Tagged: Benjamin Netanyahu

14th May 2021

Israel targets Gaza tunnels, Palestinian rocket attacks persist

Israel fired artillery and mounted extensive air strikes on Friday against a network of Palestinian militant tunnels under Gaza that it dubbed “the Metro”, amid persistent rocket attacks on Israeli towns. An Israeli military...

Middle East Monitor

11th May 2021

Twenty Killed As Israel Strikes Gaza After Hamas Rocket Barrage

Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza Monday in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. At...

Iran / Asia / Nuclear Diplomacy / United States

13th April 2021

Iran blames Israel for Natanz nuclear plant outage, vows revenge

Iran blames regional arch-foe Israel for a sabotage incident at its key Natanz nuclear site and will exact revenge, state TV quoted its foreign minister as saying, in what appeared to be latest episode...

Middle East Monitor / Elections

6th April 2021

Explainer: Israel’s Netanyahu faces legal trial and political tribulations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal and political troubles will play out simultaneously on Monday, at his corruption trial and in the president’s residence. Judges ordered Netanyahu to be in court for the prosecution’s...

Elections / Opinion

24th March 2021

Deadlock once again after Israeli elections

Israelis awoke on Wednesday to find that, after their fourth general election in less than two years, there was still no clear indication of who would form the next government. Veteran Prime Minister Benjamin...

Middle East Monitor

3rd April 2019

Nazism was a leftist movement: Brazil’s right-wing president Bolsonaro

Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro said “there is no doubt” that Nazism was a leftist movement, just after visiting Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum. Bolsonaro’s remarks directly contradicted information on the museum’s...

Middle East Monitor / War / World Daily

17th July 2018

Israel launches strikes against Hamas targets

Israeli aircraft struck militant targets in the Gaza Strip and Palestinians launched dozens of mortar bombs and rockets from the enclave into Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said. There were no reports of serious casualties...

Middle East Monitor / Syrian Civil War / War / World Daily

2nd July 2018

Syrians fleeing war will not be allowed in Israel: Netanyahu

Jerusalem Civilians fleeing Syria’s war will not be allowed to enter Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today adding however that his government will continue providing them with humanitarian aid. Tens of thousands of Syrians...