Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu is charged with fraud and breach of trust; the Elovitches are charged with bribery-related offenses.

Bennett stated that while he would not claim Netanyahu ordered his advisers to act on behalf of Qatar, he should have "been the first to cry out and take action" when the affair was revealed.

Israel and the US have different interests regarding Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Turkey. Netanyahu's White House visit at the end of the month must solve these.

He cited settlement construction and administrative work as part of recent advances, adding that without a cabinet decision to apply sovereignty, Israel risks missing a “historic opportunity.”

Protesters also warned of the economic implications of the move for local commerce, employment, and business stability in Israel, saying that the move “will be remembered in infamy."

Israel ignoring lessons from Hamas's invasion from Gaza • IDF lookouts still stationed too close to border • Lack of coordination between Shin Bet, IDF, Israel Police regarding West Bank checkpoints

Geography, military exposure, and political constraints push Jerusalem and Washington to assess the same intelligence through very different clocks.

Netanyahu has perfected a perverse art: marketing perpetual conflict as inevitable, while trumpeting tactical battlefield gains as strategic achievements.

In an urgent letter sent to Shin Bet chief David Zini, the council said Feldstein’s remarks raised “reasonable suspicion” that senior figures in the PMO were involved in the Qatargate.

Abdullah and the others were killed in a drone strike against a car near the coastal Lebanese city of Sidon on Monday.

As Trump seeks phase two of the Gaza peace deal, Israel may be pressed to move forward without Hamas disarmament, while Iran seeks to rearm.