PM tells ministers small forum created to manage war will not reconvene, with decisions instead to be made in ad hoc ‘consultations’; far-right’s Ben Gvir had been lobbying to join…
Gantz Quits War Cabinet, Says Netanyahu Preventing ‘True Victory’ over Hamas, Urges Elections…
National Unity leader slams Netanyahu’s politicking and hesitation, vows to back hostage deal proposal and do the right thing ‘at any political cost’; coalition still has majority…
Massive Protests in Israel: Netanyahu Says He’s Delaying Judiciary Overhaul to Allow Dialogue, Vows Reform Will Happen…
PM says he’s pausing judicial revamp to avoid ‘civil war,’ asserts ‘extreme minority tearing Israel to shreds’; opposition heads offer wary approval for talks, warn against bluff…
Out of Tricks, Netanyahu Again Denied Governemnt — Because of His Own Voters…
This week saw the PM fail for the fourth time in a row to win an election outright. But unlike previous failures, it was his Likud supporters who denied him the victory…
Netanyahu’s New Israeli Government Approved, Eyes West Bank Annexations…
Israel’s parliament approved on May 17 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new unity government, ending more than a year of political deadlock, but he still faces a trial starting next week for alleged corruption. His decision to share power with former rival, centrist Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, opens the way for Netanyahu to proceed […]
After More Than Yearlong Impasse, Netanyahu and Gantz Agree to Form a Government…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz signed a coalition deal during a meeting Monday evening, bringing to an apparent end a nearly year-and-a-half-long political stalemate. A joint statement from Blue and White and Netanyahu’s Likud party said the agreement was to form a “national emergency government,” apparently to deal with […]
Liberman May Recommend Gantz for Prime Minister, Will Support Bill to Disqualify Netanyahu…
Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party is expected to recommend to President Reuven Rivlin that Blue and White leader Benny Gantz be tasked with forming a government, according to Hebrew media reports Thursday neither confirmed nor denied by the party. With Liberman’s backing, Gantz could receive more recommendations than Netanyahu, complicating Rivlin’s choice of who to […]
Counting of Final Votes in Israeli Election Set to Begin; Likud Lead over Blue and White Shrinks…
The Central Elections Committee was set to begin counting the final ballots, as it announced late Tuesday that almost all of the votes cast in the elections had been tallied, with the Likud-led right wing bloc down to 58 seats, still short of a majority. The committee said votes from 10,552 polling places across the […]
Is This the End of Netanyahu?…
Ever since he joined politics, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been dogged by scandals and controversies that never seem to go away. Known to his supporters as “Bibi”, in July this year he became Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister surpassing, David Ben-Gurion the founding father of the Jewish state. But just like the proverbial cat […]
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, […]