ISRAEL

Israeli PM’s corruption trial resumes weeks before election

2:05 pm February 8, 2021

Jerusalem : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in a Jerusalem courtroom Monday to respond formally to corruption charges just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend his 12-year rule. Netanyahu was indicted last year for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. In recent months, Israelis have held weekly protests calling on him […]

Netanyahu's prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting

Israel’s Arab parties split in boost for Netanyahu

9:02 pm February 4, 2021

Jerusalem: An alliance of Arab parties in Israel finalised its breakup on Thursday, setting up the possibility that a small Islamist party could hold the key to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remaining in office and avoiding prosecution on corruption charges. The Joint List, an alliance of four Arab parties that won a record 15 seats in elections held last year, finalized the split overnight in […]

Netanyahu thanks PM Modi for efforts to protect Israeli representatives following blast near embassy

10:27 pm February 1, 2021

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for his government’s efforts to protect Israeli representatives following the terrorist incident near the country’s embassy in New Delhi last week. A minor improvised explosive device (IED) blast took place near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on Friday evening. No one was injured. ”I […]

Blast near Israel Embassy: Dump data of calls, CCTV footage, internet calls being examined

10:55 pm January 30, 2021

New Delhi: Dump data of mobile calls, Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR), CCTV footage of nearby hotels and pick and drop details of those who availed cabs are thoroughly being examined by the investigators to get a breakthrough in the ongoing probe in connection with the minor blast near the Israeli Embassy, sources said on Saturday. Israel’s ambassador to India Ron Malka, meanwhile, said […]

Blast near Israel Embassy: Police team visits site, finds most CCTVs ‘non-functional’

6:07 pm January 30, 2021

New Delhi: Investigators probing the minor blast near the Israeli Embassy have not come across ”anything concrete” yet as most of the CCTV cameras near the site of the explosion were ”non-functional” at the time of incident, official police sources said on Saturday. An investigation team of Delhi Police’s Special Cell had earlier in the day visited the site near the […]