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Israel's former prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Picture: AFP

Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu

Netanyahu leaves official residence a month after losing office

By AFP

Moving trucks were spotted outside Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence and black Audi cars were filmed being towed from the property over the weekend.

  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel parliament poised to vote on anti-Netanyahu govt

    The crunch Knesset vote will either terminate the hawkish premier's uninterrupted 12-year tenure or return Israel to a stalemate likely to trigger a fifth general election since 2019.

    340 days ago
  • FILE: Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, to deliver a political statement in Jerusalem, on 30 May 2021. Picture: Yonatan Sindel/AFP

    Israel eyes end of an era after Netanyahu foes strike deal

    On paper, the prospective coalition commands a slender majority in parliament but a confidence vote is not expected for several days, giving Netanyahu time to woo potential defectors among the unlikely bedfellows ranged against him.

    350 days ago
  • Israel's centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid delivers a statement to the press at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in Jerusalem on 31 May 2021. Picture: Debbie Hill/AFP

    Israel's Lapid says he formed new coalition to unseat Netanyahu

    Lapid's announcement late Wednesday came in the final hour before a midnight deadline, following marathon negotiations with a group of parties spanning the political spectrum, united only in their desire to oust Netanyahu.

    350 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel inches closer to government without Netanyahu

    Lawmakers opposed to right-wing Netanyahu have been in intense talks ahead of a Wednesday deadline, as a ceasefire held following the latest deadly military conflict with Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

    353 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Netanyahu says Israel aims to deter but could 'conquer' Hamas

    While an international diplomatic push aims to end the worst bloodshed in years, Netanyahu issued another tough threat against the armed group that has fired thousands of rockets at Israel since 10 May.

    365 days ago
  • Israeli President Reuven Rivlin attends a consultation meeting with representatives of parties elected to parliament (Knesset) at his residence in Jerusalem on 5 April 2021, to hear who they would recommend as prime minister. Picture: Amir Cohen/AFP

    Israel president eyes new candidate to form government

    The Israeli president met with party leaders Wednesday to determine if any lawmaker can form a government to end an unprecedented gridlock after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed.

    379 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel's Netanyahu faces midnight deadline to form government

    Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, was given a 28-day window to forge a majority coalition following a March 23 general election, Israel's fourth inconclusive vote in less than two years.

    380 days ago
  • Israelis pause by their vehicles in the main highway leading to Jerusalem on 8 April 2021 as sirens wail across Israel for two minutes marking the annual day of remembrance for the six million Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide. Picture: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP

    Israel comes to standstill to honour Holocaust victims

    Ceremonies took place across the country, in contrast to last year when coronavirus restrictions forced most memorials to be held online only and when the ageing survivors of the genocide were confined indoors.

    406 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israeli political deadlock confirmed as vote count ends

    Netanyahu, Israel's longest serving premier after 12 years in power, had hoped Tuesday's election would finally allow him to unite a stable right-wing coalition behind him, after three inconclusive elections since 2019.

    419 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Netanyahu fights for re-election without key ally Trump

    The American former president's conservative base was avidly pro-Israel and Trump fulfilled a wishlist for the hawkish Netanyahu.

    427 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel's Netanyahu denies corruption charges as trial resumes

    Benjamin Netanyahu, the first Israeli premier to be indicted in office, was formally charged last year over allegations that he accepted improper gifts and sought to trade regulatory favour with media moguls in exchange for positive coverage.

    465 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel heads to polls again amid pandemic and PM's legal woes

    The Knesset legislature was dissolved when the coalition headed by Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and Gantz's centrist Blue and White party missed a midnight deadline to pass a 2020 budget.

    512 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on 13 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel, Gulf states accord charts new era for Middle East

    Many of the oil-rich Gulf states have been quietly cultivating ties with Israel for years, but the normalisation deal allows those relationships to burst into the open, offering rich opportunities as they try to repair economies savaged by the coronavirus crisis.

    612 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference regarding his intention to file a request to the Knesset for immunity from prosecution, in Jerusalem on 1 January 2020. Picture: AFP

    Court denies Netanyahu request to skip trial opening

    Netanyahu's legal team on Tuesday asked the court to allow his absence from the formal reading of the charges against him, despite written objections by the state attorney's office.

    729 days ago
  • Leader of Israel's Blue and White electoral alliance Benny Gantz delivers a statement in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, on 7 March 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel's Netanyahu, Gantz miss midnight deadline to form unity govt

    The right-wing premier Netanyahu and centrist Gantz, Israel's former army chief, have gone head-to-head in three stalemated elections over the past year.

    763 days ago
  • Leader of Israel's Blue and White electoral alliance Benny Gantz delivers a statement in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, on 7 March 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel's Gantz elected speaker, to seek unity govt with Netanyahu

    Details on an emergency government were not immediately clear, and any arrangement would likely be temporary, perhaps lasting long enough for Israel to pass through the worst of the pandemic.

    783 days ago
  • Leader of Israel's Blue and White electoral alliance Benny Gantz delivers a statement in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, on 7 March 2020. Picture: AFP

    Israel's president tasks Netanyahu rival Gantz with forming government

    In a sharp blow to Netanyahu, who had declared victory in a 2 March election, 61 of parliament’s 120 legislators voiced support for Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party, in consultations with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday.

    794 days ago
  • Leader of Israel's Blue and White electoral alliance Benny Gantz delivers a statement in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, on 7 March 2020. Picture: AFP

    Netanyahu rival set for official protection after threats

    Benny Gantz does not officially have that title as the country has been stuck without a fully functioning government for more than a year, with three elections unable to produce a decisive result.

    799 days ago
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