The country’s ultra-orthodox power brokers are losing influence as more moderate forces push back. On Saturday, only days after the collapse of government coalition talks, tens of thousands of ordinary citizens boarded buses for what will go down in Israeli history as the first freedom rides. For generations, public transport …
PM denies any wrongdoing and says he’s the victim of a politically orchestrated ‘witch-hunt’ by the media and opponents. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges on Thursday, presenting one of the gravest challenges yet to Israel’s longest-serving leader. Netanyahu, 70, denies all wrongdoing but now finds himself …
Israel’s attorney general has charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three separate cases. Mr Netanyahu is alleged to have accepted gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensed favours to try to get more positive press coverage. The prime minister described the charges …
JERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday faced the near certainty of an unprecedented third election in less than a year after former army chief Benny Gantz was unable to form a coalition government — a task at which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already failed. Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue …
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli-developed app offers turn-by-turn voice directions to help visitors navigate large graveyards in search of a loved-one’s resting place. Finding the exact location of a grave for a visit or to attend a funeral can be difficult in a large cemetery that is constantly changing. The …
To understand the paralysis in Israel’s political system, think of a Mexican standoff, like in a Quentin Tarantino movie, minus the guns. JERUSALEM — To many outsiders, Israeli democracy must appear as dysfunctional and chaotic as some of the political systems in points West. Despite two elections in the past …
In an Israeli cave, paleoarchaeologists unearthed what may be the earliest example of humans storing food for later consumption. Sealed for millenniums, Qesem Cave in central Israel is a limestone time capsule of the lives and diets of Paleolithic people from 420,000 to 200,000 years ago. Inside, ancient humans once …
Oct. 6 (UPI) — Archaeologists uncovered a 5,000-year-old city and a 7,000-year-old religious temple in northern Israel, officials announced Sunday. Directors for the Israel Antiquities Authority described the city as “the Early Bronze Age New York” of the region spanning more than 160 acres and accommodating about 6,000 inhabitants. “There is …
Will the prime minister’s allies abandon him if charges are brought? The first ten days of the Jewish new year, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are known as the days of atonement. It is a time in which observant Jews take stock of their sins in the preceding year. That …
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to head off a corruption indictment at a series of pre-trial hearings that begin on Wednesday, in which he will try to persuade Israel’s attorney-general not to press charges. FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Likud party …
