There's a new thesis terrorizing supporters of the anti-Netanyahu bloc: Bennett and Lieberman will play games, refuse to recommend Gadi Eisenkot for prime minister and flirt with the other side to extort the premiership. It won't bear fruit
Senior members of the prime minister's party view Monday's primary as a referendum on its direction amid concern by Netanyahu that it would be disastrous for the party if extremist figures whose support he cultivated in the past feature prominently on the slate
Netanyahu said Israel is 'making sure' Iran doesn't become a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic and quipped that the U.K. is becoming one, as new British PM Burnham recently vowed to apply more pressure on the Israeli gov't amid the war in Gaza and West Bank settler violence
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef urged Israel's ultra-Orthodox not to vote for the Shas party, of which he is a senior official, escalating his feud with chairman Aryeh Deri. 'Netanyahu hates us, but the left respects us,' a student quoting Yosef said
Netanyahu said security needs would leave Katz unable to campaign, as an internal party poll projected he would reach the 19th seat on the party's slate. FM Sa'ar and Likud Central Committee head Haim Katz were also secured. 'This doesn't look good,' one source says
The program has been under development for several months and was launched in a joint ceremony by Netanyahu and the Head of the National AI Directorate, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Erez Eskel.
The program has been under development for several months and was launched in a joint ceremony by Netanyahu and the Head of the National AI Directorate, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Erez Eskel.
Netanyahu is trying to navigate between Trump's demands to rehabilitate Gaza and pressure from his right-wing partners to make no concessions. With the election approaching, his strategy seems to be biding time with the hope international pressure eases
Netanyahu stressed Hamas must disarm of all its weapons, including heavy and light arms, which according to the plan, would be subject to Palestinian law. A senior Hamas official said the group remained committed to the roadmap
As Trump searches for a way out of the Strait of Hormuz standoff, Netanyahu – trying to please his extreme-right partners in the run-up to the election – is hoping that the U.S. president lacks the will to see the Gaza or Lebanon conflicts end
It has become a refrain that Netanyahu torched Israel's image in the eyes of Americans. That is true, yet it also understates the extent of the damage Netanyahu has wrought
Even today, four and a half years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Netanyahu still apparently views Putin as being in a 'different league' – a league to which he wants to belong
With less than three months until Israelis head to the polls, Netanyahu is using the same political trick that put him in the Prime Minister's Office in the first place: Keeping the general public in a constant state of fear and anxiety
According to the messages, Netanyahu allegedly said he intends to introduce a 'comprehensive conscription bill that meets the IDF's needs' in the next government, adding that anyone who is not studying Torah 'will either be drafted or imprisoned'
While PM Netanyahu and right-wing pundit Bardugo allegedly pressured former Shin Bet chief Bar to halt the 'Qatargate' probes, David Zini, the current chief, is pressured to open investigations against those targeted by the gov't ■ Minister Elkin's testimony for the defense in Netanyahu's corruption trial may very well be a new bribery affair
Polymarket, where users can bet on virtually anything, is considered more reliable than election polls – the wisdom of the crowds who put their money where their mouth is. However, a Haaretz investigation reveals one account is betting big on Netanyahu – and won big on Iran
Netanyahu also blamed social media and foreign bot farms for a decline in the American public's support for Israel, saying the trend concerns him and adding that bipartisan U.S. support for Israel is 'a fundament of our national security'
With the election three months away, Netanyahu faces three unresolved threats that could haunt him after leaving office: his ICC arrest warrant, criminal trial and a potential October 7 state commission of inquiry
Like other authoritarians, Netanyahu wants to avoid not only difficult questions, but also any encounter with an independent media. At most, a few blurry photos from the Government Press Office will be distributed