Israeli politics
President Isaac Herzog addresses the Joint Session of Congress on July 19. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP
August 1, 2023, 7:18 am
A diplomatic mission of mixed outcomes
Israeli President Isaac Herzog flew to the US to heal the Biden–Netanyahu rift. Instead he exposed its depth.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the UN 'Nakba' event. Photo: Screenshot
May 23, 2023, 6:38 am
Abbas calls on UN to oust Israel
Israel harshly opposed the event, calling it a "distortion of history" and said it had convinced dozens of other countries to boycott the commemoration.
By LUKE TRESS 
President Isaac Herzog hosts delegations from Likud, Yesh Atid and National Unity for judicial overhaul negotiations at his residence in Jerusalem. Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO
May 22, 2023, 7:14 am
No tangible progress made
Levin said if the ongoing compromise talks brokered by Herzog do not prove fruitful, he wants to move ahead with the legislation regardless
By TOI STAFF
From left: Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi observe a joint US/Israeli military exercise in January 2023. Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO
May 21, 2023, 6:53 am
Israel’s current internal/external challenges
Actions by Israel this week show Netanyahu is increasingly reasserting his leadership over the government, while dealing with two major internal challenges.
By Ron Weiser
Protesters in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2023. Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90
May 14, 2023, 7:18 am
Israelis take to streets for 18th week in row
"We'll leave no stone unturned to see if there's a chance to reach a historic agreement that will be with us for a hundred years into the future..."
By AJN STAFF
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images via JTA
May 12, 2023, 7:18 am
Focus on anti-Zionists, threats to Orthodox Jews
His speech last year drew criticism from the left for marginalising parts of the Jewish community that criticise Israel, and for equating that sector with a stream of extremism...
By Ron Kampeas
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the 2022 G20 Summit in Bali. Photo: Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File
April 26, 2023, 7:21 am
US Senator’s Israel-Saudi junket
"The recognition of Israel by Saudi Arabia is only going to happen when MBS believes he has a reliable partner in the US, that we are going to be there through thick and thin."
By Jacob Magid
Israeli President Isaac Herzog with delegations from Likud, Yesh Atid and National Unity in Jerusalem on March 28. Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO
April 19, 2023, 7:22 am
Talks on anchoring fundamental rights in law
His predecessors Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid denounced his claims, with Bennett calling his speech shameful and Lapid telling him to "take responsibility".
By JEREMY SHARON
National Unity party leader Benny Gantz speaks to the media at the Knesset on March 1. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
March 31, 2023, 12:10 pm
Polls: Coalition would lose if election held now
Sixty-three per cent of respondents – and 58 per cent of Likud voters – said they opposed Netanyahu's decision to fire Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
Itamar Ben Gvir at a Defence and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem in February. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
March 28, 2023, 6:48 am
Ben Gvir nixes campaign against Arab crime
According to the anti-violence campaign group the Abraham Initiatives, 31 people in the Arab community have been murdered in the past two-and-a-half months.
Josep Borrell speaks with members of the European parliament on March 14 in Strasbourg, France. Photo: AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias
March 27, 2023, 1:17 pm
Israel signals EU foreign policy chief unwelcome
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen blasted Borrell last Tuesday for allegedly drawing a comparison between Palestinian terror attacks and IDF operations in an article he wrote.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Professor Gil Troy.
March 26, 2023, 6:37 am
‘Speak frankly but celebrate Israel’
"I'm disturbed that the government is rushing too quickly [with the judicial changes]. Conservative governments are supposed to conserve," he proffered.
By Peter Kohn
March 2, 2023, 5:45 am
Voice of reason
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett in conversation with Jeremy Leibler at the UIA gala event in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
March 2, 2023, 5:35 am
‘We need to calm things down’
Bennett described tensions over proposed new religious laws and changes to the judicial system as the most profound social crisis in Israel's history.
By Peter Kohn
Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett in Sydney. Photo: Giselle Haber
March 2, 2023, 5:30 am
Bennett inspires in Sydney
"I'm convinced that given the backlash, and if we just understand each other ... we can solve it. I think something good will come out of all of this."
By Gareth Narunsky
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