Netanyahu's cross-examination in his criminal trials has been plagued by unprecedented disruptions. Of nearly 60 scheduled hearings, only 15 went ahead without being canceled or cut short. While Netanyahu has at times offered dubious excuses, his judges also bear part of the responsibility
However flawed, Fatah operates according to reasoned assessments, while Hamas considers no amount of death, suffering or defeat too great in pursuit of its millenarian ends. Both Hamas and Israel's far-right government must not be allowed to sabotage the Gaza cease-fire
Maybe the former prime minister prefers a government with Netanyahu to 'betraying' right-wing values, but there is nothing right-wing about racism against the Arab Israeli community
Earlier this year, reports said the U.S. and Israel held talks with Somaliland officials about possibly using its territory to resettle Palestinians. Somalia, which considers the breakaway region part of its sovereign territory, denounced Israel's move as a 'deliberate attack on its sovereignty'
Netanyahu's 'triple alliance' with the two Mediterranean countries is intended as a show of force against Turkey's growing influence in Syria, as well as Erdogan's personal ties to Trump and Putin. But the alliance is a feeble one, and eventually, relations with Istanbul will have to thaw
Israeli authorities say the assailant, a Palestinian from the West Bank, ran over a man and later stabbed an 18-year-old woman. He then proceeded to a nearby town, where he was ultimately shot by a security guard while fleeing
The European organization expelled Israel from its ranks because, according to a December letter, 'actions by the current Israeli government are not deemed compatible with the principled commitment to protect human life'
Two men were found dead in a village east of Haifa, and a 46-year-old man was found shot dead in his vehicle northwest of Nazareth, bringing the number of homicides in the Arab community this year to a record 248
One of Netanyahu's closest aides could be one state's witness too many ■ While the coalition MKs are establishing a politicized investigative committee, their supporters in the visitors gallery have already completed their work ■ And it's not just the prime minister who doesn't want a state commission of inquiry
While the three suspects at the center of the criminal investigations continue to clash, the prime minister has not even been interrogated as a suspect in either of the two linked affairs ■ Meanwhile, IDF officers have realized that the road to promotion goes through Defense Minister Israel Katz – and are acting accordingly
Even though continuing military friction underscores Netanyahu's empty promises of total victory on several fronts, it still serves his political purposes - but any operation decision awaits the prime minister's return from his meeting with Trump in Miami
This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: One family leaving Israel in search of a quiet life in Australia, and another that had fled Russia for Israel in search of safety and freedom
After ending up on the Taliban's kill list, Benafsha Efaf had to abandon the dozens of women's shelters she built in Afghanistan and flee with the help of Israeli activists. From her exile in Switzerland, she now works to save those left behind
In Gaza, East Jerusalem, Jaffa, the Negev and in the villages, fields and refugee camps of the West Bank, the violent treatment of Palestinians by Jewish Israelis continues, with the backing of the army and the state
Eli Feldstein's Kan interview puts the pathos on full display, showing how he sacrificed everything to protect the person who he believed embodies the state of Israel: Bibi Netanyahu