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Time for a Gaza truce deal: US

The United States said on Tuesday it was time to ‘finalise’ a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the Gaza war, after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to bow to pressure...

Israelis go on strike for Gaza deal after hostage deaths

Strike action brought parts of Israel to a halt on Monday in a bid to raise pressure on the government to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza, after the military recovered the bodies of six captives that the health ministry said had been ‘murdered’ by Hamas...

Kamala vows not to be silent on Gaza in meeting with Netanyahu

Kamala Harris signaled a major shift on US Gaza policy Thursday, with the presidential hopeful telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seal a peace deal and insisting she would not be ‘silent’ on the suffering in the Palestinian enclave...

UN rights expert compares Israeli PM to Hitler

Israel on Friday slammed a UN rights expert for ‘anti-Semitism’ after she endorsed a social media post comparing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler.

Netanyahu’s address to US Congress draws mass outrage

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a landmark speech to the US Congress on Wednesday, seeking support at a time of tensions between his country and its main military backer over the former’s military offensive in Gaza reaches new, barbaric heights...

Netanyahu heads for US as Israel orders new evacuations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington on Monday to deliver a key speech, as the military ordered fresh evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis before sending in troops...

Ex-spy handler of Hamas co-founder’s son says PM ‘destroying’ Israel

On a Tel Aviv overpass, former spy Gonen Ben Itzhak addresses a small gathering of flag-waving protesters worried about the future of Israel under longest-serving premier Benjamin Netanyahu...

New tensions between W House, Israeli PM

New tensions emerged this week between president Joe Biden’s administration and Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli premier’s criticism of US weapons deliveries...

Israel official says PM Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet

A senior Israeli official told AFP on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had dissolved the war cabinet following the resignation earlier this month of centrist leader Benny Gantz.

Israel’s backhanded apology was no apology at all

ON MAY 27, Israel appeared to ‘apologise’ for the deaths of 45 Palestinians resulting from its bombing raid on a ‘humanitarian zone’ in Rafah. By any measure, it was a backhanded apology that conveyed more insult than atonement. As Israeli apologies, even those that are insincere, are rare, it’s worth examining the background that led up to this one...

Netanyahu prolonging Gaza war: Biden

US president Joe Biden swiped at Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with Time magazine published on Tuesday, saying there was ‘every reason’ to conclude the Israeli prime minister...

The untold ICC story

Even the most optimistic of political analysts did not expect that the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor would be uttering these words:..

US attitude to ICC always defined by self-interest

THIS week, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, applied for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders, as well as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant, in connection with the ongoing war in Gaza...

Historic ICC decision to recommend arrest of Israeli, Hamas leaders

THE International Criminal Court this week made the first truly historic move since its establishment in 2002, with its chief prosecutor recommending arrest warrants against two top Israeli officials, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant, and three prominent Hamas leaders...

ICC prosecutor seeks Gaza ‘war crimes’ arrest warrant

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrants against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top...

How Biden allows Netanyahu to walk all over his ‘red line’

Colombia urges ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Friday called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose...

Israel PM warns of Rafah offensive ‘with or without’ Gaza truce deal

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that the military would launch a ground offensive on Gaza’s far-southern Rafah city ‘with or without’ a truce deal being negotiated with Hamas...

Israel under pressure to refrain from striking Iran

Israel faced pressure from its allies on Wednesday to refrain from striking back at Iran for its unprecedented missile and drone attack as Washington and Brussels vowed to ramp up sanctions against...

Israeli PM admits Gaza strike ‘unintentionally’ killed 7 aid workers

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Tuesday that Israel’s military had ‘unintentionally’ killed seven aid workers with a US charity in an air strike in Gaza...