Israel Biden praises 'bone deep' bond on first presidential visit to Israel The US president wlll meet with Palestinian officials on Friday, and continue to Saudi Arabia on his first Middle East tour since taking office. 13/07/2022
Israel Yair Lapid becomes Israel's interim PM ahead of November election Polls suggest the centrist leader will face a difficult battle against ex-leader Benjamin Netanyahu, the divisive figure at the heart of the prolonged political crisis. 01/07/2022
Israel Israel faces fifth election in three years as PM dissolves parliament PM Naftali Bennett's fragile coalition government lost its majority earlier this year and has faced various rebellions in recent weeks. 20/06/2022
Culture news Pulitzer Prizes honours Ukraine journalists This year's Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced, with awards going to the best in US journalism and literature. 10/05/2022
Bahrain As Iran talks stall, Israeli PM makes snap trip to Bahrain Naftali Bennett's trip to Bahrain was the first public visit by an Israeli prime minister to the Gulf state. 14/02/2022
Israel Former Israeli PM Netanyahu negotiating a plea deal, source claims Netanyahu -- who denies wrongdoing -- is on trial for fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes in three separate cases. 16/01/2022
Israel Israeli PM to make first official visit by Israeli premier to UAE Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he would travel to the United Arab Emirates, the first visit by an Israeli premier. 12/12/2021
Israel Israeli parliament passes budget, clearing key hurdle Israel's parliament passed a national budget for the first time in three years early on Thursday. 04/11/2021
Greece Greece probes crash that killed Netanyahu corruption trial witness Haim Geron, a former senior official at Israel’s ministry of communications, and his wife were killed in the crash on Monday. 14/09/2021
Poland Poland-Israel row escalates over law affecting Holocaust survivors Both countries have withdrawn their ambassadors after Israel protested over a new law in Poland that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime. 15/08/2021
Israel Ben & Jerry's to stop sales in Palestinian territories The announcement was one of the strongest and highest-profile rebukes by a well-known company of Israel’s policy of settling its citizens on war-won lands. 20/07/2021
Israel Israel blocks law that keeps out Palestinian spouses Israel’s parliament early on Tuesday failed to renew a law that bars Arab citizens from extending citizenship or residency rights to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza. 06/07/2021
USA Blinken and Lapid meet in Rome amid US-Israel relations reset U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will meet in Rome to turn the page after the eras of Trump and Netanyahu. 27/06/2021
Israel Israel swears in new coalition ending Netanyahu's long rule Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu turned rival, became prime minister after a 60-59 vote 13/06/2021
Israel Israel to swear in new government, ending Netanyahu's long rule Naftali Bennett, the head of a small ultranationalist party, will take over as prime minister, sending Netanyahu into opposition after a record 12 years in office. 13/06/2021
Israel Mossad's ex-chief hints Israel attacked Iran's nuclear assets The outgoing chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgement yet his country was behind recent attacks targeting Iran's nuclear programme and a military scientist. 11/06/2021
Israel Israel arrests Jerusalem activists in contested neighbourhood Israeli police arrested 23-year-old Muna al-Kurd who has led protests against attempts by Jewish settlers to evict Palestinian families from their homes. She was later released. 06/06/2021
