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Israeli PM Netanyahu to re-assess UN ties

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has reacted angrily to the US abstention on a UN resolution condeming settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

24/12/2016

Israel

Netanyahu statue toppled

A golden statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given a mixed reception by onlookers as it made a brief appearance in Tel Aviv.

07/12/2016

Israel

Arrests made as Israel fires rage for third consecutive day

Israeli police make arrests in connection with raging forest fires in Haifa and the West Bank.

24/11/2016

Israel

Israel police to probe Netanyahu lawyer's role in German submarine deal

The attorney-general has ordered an inquiry into a contract for three submarines over a possible conflict of interest.

23/11/2016

Israel

Israel backs draft bill to legalise settlements

Israel’s parliament has approved a draft bill to legalise thousands of Jewish settlements on privately-owned Palestinian land in the West Bank.

16/11/2016

Israel

Israel muffles the muezzin

An Israeli ministerial committee has voted to support a bill enforcing lowering the volume of loudspeakers calling worshippers to prayer in mosques.

14/11/2016

World News

Medvedev's Middle East mission - Russian PM meets Israeli and Palestinian leaders

The war in Syria, nuclear proliferation and trade have topped talks between Russia and Israel during a three day tour to the Middle East by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry…

11/11/2016

Israel

UNESCO moves to calm tensions with Israel

The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO has moved to try to calm tensions with Israel after the country’s cut cooperation with it on Friday.

14/10/2016

Israel

Israeli cabinet holds minute's silence for Peres

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has led his cabinet in a minute’s silence following the death of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon…

28/09/2016

Israel

"A light has gone out": world leaders mourn Shimon Peres

US President Barack Obama called him "the essence of Israel itself."

28/09/2016

USA

Trump vows to recognise Jerusalem as Israeli capital

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital if he’s elected.

26/09/2016

World News

Israel set to sign record US military aid deal -media

At least 33 billion euros of aid is set to pour into Israel over a decade, according to media reports.

13/09/2016

Israel

Israel slammed for impeachment law dubbed 'anti-Arab' by critics

Feelings are running high after Israel’s parliament passed a law giving members the right to impeach fellow MPs for incitement to violence, racism, or support for armed struggle against the…

21/07/2016

World News

Benjamin Netanyahu marks 40-years since the Raid on Entebbe

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu Netanyahu, has made an emotional visit to Uganda’s Entebbe airport.

05/07/2016

Russia

Netanyahu meets Putin in Moscow

It is the third time the Israeli prime minister has visited Russia in the last year - this time for the 25th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

07/06/2016

World News

Israeli media reports police recommend indicting PM's wife

Israeli police have reportedly recommended bringing criminal charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife on suspicion of misusing state…

30/05/2016

Israel

Israel's new defence chief jokes about curbing his fiery nature

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his choice for defence minister, ultranationalist Avigdor Lieberman, signed a coalition agreement on Wednesday (May 25) and issued assurances that the mos

25/05/2016

Israel

Netanyahu reshuffle means Israel being taken over by 'extremists'

Reports from Israel say Benjamin Netanyahu has offered the job of defence minister to his far-right rival Avigdor Lieberman in a move to strengthen his…

20/05/2016

Israel

Israel PM Netanyahu rebukes deputy military chief over Holocaust speech

The dressing down comes after Major-General Yair Golan said on the eve of the annual Holocaust Day that he saw signs in Israeli society of 'nauseating processes' that occurred in Germany 70, 80, 90 ye

08/05/2016

United Kingdom

UK: Labour anti-Semitism row grows as ex-London mayor Livingstone refuses to apologise for Hitler remarks

Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party in the UK is riling from accusations of anti-Semitism. In the latest development the former Labour mayor of London, Ken

01/05/2016