Benjamin Netanyahu
9 Oct 2023
Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip Monday and cut off the water supply as it kept bombing targets in the Palestinian enclave in response to the Hamas surprise assault it has likened to the 9/11 attacks.
9 Oct 2023
President Joe Biden ordered US ships and warplanes to move closer to Israel in a show of support on Sunday, while sending fresh military aid after attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
9 Oct 2023
If the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine escalates further, setting off a chain reaction, Nigeria, yet to recover from the economic crisis that followed the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, may have to deal with another energy crisis that may force the government...
8 Oct 2023
Israeli forces battled holdout Hamas fighters and pounded targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a "long and difficult" war after the Palestinian militants launched a massive surprise attack. Gun fights raged Sunday in towns and on highways as the Israeli army deployed tens of thousands of forces…
7 Oct 2023
The United States on Saturday condemned the attacks by "Hamas terrorists" against Israel and vowed to ensure the key US ally has the means to defend itself.
7 Oct 2023
Gun battles raged into the night after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale attack against Israel Saturday, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza and sending fighters to kill and abduct soldiers and civilians.
7 Oct 2023
Palestinian militants had begun a "war" against Israel which they infiltrated by air, sea and land from the blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday, Israeli officials said, a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
20 Sep 2023
US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to smooth over months of tensions as they met for the first time on Wednesday since the Israeli's reelection in December. The two leaders shook hands in front of US and Israeli flags at the start of the meeting, held on the sidelines of the…
20 Sep 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets US President Joe Biden on Wednesday for the first time since being re-elected, in what promises to be a tense encounter between the two leaders. Concerned by Netanyahu's controversial judicial reforms, Biden has withheld an invite to the White House and the pair will instead meet on the sidelines…
12 Sep 2023
Israel's Supreme Court began a hearing Tuesday on petitions to strike down a major element of the hard-right government's controversial judicial overhaul which has triggered mass protests and divided the nation. A full 15-judge panel of the top court convened to hear pleas against the amendment of the so-called "reasonableness clause" that the government of…
30 Jul 2023
They have known each other for decades, rubbing shoulders at countless international events, but there is little love lost between US President Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu as the Israeli prime minister faces a full-blown crisis over a contested judicial reform.
24 Jul 2023
Israel's hard-right government on Monday pushed through parliament a key clause of its controversial judicial reform package despite months of mass protests and concerns voiced by top ally Washington
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