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Benjamin Netanyahu
The latest news on Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli politician and Prime Minister of Israel, Israel politics news and updates.
Born
21 Oct 1949
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Israel's Prime Minister
Israeli military vehicles on a street in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday. Photo: TNS
Israeli troops stand guard in the Farsh Al Hawa area at the northern entrance to Hebron on Friday. Photo: dpa
Israeli machinery demolishes a Palestinian house following a shooting attack, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Israel

Israel launches major operation in West Bank after soldiers killed

The operation is expected to continue for several days and will include searches and building demolitions, the Israeli military says.

Israel

Israeli election campaign turns ugly with jibes, attacks against candidates

Middle East

Netanyahu orders West Bank closure after attack on Israelis ends in gun battle

France

Macron takes veiled shot at Trump over ‘stupid’ France riot remarks

The French president said some leaders were influenced by fake videos generated by artificial intelligence about the unrest.

A French police officer extinguishes burning bicycles during a protest in Paris on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media in Lusail, Qatar, on Wednesday. Photo: EPA
People watch a burned-out car in Paris on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Israel

Trump endorses ‘great warrior’ Netanyahu as tight Israeli election looms

US leader offers ‘total endorsement’ ahead of October 27 vote, but declining support among Israelis may limit impact for embattled ally.

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Israel

Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, beat up French mayor in West Bank

Bernard Baudoux says masked assailants kicked him and hit him with iron bars as he joined Palestinian olive farmers.

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Israel

Israel teen dies on school hike, 20 injured, as ‘leftover’ bomb detonates

The explosive, likely from a round of fighting with Hezbollah militants three years ago, went off as a student picked it up, police said.

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Israeli medics rush an injured person for treatment in Haifa, Israel, following an explosion in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon. Photo: AP
Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s main airport hit by new Houthi strike day after deadly attack

Riyadh’s international airport targeted again as strikes expose vulnerabilities in Saudi defence capabilities.

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United States

My Take | The US and Israel have gone full rogue

As Israel denounces Nobel Peace laureate Navi Pillay, the US sanctions the entire International Criminal Court.

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Israel-Gaza war

Palestinian leader Abbas postpones elections to September 2027

Palestinians have not held legislative or presidential elections since 2005-2006, after which Hamas seized control of Gaza.

Displaced Palestinians wait to receive food at a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday. Photo: AFP
United States

US sanctions ICC, hours after ex-judge wins Nobel

The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court, and the move puts the US on a diplomatic collision course with European allies.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague. The United States had delayed its sanctions ‌hoping that the ICC and the countries party to its founding Rome Statute would address US concerns. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Britain downscales and renames Jerusalem consulate after Israel orders closure

Now operating as the ‘UK Mission’, London says it will continue ‘vital services’ following a row over West Bank settlements.

Israel-Gaza war

Israel continues demolishing buildings in Gaza a year after ceasefire

With almost the entire population homeless, displaced Palestinians face an unrecognisable landscape.

Israel-Gaza war

Israel marks 3 years since October 7 attack that sparked war in Gaza

Sombre tributes take place as political debate intensifies weeks before Israel’s national vote.

A woman embraces a memorial board displaying a victim's portrait at the site of the Nova music festival. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

‘There will be no Hamas rule in Gaza,’ Netanyahu vows at October 7 memorial

The Israeli prime minister also says he stands with victims’ families and the nation shares their grief.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a state memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on Monday, marking three years since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Photo: EPA
Middle East

Netanyahu orders security review of flights to Israel after cockpit attack

Omani co-pilot’s attempt to bring down Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai plane sparks a political row and calls for an investigation.

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Middle East

Flydubai plane attack: co-pilot was banned from flying over extremist views

The UAE has cancelled all flights to Israel, complicating travel for hundreds of passengers who fly between the countries on a typical day.

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Middle East

Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls Flydubai cockpit attack

Captain Smit Machchhar was seriously injured in the attack and is recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital.

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An art teacher in Mumbai paints a portrait honouring pilot Smit Machchhar on Thursday. Photo: AP
US, Israel war on Iran

Trump vows to hit Iran ‘very hard’ if linked to Flydubai cockpit attack

US president warns of retaliation as Israeli PM claims co-pilot who attempted to crash jet underwent radicalisation.

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US-China relations

Xi has left Washington, but remains in Trump’s photos on White House walls

Different photographs show China’s president with Trump, while an embassy display highlights their meetings and calls for cooperation.

Middle East

Investigators probe why co-pilot stabbed captain of Flydubai flight to Israel

The suspect, an Omani citizen, is under arrest and Saudi authorities are working with countries, including Israel, to determine a motive.

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Passengers inside the rerouted Flydubai flight FZ 1073, ahead of its departure to Tel Aviv from Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk airport. Photo: AFP
India

Indian pride swells as Flydubai pilot who saved 174 lives hailed as hero

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Smit Machchhar for unlocking the cockpit door to avert a crash after his co-pilot’s attack.

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Indian pilot Smit Machchhar in an unidentified portrait released on Wednesday. Machchhar was praised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for saving passengers after he was stabbed by his colleague during an alleged attempt to crash a Flydubai flight. Photo: Israel Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters
Aviation accidents

Netanyahu hails Indian pilot and passengers for averting Flydubai crash

Israeli premier praises pilot Smit Machchhar’s ‘extraordinary bravery’ after co-pilot allegedly tried to crash Tel Aviv-bound jet.

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Middle East

Passengers foil bid to crash Israel-bound flight after co-pilot stabs captain

Heroic struggle halts mid-air plunge on Flydubai jet before emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

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Middle East

Letters | Why Lebanon is crucial to Iran’s negotiations with the US

Readers discuss a development in the conflict in the Middle East, Hong Kong golfers’ success, and the death of Chinese musician.

This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Hanniyeh shows smoke rising from the site of a series of Israeli controlled explosions in the nearby village of al-Mansouri on September 28. Violence declined following a June framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel and a wider US-Iran deal, but Israel has continued to carry out attacks on its northern neighbour. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Israel files security complaint after TV station reports Netanyahu’s secret UAE visit

Prime minister’s office accuses broadcaster of endangering lives as Abu Dhabi later confirms high-level talks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Netanyahu makes unannounced visit to UAE, meets Gulf state’s president

Reported visit comes with the Middle East still gripped by the Israel-US war launched against Iran in February.

Britain

UK arrests 5 on suspicion of terror plot near airbase used by US forces

Police investigate potential link to a foreign state after three suspicious vehicles prompt evacuations outside RAF Fairford.

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