Benjamin Netanyahu

Culture minister backs dropping ‘massacre’ from Oct. 7 bill, says term reflects ‘victimhood’

“The State of Israel is a strong country. The days when it was possible to massacre the State of Israel no longer exist,” said Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar.

Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar at the opening of the Israeli Cartoon Museum in the city of Holon, central Israel, February 10, 2026.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) and Iranian Foreign Minster Abbas Araghchi (L) hold a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, January 30, 2026.

Iranians understand need to reach nuclear deal with US, Turkey's Hakan Fidan tells FT

A protester holds aloft a placard as they march during the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog in Melbourne on February 12, 2026

‘Death to Herzog’ scrawled at Melbourne University as protests expected on visit's final day

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, February 7, 2026; illustrative.

Araghchi slams US-Israeli Miriam Adelson, accusing her of dual loyalties in antisemitic trope


The Netanyahu-Biden arms dispute, explained - analysis

Was it wise, or necessary, for Netanyahu to raise this issue now? To what end? For what purpose?

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-US president Joe Biden in the Oval Office last July. Throughout much of 2024, Netanyahu bravely resisted US pressure, eventually fighting hard enough to crush Hamas, smash Hezbollah, humiliate Iran, and watch Syria’s regime collapse, says the writer

Gov’t approves multi-year plan to rehabilitate Kiryat Shmona, northern cities impacted by war

The decision was made in the weekly government meeting, which was convened in Kiryat Shmona. It was led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, who vowed to invest billions of shekels in the area.

The government approved a multi-year plan to rehabilitate northern communities along the Lebanon border.

Northern Israeli moshav head decries 'performative' cabinet meeting in Kiryat Shmona

Davidi said the ministers’ arrival in the north, more than two years after the war began, amounts to “a certificate of poverty” for the government.

Residents of the northern city of Kiryat Shmona check missile attack damages at the city's Central Bus Station and Mall, Kiryat Shmona, Northern Israel on November 27, 2024.

The last hostage's return: Why this moment calls for gratitude, not just relief - opinion

We, the Jewish people, experience the miracle of our continued peoplehood every single day

Pallbearers from the Israeli Police sit in the hearse with the casket of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili, the last captive held by Hamas in Gaza, on January 28, 2026.

Message for Netanyahu: Let Ethiopian Jews represent Israel, not just clean its offices - opinion

We are wasting precious voices our people desperately need. No recogniton that an Ethiopian Jew might be an asset to Israel’s diplomacy in Africa and the English-speaking world.

Shmuel Legesse at his wedding at The Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst in Cedarhurst, NY, June 8, 2014.

Indian PM Modi visited Israel at suggestion of Jeffrey Epstein, released files imply

“The Indian Prime Minister Modi took advice. and danced and sang in Israel for the benefit of the US president. They had met a few weeks ago. IT WORKED,” the email message from Epstein reads.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, meet in Jerusalem in 2017.

Despair, 'endless anger' growing among Iranians as military action looms

“People have no sense of security," a resident of Karaj told N12. "The anxiety starts from the moment you leave the house and stays until you return. We feel that the street is no longer safe."

Amnesty International Greek activists and Iranians living in Athens hold candles and placards in front of the Greek Parliament to support the people of Iran, in Athens, Greece, January 30, 2026.

Trump sends signed thank you note to Netanyahu for Bat Yam promenade named for him

The note was written on a printout of a post Netanyahu made on X/Twitter. "Bibi - This is so great - Thank you - Donald," the president had written below the post, along with his signature.

A PRINTOUT of a post from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, signed by US President Donald Trump.

'Apocalyptic wasteland': Biden admin. blocked warning on deteriorating Gaza situation after Oct. 7

Three months after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel's entry into the Gaza Strip, the internal message laid out in gruesome detail scenes observed by United Nations staff.

Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.

From submarines to Oct. 7, Israel pays the price of governing in the dark - opinion

If the public shrugs off the submarine commission and there is no demand for accountability, why should anyone expect a future commission of inquiry into October 7 to lead to real change?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav, the fifth submarine in the fleet, after it arrived in Haifa's port