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Benjamin Netanyahu

Conflict
As Netanyahu and Khamenei face off, what’s the end game?
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A sticker reads “Impeachment Now!” with a photo of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu with a bloody hand on his face
Israel-Hamas war
Israelis answer ‘battle cry’ to return to anti-government protests
Photo showing tanks and jeeps rolling through a desert
Israel-Hamas war
How the Hamas assault echoes the 1973 Arab-Israeli war
Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife Sara, waves to his supporters after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem
Netanyahu win is set to ‘change the face of Israel,’ Israeli reporter says
Naftali Bennett is shown wearing a dark suit and raising his right hand in the air.
Top of The World
Benjamin Netanyahu is out, Naftali Bennett is sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister
Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett wearing a dark suit and sitting while speaking with Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid on his left.
Top of The World
A new alliance in Israel could oust Prime Minister Netanyahu
A woman is shown wearing a dark shirt and face mask while hugging a young girl who is wearing a pink shirt.
Top of The World
Indigenous leaders in Canada call for search for mass graves
Smoke plumes from airstrikes in Gaza.
Conflict & Justice
Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire
Young man in blue shirt lifts a piece of concrete as other men sift through rubble after an airstrike
Top of The World
Prospects of a ceasefire offer hope to ending violence between Israel and Hamas
A man is shown bending over and looking at the remains of a bombed out building with rubble scatter all over.
Top of The World
Biden supports Israel-Hamas ceasefire as humanitarian crisis deepens
A man is shown wearing an orange safety vest and silver helmet and spraying a fire working to extinguish it.
Top of The World
Israel conducts heavy airstrike bombardment on Gaza
A row of tall stainless steel centrifuges are shown.
Top of The World
Iran blames Israel for blackout, vows revenge
Prince Hamzah Bin Al-Hussein (R) and Prince Hashem Bin Al-Hussein (L) are shown sitting and wearing traditional red and white headscarves
Top of The World
Jordan’s Prince Hamzah appears defiant of king in recordings
A person holds a vial of a vaccine dose wearing blue gloves
Top of The World
EU moves toward stricter export controls for COVID-19 vaccines
President-elect Joe Biden is shown wearing a dark suit and smiling while holding his fists up like a boxer.
2020 US presidential election
Trump faces calls to work with Biden team on transition
Two men wearing tank tops and face masks protest and wave blue and white Israeli flags in a big crowd
COVID-19
Israelis protest against new COVID-19 measures that restrict protests
A camouflage painted tank is shown with two soldiers shown in the background carrying a box.
Conflict
Israel attacks Hezbollah posts after shots fired at soldiers
A photo of the West Bank.
Borders
Former US ambassador: Israel would be ‘making itself an international outlaw’ with West Bank annexation
Palestinian residents of the village of Fasayil in the Jordan Valley sit together for an afternoon tea break.
Global Politics
Israeli plans for annexation weigh heavily on Jordan Valley residents
Mike Pompeo in a suit and face mask in front of a plane and the US and Israeli flags
Top of The World
Pompeo visits Israel; Europe wants a summer travel season; Lebanon counters second virus wave
The separation wall, Baka al-Gharbiyeh
Borders
Israel’s Arab citizens contemplate their future under the Trump peace plan
A police officer talks to a woman and child, all in face masks, outside a hotel
COVID-19
How ‘war’ with coronavirus could lead to lasting government overreach
Several people are shown in shadow with the sun setting behind them and walking in a dirt road.
Top of The World
What’s next for migrants and refugees on the EU border; COVID-19 and the cost of healthcare; Israeli elections show success for Netanyahu
Palestinians watch a television broadcasting the announcement of Middle East peace plan by US President Donald Trump, in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Trump unveiled his Middle East peace plan. This Palestinian analyst says it’s a ‘scam.’
A woman stands with smartphone in a shop with organizers
Elections
Jewish and Arab women unite to defy Bedouin voter suppression in Israeli election
A supporter of the Israeli Likud party kisses an election campaign poster depicting Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the market in Jerusalem.
For many Israelis, this election is all about Bibi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman (right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz (left), attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 7, 2019.
Nuclear
With the Iran deal falling apart, Israel faces new worries
jared kushner and company
Foreign policy
Kushner, in Jerusalem to push peace plan, faces new political hurdle
Benjamin Netanyahu sits with his hand covering his mouth.
