Netanyahu is being investigated for corruption and receiving bribes; the Israeli press criticizes Netanyahu for cancelling meetings with world leaders; Naftali Bennett urges the Israeli government to annex a large section of the West Bank; the conviction of Elor Azaria for manslaughter divides Israel, and Netanyahu and Bennett call for clemency for Sgt. Azaria.Read More
Netanyahu is being investigated for corruption; despite Netanyahu’s best efforts the UN Security Council voted to condemn the Israeli settlements in the West Bank; Israel seeks to punish countries that voted in favor of the UN resolutionRead More
Israel avoids a UN Security Council vote on the legality of its settlements in the West Bank – a vote that the US was expected not to veto by convincing the Egyptian government not to propose it; Donald Trump speaks with the Egyptian President and convinces him not to propose the resolution.Read More
Israelis debate the fall of Aleppo and the West’s role in the war; Trump’s close relationship with Putin raises concerns in Israel in light of Russia’s role in Syria, and Trump reaffirms that he will move the American embassy to Jerusalem.Read More
The Knesset preliminarily approves a bill that will annex many Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and Israel bombs a Syrian airbase.Read More
Dozens of fires destroy hundreds of buildings across Israel as firefighters find signs of arson; the IDF and ISIS exchanged fire for the first time, and Israel bombs a Hezbollah convoy and a Syrian weapons depot.Read More
Israel comes to term with Donald Trump’s electoral victory; analysts believe that Netanyahu is concerned about Trump’s presidency because his coalition partners may pressure him and Trump’s statements have been contradictory; the Palestinian government hopes that a lame-duck Obama will make unilateral moves to aid their cause.Read More
Israel condemns UNESCO’s resolution denying that the Jews have no historical connection to the Western Wall or Jerusalem’s Jewish holy sites; Jerusalem is struck by a terrorist attack that killed two and Prince Charles visits his grandmother’s grave in Jerusalem.Read More
Peres’ corneas will be donated; 16 high-ranking figures of Yisrael Beitenu being investigated one one of the biggest corruption cases in Israel’s history.Read More
Leaders of 70 countries attend Shimon Peres’ funeral as Israel mourns its late president who had served in 12 Israeli governments; Barack Obama orders American flags to be lowered to half staff and Netanyahu, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama give eulogies at the funeral.Read More