Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas after the terrorist group launched an attack across the border from Gaza on October 7, which killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and took about 240 hostage, according to Israel. Retaliatory aerial bombardments and ground attacks have killed more than 10,800 people in Gaza, most of them civilians and many […]
US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the fighting in Gaza during a call on Monday. A White House spokesman earlier said the two leaders discussed a “strategic pause” in the fighting in Gaza for humanitarian reasons and the possible release of hostages during their […]
Pressure was building on Netanyahu before the attacks, and experts say a showdown is only a matter of time. The prime minister, who has led Israel for nearly 16 of the last 27 years, is still fighting three corruption cases in court. In the nine months to October 7, his hard-line government’s divisive judicial overhaul […]
But military testing, though challenging enough in itself, is not the only challenge. Netanyahu, who has also eroded the goodwill of allies like the United States in his fight for judicial reform, is viewed with deep suspicion in much of the world because of his alliance with fundamentalist religious and nationalist parties. In addition to […]
Military spokesman Daniel Hagari said, “We will reach every community until we kill every terrorist in Israel.” A day after hundreds of Hamas fighters attacked Israel using vehicles, boats and even motorized paragliders. There was widespread shock and dismay in Israel after Hamas gunmen captured and abducted at least 100 civilians in Gaza, with images […]
The government also said it would ban Jewish visitors from entering Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound from Wednesday until the end of Ramadan. Home of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the site is sacred in both Judaism and Islam, and is the centerpiece of Ramadan celebrations. Jews, who know the site as the Temple Mount, are allowed to visit […]
Thousands of Israelis came out in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan on Thursday, blocking a highway in Tel Aviv after months of anti-government protests. “The nation demands legal reform!” Some protesters chanted while carrying Israel’s blue and white national flag. Police said they were responding to a group that blocked the […]
diplomatic resignation Gallant became the most senior member of Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party on Saturday to say he would not support a judicial overhaul, saying the growing number of military reservists in the protests was also straining regular forces and threatening national security. Weakening. In recent weeks, senior finance ministry officials have warned of an […]
Israel’s foreign ministry had no immediate comment, but Itamar Ben-Gvir, the security minister for the hardline religious nationalist faction in Netanyahu’s government, said he wanted to go further. “This is our mission. This is our principle,” said Ben-Gvir. “Nine settlements are good but it is still not enough. We want many more,” he said in […]
“Creating a consensus for fundamental changes is really important to make sure that people buy into them so that they can be sustained.” Recent polls have shown relatively little support for the proposed judicial changes as they stand. Herzog urged immediate dialogue between the government and the opposition based on five principles. These would include […]
demonstrations The proposals have triggered large demonstrations against what protesters see as an undermining of judicial independence. Briefing reporters ahead of the visit, Barbara Leaf, the State Department’s top official for the Middle East, said, “It is clearly a measure of the vibrancy of democracy that it has been challenged so clearly across all sections […]
The shooting poses a challenge to Netanyahu, who returned to power in December at the head of a hard-right nationalist government that promised to improve personal security for Israelis after deadly Palestinian street attacks last year. . The Israeli army said on Saturday it was sending additional troops to the West Bank, which has seen […]
