Benjamin Netanyahu
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Netanyahu's govt on the brink: Coalition crumbles as numbers fall short in Parliament | Explained
Explainers | Jul 17, 2025, 02:52 PM ISTShas’s exit from cabinet positions has effectively cost Prime Minister Netanyahu his parliamentary majority. With the party’s 11 lawmakers stepping back from ministerial roles, the ruling coalition is now left with just 50 seats in 120-member Knesset—well below the 61 needed for a stable majority.
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Netanyahu govt in Israel loses majority as key coalition partner quits over military draft law
World | Jul 16, 2025, 11:58 PM ISTA second ultra-Orthodox party has quit earlier this week over the same issue. The political turmoil in Isarel comes as Israel and Hamas are negotiating on a US-backed ceasefire proposal for Gaza.
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Top Iran cleric issues 'fatwa' against Trump, Netanyahu: 'Enemy of God'
World | Jul 01, 2025, 12:07 AM ISTGrand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi has issued a fatwa in which he declares anyone who threatens the leader, and the Shia Marja, to be the 'Enemy of God'.
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Calling 'Bibi' Netanyahu a 'warrior of holy land', Trump demands ending his corruption trial
World | Jun 26, 2025, 09:13 AM ISTBibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, Iran, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
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Israel-Iran war updates: Iran expects India to condemn Israeli military actions against it
World | Jun 20, 2025, 11:32 PM ISTIran's Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was evacuated to an underground bunker in northeastern Tehran hours after Israel began its strikes on Friday. Israel and Iran have fired hundreds of missiles and drones at each other's cities as well as military facilities since the hostilities began over a week.
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Trump says US knows where Khamenei is hiding, calls for Iran's unconditional surrender
World | Jun 17, 2025, 11:51 PM ISTDonald Trump said Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American-made, conceived, and manufactured stuff.
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Netanyahu says eliminating Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei would end conflict, not escalate it
World | Jun 16, 2025, 11:37 PM ISTBenjamin Netanyahu's remarks came after US President Donald Trump earlier vetoed an Israeli plan to target Iran's Supreme Leader, fearing it could worsen the conflict.
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'Iran wants to kill US President Trump': Israeli PM Netanyahu makes big claim
World | Jun 16, 2025, 08:45 AM ISTEarlier reports claimed that US President Trump had rejected a plan presented by Israel to the US to kill Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Benjamin Netanyahu postpones son's wedding as Iran launches missile barrage on Israel
World | Jun 15, 2025, 02:46 PM ISTIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed his son Avner's wedding amid escalating tensions with Iran. The wedding, already controversial due to ongoing hostage situations in Gaza, was called off as Iran launched a massive missile barrage in retaliation to Israeli strikes.
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Iran launches retaliatory strikes, explosions in Israel with 3 dead as tensions soar in Middle East
World | Jun 14, 2025, 11:48 AM ISTEarly Saturday, a second round of Iranian missile attacks triggered air raid sirens in Jerusalem as loud booms, likely from Israeli interceptors, reverberated across the capital.
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Israel launches 'Operation Rising Lion' on Iran, Netanyahu calls it 'successful opening strike'
World | Jun 13, 2025, 04:16 PM ISTIsrael launched Operation Rising Lion to strike at Iran’s nuclear, missile and military complex. The strikes left key military commanders and nuclear scientists dead.
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Israel strikes Iran's key nuclear facility in Operation Rising Lion: What makes Natanz prime target?
World | Jun 13, 2025, 11:21 AM ISTIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel struck "at the heart" of Iran’s nuclear enrichment and weaponisation program, targeting enrichment facilities at Natanz, nuclear scientists, and ballistic missile infrastructure.
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Israel accepts new Gaza ceasefire plan put forward by US, proposal to halt offensive for 60 days
World | May 29, 2025, 11:51 PM ISTHamas confirmed that it had received the proposal from mediators and was currently reviewing its contents.
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First aid trucks enter Gaza nearly after three months of Israel's blockade
World | May 19, 2025, 11:40 PM ISTFive trucks carrying baby food and other humanitarian aid entered Gaza according to COGAT, the Israeli defense body responsible for coordinating aid to the territory.
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Pahalgam terror attack: Israel stands in 'solidarity with India', Netanyahu tells PM Modi over call
World | Apr 24, 2025, 08:54 PM ISTIn a phone call to PM Modi, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his country's support for India as he condemned the barbaric terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
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Israeli Foreign Ministry deletes condolences post on Pope Francis: Here's expected reason
World | Apr 23, 2025, 06:37 PM ISTIt is to be noted that Pope Francis remained critical of Israel's war in Gaza. However, he had also called on Hamas to release the hostages and condemned the rise in antisemitism.
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Israel Government In Turmoil: Thousands Protest As Netanyahu Faces Calls For Resignation
News | Apr 22, 2025, 06:51 PM ISTDozens of Israeli protesters gathered in Tel Aviv to demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, demanding his resignation. Some were forcibly removed by police while attempting to block a central road.
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Netanyahu's Residence In Jerusalem Covered By Protestors, Surge In Demand To Bring Hostages Back
News | Apr 07, 2025, 06:45 PM ISTA large group of protesters gathered outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, commemorating 18 months since the October 7 attacks. They demanded the immediate release of the 59 remaining hostages in Gaza, urging the government to "Free them without delay."
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Israeli strikes kill 32 in Gaza including women and children as Netanyahu flies to US to meet Trump
World | Apr 07, 2025, 02:20 PM ISTIsraeli strikes overnight into Sunday hit a tent and a house in the southern city of Khan Younis, killing five men, five women and five children, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. The body of a toddler took up one end of an emergency stretcher.
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Netanyahu to meet Trump amid mounting pressure to bring hostages back, likely to discuss tariff
World | Apr 06, 2025, 07:53 AM ISTIn what would be their second White House sit-down since Trump's return to office, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will meet the US President on Monday. The talks are expected to focus on tariffs and Gaza, among other areas.