Israel’s Likud just made the Democratic Party look almost competent by comparison. According to Haaretz, Likud, the party of embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accidentally uploaded a complete register of Israelis registered to vote (a massive chunk of the population), including their full names, identity numbers, addresses as well as other revealing information like […]
Not So Fast: U.S. Orders Netanyahu to Delay Annexation of West Bank Land…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced on Sunday to backtrack on plans for a rapid annexation of occupied West Bank land after an unprecedented warning from the US that he was moving too quickly. Under pressure from far-right extreme nationalists in his coalition government, Netanyahu had pledged quick “application of Israeli law” to illegal […]
Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli Report…
Deconstructing the Deal: A Breakdown of Trump’s Plan…
Middle East Eye deconstructs the 181-page plan here to give you a broad sense of what it proposes along with lingering questions over exactly how it plans to attain those aims. We’ll be adding to this as we scour the deal. After a two-year wait for Donald Trump’s Middle East plan to address the Israel-Palestine […]
Netanyahu’s Immunity Bid Is an Act of Desperation…
Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration Wednesday night that he is seeking parliamentary immunity from prosecution was unprecedented and hugely dramatic. For the first time in Israel’s history, a prime minister now aims to persuade his Knesset colleagues to allow him to avoid being tried for corruption. And until they have made their decision, which could be months […]
Israel’s Longest Serving Prime Minister Under Indictment…
The son of a Jewish historian, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu often portrays himself — and his country — in historical terms. He laces his speeches with references to Jewish history, tales of Jewish heroism and warnings that sinister enemies lurk around every corner. The main target of his diatribes, Iran, is often compared to biblical […]
Netanyahu Tells President He Can’t Form Government; Now it’s Gantz’s Turn to Try…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening announced he had failed to muster a coalition after almost four weeks of effort, and therefore returned the mandate to form a government to President Reuven Rivlin. Netanyahu’s 28-day deadline for building a government was due to expire on Wednesday. Rivlin is now expected, probably on Tuesday morning, […]
Gantz’s Blue and White Party Shelves Unity Government Talks with Netanyahu…
The Blue and White Party, headed by former Israeli army chief Benny Gantz, called off negotiations on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party to discuss the prospect of a unity government, according to reports. Gantz’s party, also known as Kahol Lavan, said that prior conditions had not been met for the negotiations. […]
Israel’s President Gives Netanyahu 42 Days to Form Country’s Next Government…
It looks like he’s held on after last week’s deadlocked election, prior rumors of his political death notwithstanding. Longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been tapped by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday to form a new government. The longest serving prime minister in Israel’s history has now been given 42 days to form the […]
An Explainer of the Israeli Elections…
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