Posts Tagged: Benjamin Netanyahu
‘Crossed a Red Line’: Israeli Right Slams Biden Comments on Judicial Reform as War of Words Escalates
Members of Israel's Knesset from the governing right-wing coalition slammed President Biden’s criticism of Israel’s judicial reforms on Wednesday, as rhetoric continued to escalate from...
‘Turning Crisis into Opportunity’: Amidst Chaos in Israel a Constitutional Path Emerges, Analysts Say
After a chaotic day that ended with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing that he was pausing his judicial reform agenda until the Knesset reconvenes after...
Netanyahu Informed US He Will Halt Judicial Reform Legislation
i24 News - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed the U.S. administration that he would halt the legislation, media reported on Monday. Earlier on Monday Washington expressed...
Thousands Throughout Israel Protest Netanyahu’s Firing of Defense Minister
i24 News - Thousands of Israelis in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beersheba and other cities turned out to protest late Sunday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...
Israel’s Netanyahu Sacks Defense Minister Who Opposed Judicial Overhaul
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after he said the government should delay moving forward with a highly-contested...
Party Pressure Mounts on Netanyahu to Pause Judicial Overhaul
A top lawmaker from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party echoed on Sunday a call by the defense chief to pause a contested judicial...
Biden Urges Judicial Compromise, West Bank Calm in Netanyahu Call
US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Sunday in the wake of a terrorist attack on an American-Israeli...
Blame Biden for Iran’s Diplomatic Triumph
JNS.org - For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic opponents, it was just more fodder to label his new government a failure. The Israeli left...
Mass Protests Against Israeli Judicial Overhaul Enter 10th Week
Israelis packed city streets on Saturday in nationwide demonstrations now in their 10th week against plans by the hard-right government to curb the Supreme Court's...
Iran-Saudi Ties Won’t Hurt Israeli Normalization Bid, Official Says
Israel's bid to normalize ties with Saudi Arabia will not be hurt by Riyadh's rapprochement with arch-foe Iran, a senior Israeli official was quoted as...
Israeli Fighter Pilots Refuse to Train in Protest of Judicial Reform
i24 News - A total of 37 reserve pilots out of the 40 members of an elite Israel Air Force (IAF) unit announced that they...
Israel’s Netanyahu Slams IAEA for Calling Attacks on Nuclear Sites ‘Outlawed’
i24 News - Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticized the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, for calling any possible attacks...
US Officials to Boycott Smotrich During his Visit
i24 News - According to a senior political official via Channel 12, Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is now considered "persona non grata,” among the American...
Democracy Means Judicial Autonomy, German Envoy Says on Israel Overhaul
Germany believes an independent justice system is a tenet of democracy and is closely watching the Israeli dispute over a government plan for judicial change,...
