Israeli Politics

If the  far right get in, Netanyahu will get them out

The last thing Netanyahu wants is to return to office as the leader of a pariah government

By Anshel Pfeffer

4 min read

Campaign posters in Tel Aviv, prior to the upcoming Israeli general elections, October 26, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ?????? ????? ??? ?? ????

Israeli Politics

The three key factors that will determine the Israeli election

By Calev Ben-Dor

4 min read

Israeli Politics

If I win the election, I'll annex West Bank settlements, says Netanyahu

By Felix Pope

1 min read

Israeli Politics

Top PA judge issues fatwa on Zara after Israeli boss hosts far-right Israeli leader

By Georgia L Gilholy

2 min read

Ukraine

Zelensky slams Israeli 'neutrality', warns of heightened Iranian nuclear threat from Russian cooperation

By Georgia L Gilholy

3 min read

Ukraine

Netanyahu says he will consider supplying military aid to Ukraine if he returns to power

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

By Anshel Pfeffer

Netanyahu debates how close to work with religious far-right

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Netanyahu: I support the people of Iran who are standing up to real terror

Bibi’s Likud currently holds 29 seats in the Knesset and is still Israel’s largest single party ahead of the November election

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

October 17, 2022 14:50

Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** יו"ר הליכוד מצודת זאב מסיבת עיתונאים בנימין נתניהו מדבר

By Anshel Pfeffer

Lebanon agreement talks take shine off politicos’ holidays

Timing of election should have afforded them a lengthy break but they got called in to study the new gas-field treaty

4 min read

October 13, 2022 12:56

Israeli sightseers climb the rock cliff as navy vessels patrol the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon (Ras al-Naqura), as indirect talks on maritime borders between the two countries, still technically at war, resume under UN and US auspices, on May 4, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel-Lebanon offshore gas field deal hailed as ‘step towards peace’

The agreement, brokered during weeks of intense negotiation with French and US help, ends a ten-year dispute and will allow Israel to begin pumping gas within days

By David Rose

1 min read

October 13, 2022 11:43

Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on July 24, 2022. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/POOL*** *** Local Caption *** ישיבת ממשלה ראש הממשלה יעיר לפיד פגישה קבינט

Israel and Lebanon reach 'historic' agreement to settle decades-old maritime dispute

After intensive late talks to resolve last-minute Lebanese demands, the agreement is set to be presented to cabinet and government for approval

By Ben Bloch

3 min read

October 11, 2022 12:20

Israel and Lebanon reach 'historic' agreement to settle decades-old maritime dispute

A Bibi plea bargain may end the political deadlock

Go-betweens have been testing the waters for a potential way to bring an end to the former PM's trial and allow a broader coalition that both Likud and at least one of the centrist parties can be part of

By Anshel Pfeffer

5 min read

October 6, 2022 12:14

Netanyahu ‘feeling well’ after Yom Kippur hospitalisation

Israel's Opposition leader fell ill during the Yom Kippur fast

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

October 6, 2022 11:26

By Anshel Pfeffer

Lapid tries to charm the world as West Bank burns

While the PM talked of a two-state solution at the UN, an Israeli raid on Jenin on Tuesday, in which at least four Palestinian militants were killed, was a reminder that Operation Breakwater is still ongoing

4 min read

September 29, 2022 12:24