Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu says he will sue Haaretz over claim he was warned about October 7 weeks before attack

The left-wing daily reported that the premier was tipped off by the leader of the UAE, but failed to brief security officials

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends a session of the Knesset on July 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Talik Gvili, mother of Ran Gvili, on December 10, 2025 (Flash90)

Likud

Netanyahu names wounded reservist and mother of final hostage as Likud candidates

By Ella Bloom

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu (Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu claims October 7 ‘would not have taken place’ if army chiefs had woken him up

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on September 29, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

By Daniel Finkelstein

The Netanyahu government can’t simply ignore left liberal opinion – even if it’s often shallow

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By Yaakov Katz

Netanyahu just condemned settler violence – now what will he do about it?

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Sara Netanyahu attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Centre in northern Jerusalem on July 5, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli Politics

Yair Golan threatens to sue Netanyahu’s wife over claim he had advance knowledge of October 7

By Jacob Jaffa

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Ofer Winter during the launch of the new Amcha Yisrael party in Jerusalem on August 25, 2026 (Flash90)

Israeli Politics

Ex-IDF general Ofer Winter says new party will only back Netanyahu for prime minister after election

By Lucy Pollock

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Exclusive: Cabinet Office official shared social media post wishing Netanyahu had died instead of Dolly Parton

The post also expressed a similar hope regarding US President Trump and told his supporters to ‘f*** all the way off’

By Jacob Jaffa

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August 28, 2026 14:26

The entrance to the Cabinet Office in Whitehall (Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu’s son ‘flees US’ after ‘Iranian assassination plot’

Yair Netanyahu reportedly left Florida without packing his belongings after intelligence services identified a terror cell tracking his movements

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

August 26, 2026 14:49

Yair Netanyahu (R), son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives for a court hearing on his request for a restraining order against Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026 (Flash90)

Netanyahu: Iran tried to assassinate one of my sons

Israeli PM reveals plot which has reportedly been censored by military for months

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 24, 2026 17:46

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty)

Netanyahu warns Turkey against deploying troops in southern Syria after airbase strike

Jerusalem accused Damascus of preparing to violate a new security pact, which has been touted as a forerunner to a potential peace deal

By John Jeffay

1 min read

August 20, 2026 11:25

By Ashley Perry

How new right-wing parties outside Netanyahu’s camp may decide Israel’s election

If they manage to enter the Knesset and neither established bloc reaches 61 seats, they could determine who governs the country and under what conditions

3 min read

August 19, 2026 11:13

MK Yuli Edelstein and former minister Gilad Erdan announce the establishment of a new right-wing party on August 6, 2026. (Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Kushner and Netanyahu reach ‘understanding’ that there will be no Gaza reconstruction without Hamas disarmament

Trump’s Middle East envoy met Israeli PM today to push forward US-backed ‘peace plan’

By Alma Green

1 min read

August 17, 2026 17:19

Kushner and Netanyahu met earlier in August.

Netanyahu: Britain is the first Islamic republic to have nuclear weapons

His comments were condemned as ‘appalling’ by the leaders of Progressive Judaism in the UK

By Gabrielle Apfel

1 min read

August 14, 2026 15:18

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends a vote in the plenum hall of the Knesset on July 16, 2026 (Flash90)

By Yaakov Katz

Most in the West will not get it, but Netanyahu’s rejection of the Trump plan is nothing to do with left or right

After October 7, the gap between the prime minister and his two main rivals, Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett, on Hamas is far narrower than many imagine. The real question is whether they would stand up to a US president when necessary

5 min read

August 11, 2026 11:45

US President Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

US ‘understands Bibi’s political needs’, says White House source after Israeli PM rejects Trump’s peace plan

Senior official says the US administration is ‘not troubled’ by Netanyahu’s comments

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 10, 2026 11:22

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Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu says he will sue Haaretz over claim he was warned about October 7 weeks before attack

Netanyahu names wounded reservist and mother of final hostage as Likud candidates

Netanyahu claims October 7 ‘would not have taken place’ if army chiefs had woken him up

The Netanyahu government can’t simply ignore left liberal opinion – even if it’s often shallow

Netanyahu just condemned settler violence – now what will he do about it?

Yair Golan threatens to sue Netanyahu’s wife over claim he had advance knowledge of October 7

Ex-IDF general Ofer Winter says new party will only back Netanyahu for prime minister after election

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