Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli civilians cross Israel-Syria border, as Turkish flotilla due to reach Israel in 48 hours

Trump says 'clock is ticking for Iran' • IDF faces looming manpower gap • Netanyahu to meet with defense officials

IDF troops active in Southern Lebanon, published on April 28, 2026.
People raise V-signs and take photos from a boat decorated with Palestinian flags as another vessel displaying solidarity signs sails past near the port in Marmaris, Turkey, on May 14, 2026.

Turkish flotilla to reach Israel in 48 hours, Netanyahu to meet with defense officials

JONATHAN POLLARD, photographed this week in his Jerusalem home.

Israel’s Right needs renewal after October 7, not loyalty politics or ambiguity - opinion

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.

Trump says 'clock is ticking for Iran' after call with Netanyahu on China, Hormuz


Ex-minister Chili Tropper quits Blue and White, Gantz decries 'painful day'

Tropper said he was leaving the party because, within Blue and White, he could no longer "realize his worldview." 

MK Hili Tropper attends Blue and White faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 19, 2026.

Trump calls Iran's plan 'unacceptable,' says US will begin escorting ships through Strait of Hormuz

Iran accuses US of piracy, threatens carrier fleet • A-G agrees to meet with Netanyahu defense team for possible plea bargain • Israel to purchase 100 F-35s, 50 new F-15s, doubling fleet

Soldier of the IDF's Hashmonaim Brigade operating at an undisclosed location, May 1, 2026.

Fighting with US 'likely' to resume after rejection of Iranian offer to open Hormuz, official says

IDF issues evacuation warnings for southern Lebanese towns • US says Aoun-Netanyahu meeting could restore Lebanese control • Iraq says oil output can recover within a week once Hormuz crisis ends

Israeli soldiers are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon amid the ongoing war, April 10, 2026.

From Auschwitz to today: How Israel’s days of memory define who we are - opinion

At Yad Labanim, memory of the Holocaust and fallen soldiers merges with today’s threats, shaping Israel’s resolve to defend its future.

Prof. Dina Ben-Yehuda lights a torch on Independence Day.

Why Bennett, Lapid's union actually strengthens Netanyahu's hand in next elections - opinion

The Bennett-Lapid merger aims to unify the opposition, but could push some right-wing voters back toward Netanyahu.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to IDF generals on April 27, 2026

Can Bennett become Israel’s Peter Magyar in the fight for democracy? - opinion

Can Naftali Bennett break Netanyahu’s bloc and lead Israel, or is the hope of a Magyar-style political reset in Israel still an illusion?

Naftali Bennett speaks during a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on January 22, 2026.

The great disconnect: Why Israel is losing America while winning in Iran - opinion

Israel enjoys strong backing in US policy circles, but public and generational support is steadily eroding.

To bridge this dangerous growing divide - Israel must first strive to understand America - beyond the current White House and then to be understood by America, of today and tomorrow.

Bennett, Eisenkot lead PM suitability polling ahead of Netanyahu - poll

In last week's poll, conducted before the announcement of the Together Party, Bennett and Lapid together held 31 seats. Results of today's poll show a three-seat drop, leaving them at 28 seats.

Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot at a march for conscripting haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews into the IDF, in Jerusalem, January 15, 2026; illustrative.

Editor's Notes: Israel turned right after Oct. 7, Bennett turned left - comment

The cultural tide has turned harder than the political class wants to admit, and it has turned in a direction Bennett’s new vehicle was not built to ride.

Bennett saw what Israelis wanted. He chose the opposite. Then-prime minister Yair Lapid with alternate prime minister Naftali Bennett at a government cabinet meeting in 2022.

The end of an era: Why the Orban-Netanyahu axis collapsed - opinion

Budapest is no longer a legal “safe haven”; should an Israeli leader subject to an ICC warrant land in Hungary, the authorities would be compelled to act. 

PETER MAGYAR, leader of the opposition Tisza Party, speaks during a press conference a day after the parliamentary election, in which Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat, Budapest, Hungary, April 13, 2026.