forming a government, the Times of Israel has reported. The bill, which was introduced by opposition leader Yair […]

Former Israel MK Declares Lebanon Blast as ‘Gift from God’

August 5, 2020

Former Israeli Member of the Knesset Moshe Feiglin gleefully hailed yesterday’s devastating explosion in Beirut as a “gift” from God in time for the Jewish festival Tu B’Av. Feiglin posted on Facebook that he thanked […]

Israel’s Unity Government Fails to Agree on Budget

August 4, 2020

Israel’s unity government has been unable to reach an agreement to approve the state budget. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at loggerheads with Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz of the Blue and White Party with […]

Israeli Knesset Rejects Amendment to Guarantee Equality in Nation-State Law

July 30, 2020

Israeli Knesset yesterday rejected an amendment to the racist Nation-State Law to include a clause guaranteeing the equality of all citizens, Arab48 reported. The bill, which was proposed by the Yesh Atid-Telem party, saw the […]

Israeli Lawmaker Invokes Nation-State Law to Prevent Palestinian Family Unification

June 3, 2020

Chairman of the Israeli Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Zvi Hauser, on Monday invoked the controversial 2018 Jewish Nation-State Law to prevent Palestinians from moving to Israel to be united with their families, Haaretz newspaper […]

Netanyahu Inaugurates Unity Government with Renewed Pledge to West Bank Annexation

May 17, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday presented his unity government before parliament, putting an end to more than a year of political paralysis with a renewed pledge to annex large swathes of the occupied […]

A Machiavellian Fiasco: How ‘Centrist’ Gantz Resurrected Netanyahu, Israel’s Right

April 22, 2020

It was intended to be a Machiavellian move, but the decision by Benny Gantz, leader of Israel’s Kahol Lavan (Blue and White) coalition, to join a Benjamin Netanyahu-led government is likely to destabilize the political […]

Rivlin Tasks Israeli Parliament with Forming Unity Government after Netanyahu, Gantz Fail to Agree

April 16, 2020

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday tasked Israeli parliament with forming a government after its centrist speaker Benny Gantz failed to reach a unity deal with right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gantz had run on […]

Gantz Says Unity Government Won’t Come at ‘Any Cost’

April 9, 2020

The head of Israel’s Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) alliance, Benny Gantz, said on Tuesday that he is still willing to form a “national emergency government” with the Likud party led by Benjamin Netanyahu, but “not […]

Netanyahu to Form ‘Emergency Unity Government’ with Gantz amid Coronavirus Outbreak

March 30, 2020

Israeli politics has been thrown into even more turmoil with former General Benny Gantz’s decision to leave the Blue and White bloc to join Benjamin Netanyahu in what has been called a “coronavirus government”. The […]

Gantz Betrays Allies, Expected to Join Netanyahu in Unity Government

March 26, 2020

Head of Israel’s Blue and White party, Benny Gantz became the country’s new Speaker of the Knesset (Parliament) on Thursday, as Israel teetered on the brink of a constitutional crisis following the abrupt resignation of […]

Knesset Speaker Resigns, Israel’s Constitutional Crisis Deepens (VIDEO)

March 25, 2020

Israel’s constitutional crisis deepened today as Knesset (parliament) speaker, Yuli Edelstein abruptly quit his post. Edelstein, an ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had refused to hold a vote on a new government that […]

Israeli FM Katz: Arab MKs are ‘Terrorists Wearing Suits’

March 10, 2020

Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz described Israeli Arab members of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) as “terrorists wearing suits”. Speaking to Israeli radio station Makan about the possibility that the Joint List – an Arab dominated bloc […]

Adalah: Israel Fails to Provide Real-time Coronavirus Updates in Arabic for Palestinian Citizens

March 10, 2020

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel sent an urgent letter to Israeli Health Ministry officials on Sunday demanding that the ministry provide real-time coronavirus-related updates and information also in Arabic. Adalah and […]

Gantz Accuses Netanyahu of Failure in Gaza, Storms out of Knesset

February 10, 2020

Leader of Blue and White party and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main opponent in the forthcoming elections in March, Benny Gantz, accused the government of failing to stop Palestinian rockets launched from the besieged […]

Netanyahu to Seek Immunity for Corruption Cases (VIDEOS)

January 2, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he would seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases he faces, a move that could delay criminal proceedings against him for months. Netanyahu was indicted in […]

Israeli Public Rejects Netanyahu Immunity, Poll Shows

December 31, 2019

The majority of Israelis reject granting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity in several corruption cases for which he was recently indicted, a poll conducted by Israel’s TV Channel 12 reveals.  According to the poll, which […]

Israel’s Supreme Court Hears Case on Netanyahu’s Political Future

December 31, 2019

Israel‘s Supreme Court has convened to hear a petition on whether an indicted member of parliament can form a new government, a key test case for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to see if he can prolong […]

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