Tag Archives: Likud Party

The Times Of Israel reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tries to liken his political opposition to that of Donald Trump, employing some of the same rhetoric used by the US president to dismiss his critics. “In America and in Israel, when a strong right-wing leader wins an election, the leftist Deep State weaponizes the justice system to thwart the people’s …

The Times of Israel reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was awake and recovering after a successful prostate removal surgery at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, his office said in a statement late Sunday evening, adding that the premier had been moved to an underground, fortified recovery ward. “The surgery ended successfully without complications,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in …

Haaretz reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is testifying in his criminal trial for the first time on Tuesday, eight years after the investigations into him were first opened. He faces charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust across three different corruption cases. Netanyahu’s testimony follows years of investigations, deliberations, legal proceedings, and delays. He becomes the first sitting prime …

USA Today reports: Israeli protesters carried six empty coffins past Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence in Jerusalem on Monday night, in a symbolic act after six hostages were found dead in a Gaza tunnel over the weekend. But in his first public address since Israel’s military recovered the bodies of the six hostages, Netanyahu pushed back Monday night in …

CNN reports: Protests have broken out in big cities, small towns and on highways across Israel as demonstrators call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas. Protest locations include Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Ra’anana, Be’er Sheva, Kfar Saba, Kiryat Bialik, Afula, Ness Ziona, Binyamina, and various major intersections and bridges around the country, …

The New York Times reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has dissolved his war cabinet, an Israeli official said Monday, after the departures of two significant members prompted demands from far-right politicians for representation in the influential group. The two members, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, quit Mr. Netanyahu’s small war cabinet last week amid disagreements over the direction …

The New York Times reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Sunday that his cabinet had voted to shut down the Israeli operations of Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based network that is one of the most widely viewed sources of television news in the Arab world. The decision, which had been expected, could complicate Israel’s relationship with Qatar, which …

The Times Of Israel reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be discharged from hospital tomorrow afternoon and is recovering well after undergoing a successful hernia surgery at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem last night, his office says in a statement. Skepticism has intensified regarding Netanyahu’s health since he secretly had a pacemaker fitted last year. Doctors later revealed that he had …

The Hill reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday, labeling his floor speech criticizing Netanyahu’s government as “totally inappropriate.” “It is totally inappropriate,” Netanyahu told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” about Schumer’s criticism. “It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership …

Haaretz reports: Benjamin Netanyahu’s credibility with the Israeli public has taken a significant hit since October 7, with less than 4 percent of Jewish Israelis reporting that they trust the prime minister as the most reliable source of information regarding the war against Hamas, according to a new survey by Bar Ilan University. Moreover, the poll found that 41% of …

The Jerusalem Post reports: Four out of five Jewish Israelis believe the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are to blame for the mass infiltration of Hamas terrorists into Israel and the massacre that followed, a new Dialog Center poll released on Thursday found. An overwhelming majority – 86% of respondents, including 79% of coalition supporters, said the surprise attack …

From the editors of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz: The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu. The prime minister, who has prided himself on his vast political experience and irreplaceable wisdom in security matters, completely failed to identify the dangers he was consciously leading Israel into when establishing …

The New York Times reports: The Israeli Parliament passed a law Monday that limits the Supreme Court’s ability to overturn decisions made by government ministers, completing the first stage of a wider and deeply contentious effort to curb the influence of the judiciary. The court is now barred from overruling the national government using the legal standard of “reasonableness,” a …

Reuters reports: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in hospital after being fitted with a pacemaker on Sunday, as tens of thousands of people converged on Jerusalem to protest a planned overhaul of the Supreme Court being debated in parliament. With Israel embroiled in its most serious domestic political crisis in decades, the 73-year-old leader was rushed to Sheba Medical …

NBC News reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Monday evening to pause a divisive plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system until the next parliament session, according to a statement from one of the coalition partner parties, following widespread unrest in Israel. Israel had been paralyzed Monday after hundreds of thousands of people stopped working to protest the proposal. It …

CNN reports: Israel has been brought to a standstill by a “historic” general strike, as anger and unrest at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to weaken the judiciary. The action was called by Histadrut, Israel’s largest trade union federation, and has been joined or supported by workers in multiple sectors. “Stop this judicial process before it is too late,” the …

Politico reports: Designated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare rebuke of his new coalition allies on Sunday for saying they would advance laws allowing discrimination against LGBTQ people, pledging there would be no harm to their rights by his upcoming government. Netanyahu is set to form the most ultranationalist and religious government in Israel’s history between his Likud …

The Times of Israel reports: Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Isaac Herzog late on Wednesday that he has come to agreements with his coalition partners to form Israel’s 37th government, delivering a promise of right-wing and religious-led political stability seven weeks after the country’s fifth election since 2019 and minutes before the expiration of his mandate to form the next government. …

Haaretz reports: Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu said in private talks on Friday that “There will be no harm to pride parades nor to the status-quo on LGBTQ rights,” following statements made by lawmakers from the Religious Zionism slate that they intend to work to cancel pride parades around the country. Sources in Likud said Thursday the party intends to cancel …

The Times of Israel reports: As the final thousands of votes were being tallied Thursday evening, Prime Minister Yair Lapid called opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu to concede the race and congratulate him on his election victory. “The State of Israel is above any political considerations,” Lapid said. “I wish Netanyahu good luck for the people of Israel and the State …