Netanyahu insists Israel will defend itself even if ‘forced to stand alone’

Netanyahu’s comments may represent Israel’s growing isolation, as some of its closest allies have attempted to dissuade him from launching an incursion into Rafah. In a phone call late last month, ... Read More

If Israel wants peace, it must break away from Netanyahu’s ‘Clean Break’ doctrine

Where does Israel’s policy of violent coercion rather than cooperation and an ever-widening reliance on military force come from? Read More

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“Half a year into a crisis with no end ... A protest leader told 103FM that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu built Hamas. Information ... Read More

American leaders should stay out of internal Israeli politics, Israel’s president says

“Whilst I respect Charles Schumer for his steadfast support of Israel. I would recommend to American political leaders not to intervene as such in Israeli politics, but leave it to the Israeli ... Read More

Protests erupt across Israel, demanding political change

Weekly protests demanding the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip erupted across Israel ... political leadership, particularly targeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 'most challenging political crisis' could come from the ultra-Orthodox community

Men scurry into synagogues and ... to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political survival. The exemption for the ultra-Orthodox community is as old as Israel itself — when in the wake of ... Read More

Biden administration officials believe Netanyahu’s claim a Rafah invasion date has been set is bluster

Biden remains sensitive to Netanyahu’s current political ... Israeli politics throughout the course of the Israel-Hamas war. Those private observations have at times spilled out into public ... Read More

Week in politics: Israel retaliates against Iran, Trump's criminal trial

We speak with ABC News political director Rick Klein and USA Today White House correspondent Francesca Chambers to discuss the U.S. response to Iran's attack on Israel; jury selection in former ... Read More

Top Dems turn on Israel after Biden call with Netanyahu

"If Benjamin Netanyahu were to order the IDF into Rafah at scale ... and make no provision for civilians or for humanitarian aid, I would vote to condition aid to Israel," Coons said during an ... Read More

Arrest of Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protest was political, fellow 'Squad' member says

Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University was political ... into the overnight hours with calls for an intifada and the death of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read More

Trump is recreating his web of chaos at home and abroad in a preview of what a second term could look like

Many of today’s most intractable conflicts in US politics ... from him. Johnson was a prominent purveyor of falsehoods about a stolen election and his continued willingness to buy into them ... Read More