World & Nation
Israeli lawmaker aims to oust Netanyahu in Likud primary
Gideon Saar hopes to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s Likud Party primary election, but the beleaguered prime minister remains popular.
Palestinians, Jewish settlers clash in tense Jerusalem neighborhood
Palestinians and Jewish settlers clashed overnight in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood where the recent war between Israel and Hamas was partly sparked.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu received mixed verdict in Likud party primary vote
Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, dogged by corruption allegations, received mixed results Wednesday in a primary election for fellow Likud Party candidates.
Israeli epoch comes to close as Netanyahu, longest-serving leader, is out
Israeli parliament’s vote of confidence in the new government pushes Netanyahu aside, installing another right-wing leader, Naftali Bennett, in his place.
Opinion
Op-Ed: Israel’s most diverse coalition ever reaffirms the Middle East’s ‘miracle’ democracy
The upheavals in Israeli politics ultimately succeeded in bringing together seemingly irreconcilable factions.
Israel OKs contentious Jerusalem march, weeks after war
Israel’s new government has granted approval to a contentious parade by Israeli nationalists through Palestinian areas around Jerusalem’s Old City.
He ‘won the lottery’ of Israeli politics. But Naftali Bennett remains an enigma
Naftali Bennett, a right-wing Israeli politician, now stands somewhat surprisingly on the cusp of supplanting Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister.
As political tensions spike in Israel, Netanyahu — Trump-style — accuses rival of ‘fraud’
Taking a page from the Trump playbook, Netanyahu says only ‘fraud’ could lead to his removal as prime minister.
Column: Israel is trying to oust Bibi Netanyahu. But will he really go?
Netanyahu’s political obituary has been written many times. So is this finally the end of the road for Israel’s longest-serving prime minister?
Netanyahu’s opponents race to finalize coalition to oust him as deadline looms
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents are racing to seal a coalition government to end his 12-year rule before a midnight deadline.