Israeli Elections

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Sunday that his country is in the midst of a division that is tearing it apart, Anadolu reports. Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated...

Hanukkah 2022 will be remembered as the holiday when Israeli voters snuffed the Menorah candles and welcomed darkness by electing a refurbished Jewish version of the Taliban government. Tel...

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has criticised the proposed changes to the security system being introduced by the far-right government headed by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. "We need a...

Israel's parliament, the Knesset, approved a preliminary reading of three bills on Tuesday in preparation for Benjamin Netanyahu's government coalition involving far-right parties. The bills need to pass three...

Israeli Prime Minister-designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, needs more time for the coalition talks to iron out the demands of the far-right parties, Quds Press reported yesterday. Speaking to the news site, specialist...

The head of the Religious Zionism Party, Bezalel Smotrich, who is due to be appointed the position of finance minister in Israel's incoming coalition government, expressed his concern and...

Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported that the EU has froze cooperation with Israeli police over fears of the incoming government's policies. Last September, the two parties signed a draft agreement to improve the transfer...

Israeli Prime Minister-designate, Benjamin Netanyahu, reached a coalition deal with the far-right Religious Zionism party, bringing him closer to securing a new government after an election last month, Netanyahu's...

Outgoing Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz accused the head of Otzma Yehudit party on Monday of having a desire to establish a "private militia", Haaretz has reported. Itamar Ben-Gvir's...

Israel's designate Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been accused of breaking his agreement with Arab countries that normalised relation with the Occupation State during the current coalition negotiations. The...

Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has asked Likud voters a series of questions related to the current impasse into which Benjamin Netanyahu, who is tasked with forming a...

Far-right Israeli parties Jewish Power and Religious Zionism, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich respectively, are "exploiting" Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu with their conditions to join the government...

A far-right Israeli parliamentarian has called on the new Israeli government to act against human rights groups which, he said, pose an "existential threat to the state of Israel."...

Right-wing parties in Israel have demanded that Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu should push through legislation that would enable the Knesset to override rulings against politicians by the High Court...

Israeli Member of Knesset Bezalel Smotrich, who heads the Religious Zionist Party, has cancelled a scheduled trip to New York so as to complete negotiations to form a government...

Far right parties in Israel are using their strong election performance as leverage to influence policies in return for supporting Likud’s effort to form a coalition government. Politicians like Itamar Ben-Gvir want to legalise gender segregation, give politicians control over the police and stop compulsory military service for ultra-orthdox communities.

Coalition talks for the next Israeli government are making little progress, with the far-right Otzma Yehudit party led by extremist MK Itamar Ben-Gvir saying yesterday that it was breaking...

The Palestinian Authority yesterday called on the international community and the US administration to put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu not to implement the agreement he concluded...

Senior officers and generals in the occupation army have expressed their concern about the possibility of the appointment of extremist Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionism Party, as minister of defence, because he...

The victory of the extreme right in the Israeli elections was not surprising. The Occupation State is racist and extremist in its founding since its usurpation of the Arab...

Top military leader of Sudanese Army, General Abdul Fattah Al Burhan, the de facto leader of the African country, congratulated Israel's Likud leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his election win,...

Will the heads of Arab-run local municipalities in Israel deal with far-right ministers such as Itamar Ben-Gvir if, as predicted, he is a minister in the new coalition? This...

Ayala Ben-Gvir, the wife of far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, brought her handgun to a meeting held yesterday with the wives of other ministers who are expected to be appointed...

Far-right Israeli MK Itamar Ben-Gvir has made the introduction of the death penalty for Palestinians found guilty of killing Israelis a condition for his faction to join Benjamin Netanyahu's...

The Religious Zionism rabbis, headed by Rabbi Haim Druckman, head of the Religious Zionism party, demanded Bezalel Smotrich insist on taking over the security portfolio during the calls regarding...

Mandating Likud Party leader and Former Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, with forming the next government is a "black day for Israeli democracy", outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid said yesterday....

The former head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate and a former top Defence Ministry official, Major General Amos Gilad warned on Saturday of a "serious catastrophe" if the leader...

Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, will on Sunday mandate a nominee to form a government, his office said, a move expected to see the return of former premier, Benjamin Netanyahu,...

The border demarcation deal between Israel and Lebanon will not be affected by the return to power of right-wing Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, a senior official in Hezbollah said....

Israel's President, Isaac Herzog, said on Tuesday he will begin consulting all elected parties on Wednesday before tasking a candidate with forming the next government, Reuters reports. The meetings,...

The leader of Israel's extreme right-wing Otzma Yehudit party met with Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu today as part of the negotiations to form the next coalition government. Right-wing parties...

World leaders have congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his victory in Tuesday's general elections in Israel, as he is expected to form a right-wing government, Anadolu News Agency reports. "I...