Benjamin Netanyahu

Trump says will ‘not allow’ Israel to annex West Bank

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not allow key ally Israel to annex the West Bank, after threats by some Israeli cabinet members to do so to kill any two-state solution...

US President Donald Trump’s rebuke of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) was uncommon, as the US president has given the Israeli leader almost unstinting backing since returning to the Oval Office in January.

Trump issues rare rebuke to Netanyahu over Qatar strikes

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump gave Benjamin Netanyahu a rare slap on the wrist Tuesday over Israel’s strikes against Hamas in Qatar, as he insisted he played no role in the attack by one close US ally aga...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised not to let Israel be dragged into a war of attrition but also said he would not end the Iran campaign prematurely.

Netanyahu says Israel close to meeting its goals in Iran

ISRAEL is very close to completing its goal of removing the dual threats of Iran’s ballistic missiles and nuclear programme, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, Israel, Dec 9, 2024.

Israeli PM says won’t stop Gaza war ‘now’

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he would not stop the war in Gaza “now”, with renewed efforts towards a ceasefire underway.

People attend a vigil on the eve of the anniversary of the Hamas attacks in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct 6, 2024.

Ahead of attack anniversary, Netanyahu says: ‘We will win’

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed victory and said his country’s military “completely transformed reality” in the year since Hamas’s Oct 7 attack, which has left the country fi...

Jonathan Polin (R) and Rachel Goldberg (2nd-R), parents of US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin whose body was recovered with five other hostages in Gaza, attend the funeral in Jerusalem on Monday Sep 2, 2024.

Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough on hostage deal

Asked by reporters at the White House if he thought the Israeli leader was doing enough on the issue, the president responded: “No”

File photo of then-US President Donald Trump (left) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint news conference at the White House, Washington, Jan 28, 2020. The meeting will be their first since the end of Trump’s presidency, during which the two forged close ties, and comes at a time of strains also between Netanyahu and Democratic President Joe Biden over Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza.

Trump to meet Netanyahu in Florida on Friday

REPUBLICAN presidential nominee Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said on Tuesday, a sign the two men are looking t...

The spat is not the first between Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) and US President Joe Biden’s administration since the start of the Gaza war, which began with an unprecedented Hamas attack in October.

New tensions between White House, Israeli PM

NEW tensions emerged this week between President Joe Biden’s administration and Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli premier’s criticism of US weapons deliveries - comments the White House described on...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) welcoming US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a meeting in Jerusalem, June 10, 2024.

Blinken in Israel to push Gaza ceasefire plan backed by UN

US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken held talks in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, pushing a ceasefire plan that the UN Security Council later supported in an effort to halt e...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony marking Israel's national Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre,  Jerusalem, Israel, May 5, 2024.

Netanyahu says nothing will stop Israel from defending itself

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced a “volcano of anti-Semitism” and international criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, insisting that no pressure would stop it from defending ...