Jerusalem

Israeli defense chief says West Bank annexation 'will wait'

Israel tightens quarantine in Jerusalem to halt virus spread

7:30 pm April 12, 2020

Jerusalem: The Israeli government approved a tight quarantine of several areas of Jerusalem on Sunday, including the historic Old City, in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the city’s most susceptible neighborhoods. A ministerial committee gave approved the shutting down of movement in and out of several predominantly ultra-Orthodox areas of […]

Israeli exit polls: Netanyahu ahead, but short of majority

8:24 pm March 3, 2020

Jerusalem: Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced an uncertain path to staying in office on Tuesday, even as preliminary results showed his Likud party pulling ahead of its opponents in the country’s third election in less than a year. Exit polls on Israeli TV stations showed Likud and its allies capturing 59 seats out […]

Netanyahu's prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting

Trump invites Netanyahu to US for peace plan talks

5:47 am January 24, 2020

Jerusalem: US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main election rival to Washington next week to discuss Donald Trump’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan. The White House said the talks would take place on Tuesday. “President Trump asked me to extend an invitation to Prime Minister Netanyahu […]

India expresses solidarity with Israel as world leaders gather in Jerusalem against anti-Semitism

7:33 pm January 23, 2020

Jerusalem: India on Thursday expressed solidarity with Israel as the world leaders from 47 countries descended in Jerusalem to attend the World Holocaust Forum and commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz camp. “India expresses solidarity with Israel on 75th Anniv of liberation of #Auschwitz. We also pay homage to Maharaja Jam Sahib […]

Israel’s Netanyahu sweeps party primary in re-election boost

10:20 pm December 27, 2019

Jerusalem: Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told supporters Friday he would win a March general election after scoring a landslide victory in the leadership primary of his right-wing Likud party. Israel’s longest-serving premier, who faces a corruption indictment as well as a third general election in 12 months, was expected to beat rival Gideon […]