WASHINGTON – Israel on Sunday swore in a new government, ending the 12-year rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and making Naftali Bennett, the head of a small, religious ultranationalist party, the new leader of the Jewish state. Bennett will be prime minister for two years, under an unlikely power-sharing agreement among eight political parties […]
Opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked Thursday to arrange a quick parliamentary vote to end his 12-year term in office. Netanyahu’s opponents hope an expedited vote would complicate his last-minute effort to disrupt their new coalition. The political maneuvering began after an ideologically broad group of Israeli political parties struck […]
“We cannot simply let another huge arms sale go through without even a congressional debate.” Joining his progressive allies in the House, Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday introduced a resolution of disapproval against the Biden administration’s proposed sale of advanced weaponry to the Israeli government, which continues to unleash deadly airstrikes on the occupied Gaza Strip amid global […]
Benny Gantz’s comments “should be entered directly as evidence of war crimes to the International Criminal Court,” said one critic. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz threatened that “Gaza will burn” as Israel’s military reportedly readied plans Thursday for a possible ground invasion of the occupied Palestinian territory, a major escalation that human rights advocates warned would […]