Israel reboots fiercely opposed judicial campaign
JerusalemReuters Israeli lawmakers on Sunday began debating a bill that would limit the Supreme Court’s powers, rebooting a fiercely opposed judicial overhaul instigated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition. An aerial view shows protesters holding banners as they demonstrate against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government’s judicial overhaul, in Tel […]
Israel’s premier calls for unity after Netanyahu victory
Jerusalem AP Israel’s Prime Minister on Sunday issued a plea for national unity, days after he was defeated in national elections by the former premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, with the backing of a far-right ultranationalist party. In a memorial ceremony for the assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned of the deep […]
Netanyahu poised for comeback in Israeli election, exit polls show
JerusalemReuters Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared well placed to return to power after exit polls following Tuesday’s election showed his right-wing bloc heading for a narrow majority lifted by a strong showing from his far-right allies. Israel’s longest-serving premier, on trial over corruption charges which he denies, was poised to take 61 to […]
Lapid to become new Prime Minister as Israel heads to election
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Israeli lawmakers will vote next week to dissolve parliament, opening the way for the country’s fifth election in three years, after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett could not contain the rising pressure on his fragile ruling coalition. Bennett will step aside to be replaced by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, his partner in the unlikely […]
Updated: Israel-Gaza violence erupts for first time since end of last month’s fighting
Updated: 10am AESTGazaReuters Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory. The flare-up, a first test for Israel’s new government, followed a march in East Jerusalem on Tuesday by Jewish […]
New Israeli Government approves nationalist march in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Israel’s new government on Monday approved a Jewish nationalist march in Jerusalem, a step that risks inflaming tensions with Palestinians hours after veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu handed over power to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. In the flag-waving procession, planned for Tuesday, far-right groups will march in and around East Jerusalem’s walled Old City, […]
Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year run as Israel’s Prime Minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new “government of change” led by nationalist Naftali Bennett, an improbable scenario few Israelis once could have imagined. But the razor-thin 60 to 59 vote of confidence in a coalition of left-wing, centrist, right-wing and Arab parties […]
Israel’s Lapid set to unseat Netanyahu, form new government
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Israel’s opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday when he officially informed the country’s President that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government. About 30 minutes before a midnight deadline, the centrist Yair Lapid, according to a party statement, told President Reuven Rivlin […]
Israeli election seen as referendum on divisive Netanyahu
Jerusalem, IsraelAP Israelis vote Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who has served as prime minister for the past 12 years, hopes voters will reward him for leading the country’s successful coronavirus vaccine rollout and his diplomatic outreach to […]