A man votes in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Israelis began voting Tuesday in an unprecedented repeat election that will decide whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power despite a looming indictment on corruption charges. .(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)/ JERUSALEM ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Israelis are going to the polls on Tuesday for a second general election in just five months. What happens matters not only in Israel but also beyond. Here are five of the most important things to know. Israel has the strongest military in ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Polls suggest no clear route to government for Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L) or Benny Gantz (R) Israelis are voting in their country's second general election in five months. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the snap election after ...
In this March 21, 2019 file photo, an Israeli solider stands guard as Palestinian school children cross back from school in the Israeli controlled part of the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday Sept. 16, 2019, to annex "all the settlements" in the ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the left, the country's longest serving premier, is seeking to fend off a huge challenge from his main rival retired general Benny Gantz, one of the leaders of the Blue and White political alliance/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the ...
In this Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019 file photo, a worker hangs an election campaign billboard of the Likud party showing US President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. Israel is heading to an unprecedented repeat election next week with no guarantee that ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister Everything is very close in this troubled land. It's small. Travelling around and across land that has been fought over doesn't take long. Enemies, resentment, hopes and ...
11PM [Updated: Sun Sep 15, 2019 03:37PM ]/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (5th R) holds a weekly cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley, the occupied West Bank, September 15, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the construction of a new ...
25AM [Updated: Tue Sep 17, 2019 07:25AM ]/ A woman prepares to vote in Israel’s parliamentary election at a polling station in Tel Aviv, occupied territories, September 17, 2019. (Photo by Reutes)/ People in the Israeli-occupied territories are voting for the second time in less than six months ...
16PM [Updated: Mon Sep 16, 2019 04:17PM ]/ Palestinian leadership slammed the Israeli regime’s approval of an outpost in the Jordan valley near the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinians stress that there’s nothing called authorized settlements and unofficial outposts, ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a weekly cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on September 15, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he plans to annex “all” settlements in the occupied West Bank if he ...
37PM [Updated: Sun Sep 15, 2019 06:02PM ]/ Foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC meet in Saudi Arabia on September 15, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has censured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex areas of ...
42PM [Updated: Sun Sep 15, 2019 03:42PM ]/ has denounced Israel for continuing its “aggressive” policies after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his plan to annex areas of the occupied West Bank following the upcoming elections. Cavusoglu made the remarks on Sunday in Jeddah where the ...
A third of the community kitchens in Gaza - one of the last lifelines - have been forced to shut down over the past two weeks/ The US has confirmed that a new system for providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza through private companies is being prepared, as Israel's blockade continues ...
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp/ Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent ...
Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive/ Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin ...
Police block the entrance to the Israeli embassy during a protest in March/ The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the ...
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war/ "These," says Dr Anas al-Hourani, "are from a mixed mass grave." The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones on each ...
The strikes in Gaza City come as Israel says it is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Hamas/ At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media ...
The Houthis' top negotiator said their support for the Palestinian people in Gaza "will not change"/ A senior Houthi official has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim the Yemeni armed group "capitulated" when agreeing a ceasefire deal, saying the US "backed down" instead. "What changed is ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis that "we are on the eve of an intense entry into Gaza." Israel would, he said, capture territory and hold it: "They will not enter and come out." The new offensive is calculated, according to the spokesperson for the Israel Defense ...
Trump says Houthis told administration they 'don't want to fight anymore'/ Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had "capitulated", as Oman confirmed a "ceasefire" had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the ...
Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike/ The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a ...