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Israeli PM: World powers must ”wake up” on Iran nuke deal

8:43 pm June 20, 2021

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday opened his first Cabinet meeting since swearing in his new coalition government last week with a condemnation of the new Iranian president. He said Iran’s presidential election was a sign for world powers to “wake up” before returning to a nuclear agreement with Tehran. Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi, was elected Saturday with […]

Blinken in Israel on Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce

11:48 am May 25, 2021

Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up the Gaza cease-fire. He will face the same obstacles that have stifled a wider peace process for more than a decade, including a hawkish Israeli leadership, Palestinian divisions and deeply rooted tensions surrounding Jerusalem and its holy sites. The 11-day Gaza war […]

Israel’s Netanyahu ‘determined’ to continue Gaza operation

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 heads to new elections as government collapses

12:07 pm December 23, 2020

Jerusalem: Israel‘s divided government collapsed early Wednesday, triggering the country’s fourth election in under two years and bringing an unprecedented threat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lengthy grip on power. Netanyahu, who is used to labeling his opponents as weak leftists, finds himself confronted by a trio of disgruntled former aides who share his hard-line […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

The Latest: Israel restricts travel due to new virus strain

10:44 pm December 21, 2020

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the country has further tightened restrictions on incoming air travel in response to the new strain of the coronavirus. Netanyahu said Monday that Israel will not allow foreign nationals to enter the country, and any Israelis who return from abroad, starting Wednesday, will go into quarantine at state-designated […]

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