Netanyahu chooses diehard supporter of Israeli settlements as new US ambassador amid Trump return
Yechiel Leiter, a staunch defender of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and vocal advocate for the war in Gaza, is set to become Israel’s new ambassador to the US. His appointment by
Eyeing Trump support, Israeli minister pushes for West Bank settlement annexation
Far-right Israeli minister’s call to annex West Bank sparks outrage
Western diplomats have condemned comments by Israel’s far-right finance minister suggesting that the country will look to annex the occupied West Bank next year.Buoyed by Donald Trump’s victory in last week’s US presidential election,
Israeli Ministers Warned To Not Assume Trump Will Back West Bank Annexation In Second Term
Soon after Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said the country will seek the Donald Trump administration’s help in annexing the West Bank, two former aides of the US President-elect said it should not be assumed that he will share the same views.
Ex-Trump aides warn Israeli ministers not to assume he’ll back annexation in 2nd term
Cabinet members told support for controversial move could hamper other US foreign policy goals, would only happen as part of peace plan like the one in 2020 that far-right opposed The post Ex-Trump aides warn Israeli ministers not to assume he’ll back annexation in 2nd term appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Israeli PM’s office confirms Netanyahu approved Lebanon pager attacks
Israel was long suspected to be responsible for the detonation of numerous pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon in September, ...
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated ...
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Trump has won, but are there any winners in the Middle East?
A week after the ‘shock’ re-election of Donald Trump to the Whitehouse and over a year into one of the most blood-soaked ...
Dozens killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon and north Gaza as Netanyahu says he and Trump ‘see eye to eye’
Strike on village north of Beirut kills at least 23 including seven children while nine women among dead in strike on home in ...
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Binyamin Netanyahu fires his defence minister
So when Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, announced on November 5th that he was, at last, firing his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, because of the “increasingly wide crisis of ...
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Nouriel Roubini: We can expect Israel-Iran hostilities to escalate
Israel’s assessment of the threat posed by Iran has shifted in the last few months. It is not just Prime Minister Binyamin ...
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6 Takeaways from Trump’s Victory with Parallels to the Politics of Israel
It usually is an overplay of the political hand. This applies both to those who attack Trump and to those who assault Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. As Melanie Phillips has written ...
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Will Donald Trump “stop the wars” in the Middle East?
O N HIS first day as president-elect, Donald Trump united the Middle East. Everyone agrees his second term in office will ...
Benjamin Netanyahu fires Yoav Gallant as ‘trust breaks down’
For a conventional politician, sacking your defence minister in the middle of a war would not be considered wise. Neither ...
Israel's Netanyahu fires defence minister Gallant
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has dismissed his popular defence minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise ...
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What were they thinking? Hamas and Netanyahu have yet to explain
Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, It’s a question both Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s ultra-nationalist government have yet to answer. Hamas and the ...
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Israel to send rescue planes to Amsterdam after violent clashes linked to soccer match
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has directed that two rescue planes be sent immediately to Amsterdam following “a ...