Outgoing U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides claimed in an interview Monday that Israelis wanted America to interfere in its internal politics, as he criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms.
President Joe Biden doubled down on refusing to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pay a customary visit to the White House, despite the fact that Netanyahu was elected last year by the Israeli people.
Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman slammed the Biden administration for its having yet to invite the Israeli premier to the White House while accusing it of “strengthening” the otherwise “weak” Iranian regime.
Opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who are protesting against his government’s judicial reforms are planning to block access to Ben-Gurion Airport after blocking the seaport of Haifa on Monday.
Roni Alsheich, former head of the Israel Police, provoked outrage when he told Israel’s Army Radio on Wednesday that he had expected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign when he was indicted in 2019.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to visit Chinese President Xi Jinping , after U.S. President Joe Biden refused to invite Netanyahu to visit the White House since his election last year.
Prosecutors in Israel are furious as news leaked that judges in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most serious corruption trial told lawyers for both sides privately that they consider one charge too weak to succeed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making good on his pledge to move ahead with his judicial reforms, as talks have stalled with the opposition — though he is beginning with the least controversial changes.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out against a potential “mini-deal” between the U.S. and Iran, a verbal agreement that would allow the Iranian regime to stop just short of developing a nuclear weapon.
The U.S. and Iran are nearing what is described as a verbal agreement on Iran’s nuclear program — one that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told aides is one that Israel may be able to accept.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back at Sky News, stating that Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) are part of the Jewish “ancestral homeland” to which Jews have been attached for 3,000 years and the notion of banning Jews from settling in those areas is the true “obstacle to peace,” after the British news outlet attempted to depict the territories as “occupied” lands.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman said Thursday that it is “despicable” that U.S. President Joe Biden is refusing to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the latter’s election in November.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday “there is nothing wrong” with reviving the nuclear deal under President Joe Biden, but “the infrastructure of our nuclear industry should not be touched.”
The corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which began in May 2020, is set to continue for another five years, despite the apparent collapse of the prosecution’s case against him.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the left-wing opposition for silencing the free speech of members of the government after a member of his party was prevented from speaking at Tel Aviv University.
Israeli opposition party leader Benny Gantz threatened Wednesday to “shake the country” if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempts to pass the judicial reforms his government was elected to pursue.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu succeeded in passing a budget through the parliament, or Knesset, on Wednesday after an all-night voting marathon that preserved his government for the foreseeable future.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a visiting bipartisan congressional delegation Thursday that Iran would be able to threaten every city in the U.S. if it is able to build a nuclear weapon in the near future.
Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s minister of public security, has threatened to lead his faction out of the coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a tepid response to a hail of Palestinian terror rockets.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said in Israel on Sunday that if President Joe Biden continues to isolate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the U.S. House would invite him to Washington, regardless.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sounded an optimistic note on judicial reform Sunday as his Cabinet reconvened following the spring holidays — as one key supporter warned that the survival of the government depended on passing it.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis turned out Thursday evening in Jerusalem to march in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms, in answer to similar protests by the opposition in Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a speech to the Jewish Federations of North America this week in Israel after threats of protests from an organization that has historically tried to stay politically neutral.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week that his proposed judicial reforms reflect the ideals of America’s Founding Fathers, which he absorbed while spending part of his childhood in Philadelphia.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen asked China to “influence” Iran to cease developing its illegal nuclear weapons program, inviting Beijing to play a bigger role in the Middle East as relations with the United States under leftist President Joe Biden have deteriorated.
A violence-themed musical broadcast on Palestinian Authority (PA) television called to fight Israelis “everywhere” with “blood and stones,” as Palestinian violence continues to escalate during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Gallant is living up to his Biblical namesake: King David wanted to fire Yoav, or Joab, as his general for insubordination after the latter jeopardized peace talks
Israel’s Movement for Quality Government (MQG), which received funding from the U.S. State Department, is trying to stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking about his own government’s judicial reforms.
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) slammed Democrat President Joe Biden’s “hostile comments” toward “our ally Israel,” as the president continues to denigrate the Jewish State in light of the country’s proposed judicial reforms.
Cruz slammed Biden for saying he would not invite Netanyahu to the White House and meddling with Israel’s internal affairs.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is calling on Democrat President Joe Biden to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House for a formal visit.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley blasted President Joe Biden Wednesday for interfering in Israeli domestic politics, saying the U.S. would never tolerate the same.
A chorus of leaders on Israel’s political right attacked President Joe Biden for his criticisms of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, calling Biden “weak” and claiming Israel is “more democratic” than the U.S.
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he would not invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, contradicting an explicit promise made earlier in the day by U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides.
The unrest in Israel is a “revolt” by “elites who want to maintain their control over the country,” according to conservative American-Israeli columnist Caroline Glick who lauded the “tactical retreat” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he declared pausing the judicial reform legislation to allow for negotiation amid large public protests.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said Tuesday that President Joe Biden will invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House soon, in the wake of Netanyahu’s decision to pause judicial reforms.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in a national address Monday that he was pausing his judicial reform legislation to allow for negotiation, but vowed that reform would pass in one way or another.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant on Sunday after the latter gave an unauthorized speech calling on the government to halt its ongoing reforms of the country’s judiciary.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing calls from parties within his governing coalition to fire Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, who called Saturday for a pause in ongoing judicial reform legislation.
The United Arab Emirates is said to be mulling a downgrade in its diplomatic ties with Israel over statements by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s denying the existence of a Palestinian people, according to the Saudi-owned Arabic Elaph outlet.