Identity
What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shown sitting with his hands folded and an Israeli flag behind him.
Israel faces new vote as Netanyahu fails to form government
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner smiles while listening to US President Donald Trump talk as the president meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019.
Foreign policy
Jared Kushner’s peace plan that nobody loves
Confetti is shown falling falling with sparkling fireworks shooting up with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara standing on stage.
Global Politics
Israel’s Netanyahu poised to win reelection
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shown wearing a blue suit and walking past a blue voting booth.
Global Politics
Israelis go to polls to decide on Netanyahu’s fate
Benny Gantz, the head of the Blue and White political party in Israel, speaks to the audience at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, DC on Monday, March 25, 2019.
Ahead of an election, Israeli politicians take their campaigns to AIPAC
Israeli prime minister stands between two Israeli flags.
Global Politics
Israel’s early elections: Netanyahu’s best defense against criminal charges
A Palestinian man is shown in shadow in the near ground looking out at the destroyed remains of Hamas's TV station building.
Conflict & Justice
Israel-Gaza border ignites in most serious fighting since 2014 war
John Kerry stands behind the mic in The World studio
John Kerry: ‘It is a dangerous time’
fans in the stands shout slogans during a match
Global Politics
The right-wing origins of the Jerusalem soccer team that wants to add ‘Trump’ to its name
People are silhouetted against the sun as some smoke surrounds them. One man on the left rolls a tire.
Conflict
After bloodshed and US embassy protests, Israelis and Palestinians alike wonder what’s next
A Palestinian demonstrator walks with black smoke and tires burning in the background.
Conflict & Justice
Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem
Missile fire is seen in a yellow streak across the night sky over Daraa, Syria.
Israel launched a massive strike against Iranian targets in Syria
A protest by "If Not Now" outside the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, March 2017.
Global Politics
As Israel turns 70, many young American Jews turn away
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House.
Conflict & Justice
Trump has all but decided to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal, sources say
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands at a podium speaking during a news conference in Tel Aviv.
Israel says Iran lied on nuclear arms, pressures US to scrap deal
Teklit Michael dreamed of running in the London Olympics. But his country, Eritrea, jailed him. So he fled to Israel.
Conflict
A life of statelessness derailed this Eritrean runner’s hopes to compete in the Olympics
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a lectern before a blue background during a news conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on April 2, 2018.
Global Politics
Israel’s Netanyahu scraps African migrant relocation deal with UN
palestine
Global Politics
Palestinian officials rebuke Trump threat to block aid
Palestinians react during a protest against Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 7, 2017.
Conflict
Hamas calls for Palestinian uprising in response to Trump’s Jerusalem plan
President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence, delivers remarks recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the White House in Washington, DC on December 6, 2017.
Conflict
World leaders react to Trump’s Jerusalem announcement
Israeli soldiers stand guard during the demolition of the family house of Palestinian assailant Omar Alabed
Conflict
Israel wants to increase its practice of demolishing the homes of Palestinian involved in fatal attacks
two me hug
Global Politics
Modi is about to become the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel
Trump in Israel
Culture
The complete timeline of awkward moments from Trump’s two days in Israel
Israel settlement law
Conflict
Israel just crossed a line it has never crossed before
Amona west bank eviction
Conflict
As one West Bank settlement is vacated, thousands more Israeli settler homes are planned
Israeli soldiers at a bus stop covered with posters from the Israeli branch of the US Republican Party, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel on Oct. 6.
Global Politics
How Donald Trump’s presidency will affect the Middle East
Israel's new defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, left, next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they sign a coalition deal to broaden the government's parliamentary majority on May 25.
Global Politics
How did such an inflammatory politician end up in Israel’s 2nd most-powerful job?
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem October 26, 2015. Israel is marking the 20th anniversary of Rabin's killing by an ultra-national
Conflict
Netanyahu, Rabin and the assassination that shook history
A photograph of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen on the floor with Likud party ballots at Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv March 18, 2015.
Global Politics
Netanyahu wins again. So now what?
A woman walks past a Joint Arab List campaign billboard. Four Arab-Israeli political parties have united for the first time, making the group the third-largest political faction in the Knesset.
Global Politics
Israel’s Arab parties make historic gains — will they actually matter?
Israeli election
Global Politics
Israelis head to the polls in what has become an unusually tight election