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Israel has authorized the construction of three more settler outposts in the occupied West Bank despite US warnings that any such approvals can jeopardize the viability of a two-state solution with Palestinians and normalization efforts with Saudi Arabia. The far-right cabinet of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday …

Top lawmakers from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party have backed the regime’s minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant’s call to halt the controversial judicial overhaul, fearing that the parliamentary majority could be eroded. On Sunday, Yuli Edelstein, a Likud lawmaker who chairs the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs Committee, called …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly instructed his cabinet ministers to avoid traveling to the United States and meeting American officials unless he receives an invite to meet with US President Joe Biden at the White House. “As long as I don’t visit there, nobody does,” an unnamed source …

The reservists are angry at PM Netanyahu’s attempts to change the Israeli judiciary, in what they see as an anti-democratic move. Dozens of Israeli air force reservists have said they will not turn up for a training day in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial changes. As Israel’s …

Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the legal system in the country, as the government pressed on with the proposed changes despite the mass opposition. Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul …

Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians during a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, as tensions continue to escalate across the occupied territories. Palestinian media outlets reported that Israeli military forces stormed the camp on Thursday morning, triggering violent confrontations with local residents. The …

Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, the most right-wing in the Israeli regime’s history, is facing opposition even from regime officials in the occupied Palestinian territories who hold fascist views, according to a political commentator. Sa’d Nimr, professor of political science at Birzeit University, made these remarks in an interview aired on Thursday. …

Israeli news website i24NEWS quotes the Saudi FM as saying that “the direction of Saudi-Israeli relations is normalization.” Senior diplomatic officials said the normalization process between Saudi Arabia and the Israeli occupation is a matter of time, the Israeli news website i24NEWS reported on Tuesday, citing an official document it …

Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year tenure as prime minister comes to an end as 60 MKs vote for the new government. Israel’s parliament has voted to end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year-long tenure as prime minister, approving in his stead an administration that has pledged to heal a nation bitterly divided over the …

Opponents of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the prospective new administration have announced that there will not be a freeze in construction of illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian territories, despite international outcry over the Tel Aviv regime’s land expropriation policies. David Elhayani, who heads the Jordan Valley Regional Council …

Media reports say opposition leader Yair Lapid close to establishing a coalition that would end Netanyahu’s 12-year reign as prime minister. Israel was gripped by the political drama on Sunday over the possible imminent end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record run as the country’s leader. After four inconclusive parliamentary …

Bahrain and Oman could be the next Gulf countries to follow the United Arab Emirates in formalising ties with Israel, Israel’s intelligence minister said on Sunday. Israel and the UAE announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic relations, reshaping Middle East politics from the Palestinian issue to the fight …

Hundreds of Israelis protested outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in al-Quds on Saturday (August 15), over corruption allegations and his handling of the Coronavirus crisis, with lower turn-up this weekend as opposed to previous ones. “Crime minister,” read most of the banners carried, as protesters waved Israeli flags and …

After years of informal normalisation, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has finally reached a formal “peace agreement” with Israel that paves the way for a strategic relationship between the two countries under the auspices of the Trump Administration. The agreement rewards US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival, Benny Gantz, agreed to form an “emergency” government in May after three bitter and deadlocked election campaigns, the goal was to stabilize Israeli politics in the face of a global pandemic. But less than 100 days later, their fractious coalition government could …

Thousands of Israelis rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Saturday as anger mounted over corruption allegations and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. “Your time is up”, read the giant letters projected onto a building at the protest site, as demonstrators waved Israeli flags and called …

Yair Netanyahu tweeted the addresses and phone numbers of three men who led protests against his father’s administration. All three said they later received death threats. An Israeli court on Sunday ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s older son to stop harassing three people helping to lead protests against his father’s …

Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday and thronged the streets of central Jerusalem, as weeks of protests against the Israeli leader appeared to be gaining steam. The demonstration in central Jerusalem, along with smaller gatherings in Tel Aviv, near Netanyahu’s beach …

Dozens of protesters opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were arrested in Israel late Thursday and early Friday as they clashed with police. Protesters have been holding demonstrations for weeks, calling for Netanyahu to resign over corruption charges and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. At least 55 people were arrested …

Corruption charges against the hardline prime minister, and the handling of coronavirus, have fuelled more protests in Israel. Israeli protests have continued to increase in size and intensity against the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. This time around, more young protesters appear to have joined demonstrations as distaste for …