Benny Gantz

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded the War Cabinet on Monday, allowing the Security Cabinet to take over most of its functions, following the departure last week of opposition politician Benny Gantz and his party.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is arriving in Israel and the Middle East Monday just after Benny Gantz, an opposition leader who is the main rival to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has left the government.

Benny Gantz, an opposition leader who brought his party into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government after the October 7 attacks, announced Sunday that he would be leaving, accusing Netanyahu of bungling the war.

The Iran-backed Palestinian Hamas terror organization released a video on Friday providing another indication that hostage Noa Argamani, a young Israeli woman abducted by Palestinians during the October 7 massacre, is still alive.

The Israeli government told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday that despite an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that it must stop military operations in Rafah, Gaza, it will continue to fight there against Hamas. As Breitbart

Israel’s opposition leaders attacked the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday for its decision to issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the war against Hamas.

President Joe Biden is backing an internal revolt within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government over the fate of postwar Gaza, after defense minister Yoav Gallant publicly declared his opposition to long-term Israeli rule there.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the Biden administration’s reported decision Saturday to slap sanctions on a unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for alleged human rights abuses against Palestinians in the past.

Israel faces the prospect of a “color revolution” in the middle of its war against Palestinian Hamas terrorists in Gaza as the opposition backs street protests against government, and a key cabinet minister has demanded new elections.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) managed to unite many Israelis — against him, and behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at least when it comes to the right of Israelis to choose their own leaders democratically.

President Joe Biden continues to wage a political war against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by holding high-level meetings in Washington Sunday with Benny Gantz, Netanyahu’s main likely political rival in future elections.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic support is on the rise as Israel’s war against Hamas advances, according to a poll.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recounted the horrors of Saturday’s terror attack by the Palestinian terror group Hamas in an address Wednesday evening to his nation introducing his emergency national unity government.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz agreed Wednesday to form an emergency government of national unity for the duration of the war against the Palestinian terror group Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on opposition parties Tuesday to resume talks toward a deal on judicial reform, just a week before the Supreme Court will hear arguments against the first phase of that program.

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.

Pilots from Israel’s flagship El Al carrier refused to fly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Italy for an official visit in apparent protest over the government’s plans for judicial reform, the airline said, before announcing that it had found a crew.

Israel’s Netanyahu-led government passed the first of three readings of a bill in the contentious judicial reform plan overnight on Tuesday, granting the ruling coalition more control over the appointment of judges.

A UK lobby forum founded by the Hamas terrorist group with Muslim Brotherhood leaders has launched a campaign accusing — without the slightest trace of irony — 25 Israeli lawmakers of racism.

Leaders of the Israeli opposition accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being “illegitimate” and of carrying out a “coup” at a protest Saturday night by proposing reforms to the country’s activist judiciary.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz shared intelligence with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and other senior United Nations officials showing Iran had tripled its uranium enrichment over the past year.

Palestinian terrorists fired several rounds of bullets at an Israeli bus full of passengers in the West Bank on Saturday night, hours after a separate incident in the same area in which three female terrorists were arrested by Israeli troops.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday told French President Emmanuel Macron the “world must respond” to Iran’s malign nuclear activities, in the new Israeli premier’s first diplomatic visit since the Knesset dispersed in a dramatic showdown last week.

Israel will ask President Joe Biden to deliver an Israeli laser-based air defense system to Arab countries opposed to Iran, an Israeli TV report said Monday.

The Israeli Air Force simulated an attack on Iranian nuclear targets with dozens of fighter jets over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday night, the Israeli military said.

The Russian military opened fire on Israeli jets with advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles after an alleged Israeli strike on Iranian targets in northwestern Syria last Friday, Israeli media reported Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned the country may face “many more” attempted terror attacks in the near future, after Israel Defense Forces killed three Palestinian terrorists overnight en-route to committing an attack in Israel.

Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren slammed the New York Times and other mainstream media outlets Wednesday for “sugarcoating” Palestinian terrorism and pinning the blame for the recent terror attacks on Israel for “overlooking” the Palestinian issue.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman on Tuesday to discuss curbing the violence during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, amid an uptick of terror attacks in Israel.

Australia on Thursday announced it will designate Hamas as a terror group in its entirety, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to praise the country for “standing strong in the face of terror.”

Three armed Palestinian terrorists were killed in a rain of bullets by Israeli forces Tuesday in a rare daytime operation in the West Bank, in what the Palestinian Authority referred to as a “horrific crime.”

Israel aided the U.S. in eliminating the Islamic State terror leader leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi last week, Israeli media reported.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz landed in Bahrain on Wednesday afternoon to meet with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and other senior officials, The Times of Israel reported.

Israel on Thursday closed a three billion euro ($3.4 billion) deal to buy three submarines from Germany, the defense ministry announced.

Palestinian factions lambasted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for his “disgraceful meeting” with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the latter’s home, calling the PA leader a “traitor” and “collaborator, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has come under fire from his coalition partners for hosting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at his home in on Tuesday night, marking the first time the Palestinian leader has held talks with a senior Israeli official in Israel in over a decade.