Israel’s opposition parties said they would bring a motion to dissolve Parliament to a vote on Wednesday, presenting the most serious challenge yet to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government and raising the prospect of early elections. If the motion passes, it is unlikely that the government will fall immediately. The parliamentary process before any…
When President Trump shook hands with Syria’s new leader and promised to lift sanctions on his country at the Saudi royal palace this week, it was a vivid demonstration of how the president’s Middle East diplomacy has all but sidelined Israel. “Tough guy, very strong past,” Mr. Trump said about President Ahmed al-Shara, who once…
Hamas released Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage it held in Gaza, on Monday evening, after mediators brokered a deal between the group and the United States that largely circumvented the Israeli government. Mr. Alexander’s release came on the eve of a visit by President Trump to the Middle East, and was portrayed by…
When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met President Trump at the White House in February, the two men could not have been more in sync. The president had designated Houthi militants in Yemen as a terrorist organization. They both spoke of stopping Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb. Mr. Trump even mused about expelling Palestinians from…
Israel’s latest plan to displace people in northern Gaza has prompted a new wave of despair among Palestinian civilians in the territory, many of whom have already been displaced several times since the war began. The displacement plan would compound an already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, where hunger has soared since Israel imposed a…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel declared on Monday that his country is “on the eve of a forceful entry to Gaza” after his security cabinet approved a new plan for tens of thousands of additional soldiers to seize and hold territory in the embattled enclave and relocate Palestinians to the south. In video posted…
Israel will mobilize thousands of reserve soldiers to bolster its campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Saturday night, as the country appeared poised to expand its offensive in the Palestinian enclave. The move prompted fear in Gaza, where Israel has barred food, medicine and other humanitarian aid from entering for…
Firefighters battled wildfires on the outskirts of Jerusalem for a second consecutive day, hoping to extinguish some of the worst blazes in the country in recent years before an expected uptick in winds later on Thursday. The authorities reopened the main highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and allowed evacuees to return to their homes…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday publicly accused the head of Israel’s domestic security agency of lying to the country’s top court, the latest twist in a legal battle over Mr. Netanyahu’s attempt to fire the security chief, Ronen Bar. In an acerbic 13-page affidavit defending his decision to remove Mr. Bar, who leads the…
After more than a week of ratcheting up tariffs on products imported from China, the Trump administration issued a rule late Friday that spared smartphones, computers, semiconductors and other electronics from some of the fees, in a significant break for tech companies like Apple and Dell and the prices of iPhones and other consumer electronics….