The political turmoil comes as Israel and Hamas are negotiating a US-backed ceasefire proposal for Gaza. View on euronews ...

A stampede at a food distribution site run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip killed 20 ...

A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it is quitting the government, leaving him with a ...

The Shas ultra-Orthodox party said it was leaving over disagreements surrounding a proposed law meant to grant wide military ...

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Despised by much of the world, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu is nonetheless one of the few truly formidable figures in the world today.

A key partner in Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition says it is quitting, leaving the Israeli prime minister with a minority in parliament. The Ultra-Orthodox Shas party said on Wednesday that it ...

Shas's decision follows the resignation of members of the Knesset’s second haredi party, the Ashkenazic UTJ, who quit the government on Monday and Tuesday at the directive of its spiritual leadership.

It’s the latest example of how the president has courted Arab leaders from the Gulf, where Trump recently visited.

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