Israeli Elections

Dozens of Palestinian families on Tuesday rallied in front of the Knesset (Israel's parliament) against government plans to vote on extending the family reunification law, Anadolu Agency reported. Protesters held banners...

Shortly before Israel's Naftali Bennett took over as prime minister, his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu ordered documents be shredded in his office, a report claimed yesterday. Sources who worked for Netanyahu...

Far-right opposition parties in Israel have claimed victory after embarrassing the new coalition government by ensuring that it failed to extend an apartheid law barring Palestinian family reunification. The...

When Palestinians face the prospect of the colonisation of the last remaining shards of their land by Israel, the answer is surely not collaboration with the right-wing apartheid state....

Israeli judges in former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial yesterday rejected a request to postpone the trial until after the Jewish holidays in September, Ynet News reported. Netanyahu's lawyers...

The Palestinian Authority has formed a negotiating team to deal with the new Israeli government at the request of the administration of US President Joe Biden, Israel's Channel 12 reported yesterday....

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to leave the postholder's official residence in Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. According to his office, the leader...

Israel's parliament voted 60-59 in favour of a new government on Sunday. Ultra-nationalist Naftali Bennett will head the new cabinet.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to attend the inauguration of his successor Naftali Bennett, Israeli media reported yesterday. Bennett's government won a narrow 60-59 vote of confidence...

The now-former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is as much American as he is Israeli. While other Israeli leaders have made their strong relationship with Washington a cornerstone...

Israel's 36th government has been sworn in and ministers have to start work immediately. After four elections in two years, they have some urgent tasks to focus on. Thorny...

Israel has a new prime minister for the first time since 2009. That's when Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu took office for the second time. It was not easy for...

Changes in the makeup of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, hardly cause for Palestinian optimism, even at the best of times. All governments of Israel since 1948 have pushed...

Almost half of Israelis do not believe that the new coalition government sworn in yesterday will complete its term, a poll conducted by Israeli TV Channel 12 showed. On Sunday, Israeli...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12-year hold on power was set to end on Sunday when parliament votes on a new government, ushering in an administration that has...

Is the Israeli election circus finally coming to an end? I wouldn't bank on it quite yet, for two related reasons. Since 2019, there have been no less than...

The Knesset Interior Committee, headed by Arab-Israeli MK Mansour Abbas, has been stripped of its power due to the agreement to establish a new coalition "government for change", Arab48.com...

The Muslim Brotherhood has denied that it has any relationship with the Palestinian Israeli MK Mansour Abbas, head of Ra'am or Arab United List, Al-Watan Voice reported yesterday. The news site...

Israel's legislature will vote on Sunday on approving a new government, Reuters reported the speaker of parliament saying today, a move that will unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's longest-serving...

It is important to stress at the very beginning that those once close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are the same people who now want to see the...

Zionist rabbis in Israel have called for the proposed government to be blocked by any means necessary. According to a leaflet being circulated, the rabbis claim that the coalition...

The Israeli Knesset Guard yesterday granted extra security protection to two other lawmakers of the right-wing Yamina Party after they claimed to have been threatened by protesters aiming at...

Last week, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid told President Reuven Rivlin that he had formed a coalition government to replace the administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the...

The head of Israel's domestic security service issued a rare warning on Saturday of possible violence during one of the most politically charged periods in decades, with the country...

The support of the United Arab List party headed by Mansour Abbas in the Israeli coalition seeking to topple the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is not surprising, Anadolu Agency...

At the time of writing, there is still uncertainty about a new government being formed in Israel. Current and perhaps soon-to-be former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is panicking. The...

Naftali Bennett, the 49-year-old future prime minister of Israel known for adopting a religious and nationalist stance, is known for his anti-Palestine views, Anadolu Agency reports. Bennett entered politics...

Benjamin Netanyahu is making last-ditch efforts to try to block opposition leader Yair Lapid from forming a new government in Israel. The prime minister's plea to the leader of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a desperate legal challenge to the formation of a coalition government that would see him unseated

Israeli Members of the Knesset today voted Isaac Herzog as the new president as Reuven Rivlin's term has come to an end. According to the Knesset website, Herzog becomes the occupation...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still facing corruption charges and has failed yet again to form a stable government. He is Israel's longest-serving prime minister and regards himself...

Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman yesterday questioned whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "has lost" his mental stability, Al-Watan Voice reported. Quoting the Israeli Public Broadcaster (Kan), Al-Watan Voice reported Lieberman saying: "I have watched the...