Anastasiades speaks on phone with Netanyahu
The leaders of Cyprus and Israel spoke on the phone on Thursday, reaffirming the two governments’ strong relations. In a Twitter post, government spokesman Prodromos
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Netanyahu secures election victory (Updated)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to reelection on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority despite a
Israelis go to polls in referendum on Netanyahu’s record reign (updated)
Israelis began voting in an election on Tuesday that could hand conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a record fifth term or see him dethroned by
A step closer to an east Med ‘alliance’
THE leaders of Cyprus, Greece and Israel said on Thursday they were ready to proceed with an inter-state agreement concerning the EastMed pipeline, following a
Israeli coalition crisis eases; early election less likely
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition crisis eased on Monday when a coalition partner backed off a demand to be given the defence ministry, making an
Netanyahu takes over defence job as coalition falters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take over the defence portfolio in his government after his defence minister resigned this week, a spokesman for his
Netanyahu, in UN speech, claims secret Iranian nuclear site
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described what he said was a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran and accused Europe of appeasing Iran as he sought
Netanyahu questioned again in long-running corruption probe
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuon Friday over what local media said was a case involving the country’s largest telecoms firm, one of three corruption
Israel has bombed Iranian-backed militias in Syria – Netanyahu
Israel has attacked Iranian-backed Shi’ite Muslim militias in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, casting such actions as potentially helping to stem a Syrian
Pushing to bury Iran deal, Israel says no one wants war with Tehran
Israel said it does not seek war with Iran and suggested U.S. President Donald Trump backed Israel’s latest attempt to kill the 2015 Iran nuclear
Erdogan calls Netanyahu “terrorist” as insults fly after Gaza deaths
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu a “terrorist” on Sunday, escalating an exchange of insults that started after he criticised Israel’s
Trump, with Netanyahu, says may go to Israel for embassy move
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he might travel to Israel for the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem as he and Israeli
Israeli police question Netanyahu in telecoms corruption case
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday for the first time in a corruption case that involves the country’s largest telecommunications company Bezeq,
Confidant of Israel’s Netanyahu turns state’s witness
A confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to provide testimony on behalf of the state about alleged corrupt dealings between the government and the
New corruption cases entangle Netanyahu aides
Israeli police alleged on Tuesday that Benjamin Netanyahu‘s former spokesman tried to bribe a judge to drop a fraud case against Netanyahu‘s wife, the latest corruption investigation
Netanyahu says government coalition remains stable
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his coalition government remained stable and would continue to govern despite police recommendations he be indicted for
Russian says Israeli bill on Ukraine’s Stalin-era deaths a ‘wrong step’
A Russian diplomat cautioned Israel on Wednesday over a proposed law that would formally recognise the deaths of millions of Ukrainians under Soviet rule as
Netanyahu flies to Moscow for talks on Syria with Putin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Moscow on Monday to discuss Israeli concerns about any expansion of Iran’s military foothold in Syria with Russian President
US Embassy in Israel to move to Jerusalem by end of 2019
The US Embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, US Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech to the Israeli parliament on
EU tells Netanyahu it rejects Trump’s Jerusalem move (Update 2)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his case to Europe to ask allies to join the United States in recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but was