Middle East

Thirty-three percent of Israelis approve of Binyamin Netanyahu”s service as Prime Minister, a new Panels Politics poll indicates, while 59% of Israelis disapprove of Mr. Netanyahu. According to the poll, published Sunday morning by Maariv, Prime Minister Netanyahu still retains leads over possible challengers to the premiership – but his Likud party would nevertheless likely […]

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not have shaken Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ hand at the funeral of Shimon Peres, Israel’s justice minister said on local radio Sunday. Ayelet Shaked, of the conservative Jewish Home party, told the station in an interview that she did not know what other action Netanyahu should

Former President Shimon Peres confidentially revealed to the Jerusalem Post two years ago that he had intervened to stop Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu from bombing Iran. Steve Linde, formerly the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, revealed Peres”s comments in an article on Thursday. Linde said that Peres had dropped the bombshell in a meeting with Linde

The Palestinian Authority on Friday suspended a senior official who criticized PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s attendance at Shimon Peres’s funeral earlier in the day. Osama Mansour, who is a military liaison with Israel, posted comments on Facebook in which he blasted the president for going to the funeral in Jerusalem. “There are no personal relationships

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In a lengthy interview published on the last day of September 2016 in Ha’aretz and hours before the funeral for Shimon Peres yet another former Israeli spy chief offers a critical and penetrating view of contemporary Israel. Ephraim Halevy, age 82 with vast experience of Israeli affairs, secret and revealed,

We believe our father would have wanted us to say a few words in English to all of you who traveled from across the world to join us at this devastating moment, as we say goodbye and pay tribute to a special man who we all loved dearly. He would have wanted us to thank

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Leaders from around the world have given their view this week of the late Israeli statesmen Shimon Peres, including at his funeral on Friday. After more than six decades in politics, Peres had ample opportunity to share his own opinions on everything from peace to social media. Here is a selection