Benjamin Netanyahu

US, Israel will 'fully return' to military action if needed, Netanyahu tells CNBC • Kuwait declares two Iranian diplomats persona non grata after airport strike • Iran targets US military ship

Netanyahu issued a statement shortly after the approval, naming the proposal as his and Smotrich's product, although the prime minister was absent for much of the approval meeting on Tuesday evening.

We Israelis and our supporters have wrung our hands over alleged hasbara failings for decades. But we owe it to ourselves to recognize that part of the alleged failures aren’t failures at all.

“Our logic is to contain the fighting in Lebanon and not make it an issue in negotiations,” a US administration source said.

According to a knowledgeable source, Netanyahu has come to terms with the idea of primaries, meaning that he is not currently working to cancel them.

On June 2, 2014, Abbas forged a Hamas-Fatah unity government, sparking legal debates and political upheaval. The PA president dissolved the short-lived body in June 2015.

The source said the disagreement focused on public messaging after the call, as Washington sought to prevent escalation in Lebanon amid US-Iran negotiations.

KAN’s "Zman Emet" investigated how supporters and insiders allegedly pressured processes in Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial, and discussed whether Herzog held secret meetings to pardon him.

Gofman said that during his term, the Mossad would continue to act in the shadows to develop new capabilities and strategies that would surprise Israel's adversaries.

The former PM additionally pointed to Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot as the candidates he believes can finally step into the shoes of incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.