Iran, Israel trade missile strikes amid escalating tensions
Iran launched a new wave of missiles at Israel on Saturday, wounding several people in residential buildings, while Israel said it was striking Tehran.
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US slaps sanctions on four ICC judges over Israel, US cases
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court including over an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as it ramped up pressure to neuter the court of last resort...
Israeli strikes kill 52 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli attacks on Monday killed at least 52 people, as the military pressed a newly intensified campaign in the war-ravaged territory...
Netanyahu dragging US into disaster in region: Iran
Iran鈥檚 foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday accused Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of attempting to drag the United States into 鈥榙isaster鈥� in the Middle East, warning against any attempt to attack Iran.
Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive
Israel was issuing orders to call up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of an expanded offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported Saturday, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar...
Iran accuses Netanyahu of 鈥榙ictating鈥� US policy in nuclear talks
Iran accused Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday of trying to dictate US policy in negotiations, after he called for the complete dismantling of Tehran鈥檚 nuclear programme and for the inclusion of its ballistic missile capabilities in any deal.
Too little, too late
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 vehement opposition to a Palestinian state aligns perfectly with a long-standing Zionist ideology that has consistently viewed the establishment of a Palestinian state as a direct threat to Israel鈥檚 very foundation as a settler colonial project...
Netanyahu visiting Trump on Monday to discuss tariffs, Iran
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to travel to Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump, discussing issues including tariffs and the 鈥業ranian threat,鈥� his office said Saturday.
Hungary announces ICC withdrawal as Netanyahu visits
Hungary on Thursday said it will quit the International Criminal Court, just as prime minister Viktor Orban hosted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, whom the tribunal has accused of war crimes in Gaza.
Freeing Gaza鈥� from the Palestinians
ISRAELI prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to insist that Israel will carry out Trump鈥檚 ethnic cleansing plans for Gaza, saying the following on Sunday about 鈥榯he final stage鈥� of his agenda:..
Israel PM picks new security chief, defying legal challenge
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu picked former navy commander Eli Sharvit聽to head the domestic security agency, his office said on Monday, despite the supreme court freezing the incumbent鈥檚 dismissal....
Netanyahu bombing Gaza again to save political life
ISRAELI forces have killed more than 400 people in Gaza over the past 24 hours, including more than 100 children, according to Palestinian officials...
Israel says hostage body returned by Hamas not Bibas mother
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he would ensure 鈥楬amas pays the full price鈥� for failing to hand over Israeli mother Shiri Bibas after the militant group released a body Israel said was not hers....
Trump, real estate and dreams of ethnic cleansing
PRESIDENT Donald J Trump likes teasing out the unmentionable, and the Israel-Palestinian situation was hardly going to be any different. With a touch of horror and the grotesque, he offered a solution to the issue of what would happen to Gaza at the conclusion of hostilities. In a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he...
PALESTINIAN STATE ON SAUDI LAND: Arab nations slam Netanyahu remarks
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries condemned on Sunday remarks by Israel鈥檚 prime minister who appeared to suggest in an interview that a Palestinian state could be established on Saudi territory...
TRUMP鈥橲 GAZA 鈥楻IVIERA鈥� PROPOSAL: A reckless real estate fantasy
ON FEBRUARY 4, in a press conference alongside Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US president Donald Trump unveiled a plan as audacious as it is alarming: the United States would 鈥榯ake over鈥� the Gaza Strip, forcibly displace its 1.8 million Palestinian residents and redevelop the territory into a luxury enclave he dubbed 鈥榯he Riviera of the...
Criminal probe launched into Israel PM鈥檚 wife
Israeli police are conducting a criminal investigation into Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the office of the state attorney said in a letter made public on Sunday...
Bitter harvests: Gaza ceasefire
TWINNING the terms 鈥榗easefire鈥� and 鈥楪aza鈥� seems not only incongruous but an obscene joke. This is largely because the ceasefire announced on January 15 between Israel and Hamas could have been reached so much earlier by all the concerned parties. But will was lacking in Washington to force Israel鈥檚 hand, and Israeli prime minister...
Blinded to Syria
I DO not know anyone who was not shocked by the lightning speed with which Damascus fell to expensively armed jihadist militias last weekend...
Straws in Syrian whirlwind
THE pendulum of zealotry almost always ushers in intellectual subterfuge in its wake. The lightning, if not spontaneous, takeover of Damascus by mediaeval militias is being predictably applauded by Western journalists as an overthrow of a 50-year-old family dictatorship...
Israeli snipers shoot Palestinians for sport
ISRAEL鈥橲 attempts to excuse the mass murder of civilians in Gaza as 鈥榗ollateral damage鈥� fall apart in the face of mounting evidence that it employs deliberate sniper attacks. The targeted killing of unarmed people 鈥� using quadcopter drones and professional snipers 鈥� has restricted access to essential medical care, food, and water, exposing a chilling reality behind the occupation army鈥檚 actions...
ICC warrant: accountability or polarisation
THE International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on November 21 for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, citing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to the ongoing Gaza conflict. This unprecedented move by the Hague-based court has sent...
Why Israel鈥檚 defeat is imminent
THE paradoxical phrase, 鈥榬unning away forward鈥� is one of the most apt descriptions that illustrates the state of Israeli affairs now...
ICC warrant for Netanyahu not enough: Khamenei
Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that a war crimes case against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Gaza war was insufficient and that he deserved a 鈥榙eath sentence鈥�...
Erdogan hails ICC warrants for Netanyahu
Turkey鈥檚 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday praised the 鈥榗ourageous decision鈥� of the International Criminal Court to seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and...
Netanyahu warrant also indicts US complicity
IT鈥橲 official now. America鈥檚 closest ally, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the one accorded more than 50 standing ovations in Congress just months ago, is under indictment by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes. America must take note: the US government is complicit in Netanyahu鈥檚 war crimes and...
Ireland would arrest Netanyahu, says PM
Benjamin Netanyahu would be detained if he arrives in Ireland, prime minister Simon Harris said on Friday after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant.
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, Deif
The International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas鈥檚 military chief Mohammed Deif.
3 suspects arrested after flares near Netanyahu鈥檚 home
Three suspects were arrested, Israeli police said Sunday morning, after two flares landed near prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 residence in the...
Thousands in Israel protest against sacking of defence minister
Thousands of Israelis protested against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 dismissal of his defence minister, demanding the government do everything in its power to bring home hostages held in Gaza.