Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu’s planned judicial overhaul divides Israeli military

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

A contentious judicial overhaul plan that has divided Israel is also tearing at what Israeli Jews see as the country's main unifying force: the military.

Why is Israel pushing ahead with its legal overhaul?

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

Proponents of the Israeli government's planned legal overhaul often argue that curtailing the power of judges and courts is good for the country. But other factors may be in play.

Israel’s Netanyahu denounces protesters after demonstration against wife outside of salon

By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies say protesters are "anarchists" after they gathered outside a Tel Aviv salon where his wife was getting her hair done.

Israeli government advances legal system overhaul despite mass protest

By Laurie Kellman, Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press

Israel's parliament has for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the legal system, defying a historic uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint from the United States.

Israel’s attorney general says Netanyahu cannot be involved in judicial system overhaul

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

Israel's attorney general says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must not be involved in an overhaul of the country's judicial system proposed by his government.

Blinken appeals for calm in Israel-Palestine conflict during trip to Middle East

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Blinken met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Tuesday, a day after seeing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Blinken urges calm as violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalates

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to ease tensions following a spike in violence that has put the region on edge.

WATCH: Blinken meets with Israeli leader Netanyahu amid surge in violence

By Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to ease tensions following a spike in violence that has put the region on edge.

U.S. tested by Israeli-Palestinian violence as Blinken visits Middle East

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

What had already been expected to be a trip fraught with tension over differences between the administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new far-right government has grown significantly more complicated over the past four days with a spate of…

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meets Jordan’s king in surprise trip amid tension

By Isabel Debre, Associated Press

Tuesday marked Netanyahu's first visit in over four years as he seeks to shore up ties that have strained since he took office at the helm of Israel's most right-wing government in history.