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Both US Administrations Make Push for Middle East Deal

Netanyahu raises hopes by sending Mossad chief to Qatar talks

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, his office said Saturday, in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza. David Barnea will travel to Qatar's capital, Doha, for the latest round...

Poland Guarantees Netanyahu Won't Be Arrested

World leaders are planning to attend marking the liberation of Auschwitz this month

(Newser) - Poland's government has approved a measure promising Israel that its officials—including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—can attend events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp without fear of arrest. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and other Israelis...

Hospital Calls Netanyahu's Surgery a Success

Israeli prime minister's office says he's alert after being under full anesthesia

(Newser) - An Israeli hospital says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery. Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center said his prostate was removed late Sunday. Netanyahu was placed under full anesthesia for the procedure, the AP reports. Doctors said he was awake and recovering Sunday night. Netanyahu's office had...

Investigation Ordered After TV Report on Sara Netanyahu

Israeli prime minister denounces accusations that his wife wanted to intimidate a witness

(Newser) - Israel's attorney general has ordered an investigation of Sara Netanyahu, wife of the prime minister, on suspicion of harassing political opponents and a witness in her husband's corruption trial. Gali Baharav-Miara provided little information in making the announcement late Thursday but said the investigation will focus on a...

After 1,661 Days, Netanyahu Takes the Stand

Israeli PM testifies in long-running corruption trial

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent a big part of Tuesday in the same place he is expected to be several times a week for the next few months: his corruption trial. Tuesday was Netanyahu's first full day in court since the trial began 1,661 days ago, the...

Shortlist for Time's Person of the Year Is Out

3 presidential candidates in the US and Mexico, including the 2 victors, make the cut

(Newser) - The year of 2024 was enough to make heads nod, shake, and spin. Time is out with the shortlist of the 10 people around the globe who induced the most of that, and they include some very familiar faces and past winners, along with a few newcomers. In alphabetical order:...

France Might Buck ICC on Netanyahu Arrest

Foreign ministry says 'immunities apply'

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant are wanted men under an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court last week —but France could still be a safe place for them to visit. The French Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Netanyahu is covered...

Netanyahu Says He Supports Hezbollah Ceasefire
Israel Agrees to
Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal
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Nov 26, 2024 3:03 PM CST

Israel Agrees to Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal

Netanyahu says security Cabinet has approved US-brokered deal

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security Cabinet has approved a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah, clearing the way for the truce to take effect. Earlier Tuesday, Netanyahu recommended that his Cabinet approve a the US-brokered deal, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting...

Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal Could Arrive 'Within Days'

Source says Netanyahu agrees with proposed deal 'in principle'

(Newser) - The Israeli ambassador to Washington says a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants could be reached "within days." Ambassador Mike Herzog told Israeli Army Radio on Monday there remain "points to finalize" and any deal requires agreement from the government, the AP...

Netanyahu: Israel Will 'Seek Justice' in Rabbi's Death

Government calls killing of Zvi Kogan, who went missing in UAE, an act of terrorism

(Newser) - Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a "heinous antisemitic terror incident." The statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Israel "will...

International Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

ICC also follows through on controversial move for Hamas officials

(Newser) - The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes in the Gaza war and the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel's offensive. The decision turns Netanyahu and the others into internationally...

Netanyahu Offers $5M to Anyone Who Frees a Hostage

Israeli PM says safe passage out of Gaza will also be offered

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday offered $5 million to anyone who returns an Israeli hostage taken by Hamas, and promised to also grant the person safe passage out of Gaza, the New York Times reports. The offer was an increase on the "several million" he's previously promised,...

Netanyahu's Aides Suspected of Altering Oct. 7 Records

They're also facing allegations of blackmail, and leaking a secret military file

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a phone call from a top general on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, informing him that hundreds of Hamas militants were preparing to attack. Now, an investigation is underway to determine whether aides altered the official record of that call, raising questions about...

The World Reacts to Trump's Victory

Stormy Daniels, Volodymyr Zelensky, Hamas weigh in

(Newser) - People around the world are absorbing the news that Donald Trump will retake the White House, with world leaders from Israel to Hungary offering up congratulations, along with praise. Several leaders described the win as "historic." More than one called it the biggest comeback in US history. Other...

Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister
Netanyahu Fires
Defense Minister
Nov 5, 2024 4:17 PM CST

Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister

Thousands take to the streets to protest dismissal of Yoav Gallant

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country is embroiled in wars on multiple fronts across the region. Netanyahu and Gallant have repeatedly been at odds over the war in Gaza. But Netanyahu had avoided...

Trump to Netanyahu: 'Do What You Have to Do'

After latest strikes on Iran, Biden says he hopes this is it

(Newser) - In a phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump backed his military's attacks on Hamas and Hezbollah—telling the prime minister, "Do what you have to do." Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham was on a call this month with the two, the Washington Post reports. "He didn'...

Netanyahu Speaks Out After 'Assassination' Attempt

Drone targeted Israeli PM's house Saturday

(Newser) - Israel's government said a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house Saturday, with no casualties, as fighting with Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Gaza-based Hamas showed no pause after the killing of the Hamas mastermind of last year's Oct. 7 attack. Israel's military said dozens of projectiles were...

Friedman: Please, Netanyahu, Don't Blow This Opportunity

Hamas leader's death could lead to a 2-state solution, if the prime minister is willing

(Newser) - Just how big is the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar? "It is impossible to exaggerate the importance," writes New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. The immediate aftermath of his death could usher in the end of the war in Gaza, as well as the return of Israeli...

Netanyahu Considers Starving Northern Gaza

Plan to flush out Hamas could also trap thousands of civilians without food or water

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes. Israel has...

Hamas Leader Wants Wider War: US Intelligence

Biden issues a tense reminder to Netanyahu

(Newser) - The leader of Hamas wants to pull Israel into a wider regional war, US intelligence shows, becoming increasingly determined recently to the point where Yahya Sinwar has no interest in agreeing to a deal to stop the fighting. As Israeli forces pursue him, the New York Times reports, Sinwar has...

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