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Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu hits out at ‘nonsense charges’ as he returns to court to testify in corruption trial

The Israeli Prime Minister stands accused of fraud and accepting bribes but has not appeared before judges in over a month due to his health

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Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to court for the latest hearings in his ongoing corruption trial (Image: Getty)

Israel's former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Getty Images)

Yaakov Katz

Why Ben-Gvir may be more dangerous outside the government than in it

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Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gives a statement during a party meeting at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on June 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. Far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened on June 1 to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau's government if he goes ahead with a hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Politics

Ben Gvir quits Government in protest at ceasefire deal

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a hearing in his trial on corruption charges ( Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu says he’s ‘changed the face of the Middle East’ since October 7

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More than 160 Israelis in the UK have signed a letter calling for far-right Israeli ministers to be sanctioned by the British government. Pictured - A man stands with a sign showing the faces of Israeli politicians (L to R) Bezalel Smotrich, Simcha Rothman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yariv Levin, and Itamar Ben-Gvir behind black bars, during a protest in Israel calling for the release of hostages. (Photo via Getty Images)

Israel Diaspora relations

UK Israeli group call for Labour government to sanction Ben Gvir and Smotrich

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Protesters set barrels on fire during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister and his government near Netanyahu's private house in June 2024 in Caesarea, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu

Three arrested for firing flares at Netanyahu’s Caesarea home

By Eliana Jordan

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Zur has been in active IDF service for over a year and is furious with the Netanyahu government for sacking Defence Minister Yoav Gallant (Photo: Zur)

The IDF soldier fresh from Gaza who is turning his anger on Netanyahu

By Jane Prinsley

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‘Terrorists aren't freedom fighters’ says Haaretz, rebuking publisher after losing hundreds of subscribers

The left-wing newspaper has distanced itself from comments made by publisher at London conference

By Jane Prinsley

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November 4, 2024 11:32

Israeli newspaper Haaretz has apologised after losing hundreds of subscriptions when its publisher called Hamas 'freedom fighters' at a London conference (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

British Jew expelled from Israel after trying to make aliyah

Leo Franks, 25, was told to leave the country after his participation in ‘left-wing activism’

By Eliana Jordan

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September 22, 2024 12:22

Demonstrators sit before Israeli border guards during a protest vigil in Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank on 3 September, 2024. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli defence minister calls Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount statements ‘dangerous, unnecessary and irresponsible’

Yoav Gallant said the security minister’s insistence on Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount threatens Israeli national security

By Eliana Jordan

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August 26, 2024 11:55

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins Jewish nationalists, including far-right activists, rallying at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on 5 June, 2024 during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, that commemorates the Israeli army's capture in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war of the city's eastern sector, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, which Jews call the Temple Mount. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

What happened at Israeli detention centre? Israeli far-right mobs storm IDF base in riots ‘bordering on anarchy’

Protesters decry the arrest of nine IDF reservists accused of abusing a Palestinian detainee

By Eliana Jordan

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July 30, 2024 11:04

Israeli soldiers and police clash with right wing protesters after they broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists who were suspected of abuse of a detainee on 29 July, 2024. (Photo by OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)

Yair Zivan

Centrism is the only antidote to fear-based politics in Israel and the West

The alternative to extremism cannot come from another brand of extremism

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July 18, 2024 10:54

Demonstrators chant slogans and gather with pictures showing cabinet members in the current Israeli government during a rally against the government's judicial overhaul plan in Tel Aviv on September 23, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

56% of Israelis support Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal

Israelis also say Charedi conscription law is most likely to bring about fall of coalition government

By Jane Prinsley

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July 12, 2024 10:33

Most in Israeli society say they support a deal to end the war and bring the hostages home (Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet after Ben Gvir demands to be included

The decision comes after Benny Gantz quit the cabinet to rejoin the opposition to Netanyahu’s government

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June 17, 2024 10:42

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hold a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. Photo by Dana Kopel/POOL.

Benny Gantz’s party submits bill to dissolve Knesset and call for Israeli elections

The next Israeli national vote must be held by October 27, 2026

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May 30, 2024 14:35

Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference in Ramat Gan, May 18, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???? ??? ??? ????? ???????? ???? ?????? ??? ???????

Protesters storm Knesset gallery on third day of action against Israeli government

Demonstrators breached a police cordon around the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem

By Amelie Botbol

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April 3, 2024 16:08

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza protest at the at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on April 3, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ?????? ?????? ????? ??????? ???? ?????

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