The assassination, via targeted rocket strike, of a leader of the Islamic Jihad movement threatens to escalate the conflict in the Gaza – though it may also have the unintended effect of ending the deadlocked electoral situation in Israel. Baha...
Israel’s uncertain domestic political situation just took a small step closer to resolution, but also one step closer to re-inflaming an uptick in Arab-Jewish hostilities. Avigdor Lieberman, two-time former Defense Minister of Israel and current leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu...
Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt to bring the centrist Blue and White party into a joint government with his own Likud party has come to nothing. His rival, Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party, has now been given the chance...
Ever since he joined politics, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been dogged by scandals and controversies that never seem to go away. Known to his supporters as “Bibi”, in July this year he became Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister surpassing,...
A meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival party leader Benny Gantz ended Sunday without a conclusive plan to form the nation’s next government. The 10-year incumbent was handed the mandate following Israel’s second election this year, but...
On Monday, Oct. 21, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated his 70th birthday. On that day, though, he receded from his 28-day trial to form a new governing coalition in Israel, two days before his deadline was up. Netanyahu’s bitter...
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu may have been tapped once again by his president to form a government in parliament, but doing so is considerably more challenging this time around. Even though Netanyahu’s party, Likud, won less seats than its primary opposition,...
Since 2012, Israel has been running an intense campaign against Iranian influence on its northern borders with Syria and Lebanon. The Israeli Defense forces have named it “the campaign between wars”. The civil war in Syria changed the rules of...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a swipe at Benjamin Netanyahu during his address to the United Nations on Thursday, saying the Israeli prime minister was a roadblock to peace between their two peoples. Abbas used his UN General Assembly speech...
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, which is widely acknowledged as a Hindu party, has carved a niche for itself in the Muslim dominated Middle East. The effect of this can be seen as Pakistan, which was once a favored...