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Netanyahu’s Likud Faces Decline as 88% of Israelis Back Ceasefire Deal – Poll
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A new poll shows 88% of Israelis support a prisoner exchange deal as Netanyahu’s Likud party loses ground amid the Gaza war. A recent poll published on Friday by the […]

Support for Netanyahu’s Likud Falls amid Rising Domestic Opposition – Poll
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The latest decline in the coalition’s popularity is attributed to several issues, including the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon. A new Israeli opinion poll shows the […]

Growing Discontent – Support for Netanyahu’s Coalition Falls after Gallant Dismissal
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The survey indicates that if elections were held today, Netanyahu’s Likud party would secure 24 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. Support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition has weakened […]

New Poll – Israel’s Attack on Lebanon Boosts Netanyahu’s Likud Party Popularity
Overall, the results show Netanyahu’s opposition bloc winning 57 seats, while his support bloc would garner 53 seats in the event of elections today. The ongoing Israeli offensive on Lebanon, which has killed hundreds this […]

‘Clear and Immediate Threat’ – Likud Official Warns of Attempt to Assassinate Netanyahu
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In his letter to the Shin Bet chief, the legal adviser of the Likud party reportedly urged immediate action to counter these threats, following remarks made by some protest leaders […]

‘Hebrew Gaza’ – Israeli Politician Quotes Hitler while Discussing War (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “And like Hitler said: ‘I cannot live in this world if there is one Jew left in it’, we could not live in this land if even one such Islamo-Nazi […]

Israel’s Netanyahu Fears Revolt within Likud – Israeli Media
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Calls have grown for holding fresh elections in Israel amid criticism of Netanyahu over his failure to acknowledge responsibility for Hamas’ operation on October 7. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

Netanyahu’s Likud Set to Lose Half of Knesset Seats – Poll
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Channel 13 pointed out that “Likud’s collapse has been ongoing since the outbreak of the war.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party would lose half of its […]

Israel’s Netanyahu Pushing ‘Voluntary Migration’ for Palestinians
By Palestine Chronicle Staff According to Anadolu, Palestinians condemned Netanyahu’s plan, calling for an international stand against it. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is reportedly pushing plans to implement migration of Palestinians in the […]

Israel’s Opposition Leader Lapid Says Netanyahu ‘Must Go Now’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In an interview with the Israeli Channel 12, Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid said that “Israel has lost faith in the prime minister.” Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, said on […]

‘Shell Gaza with Doomsday Weapons’: Likud Member Urges
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli lawmaker Revital Gotliv said on Monday that Israel should use Jericho missiles to “level” Gaza “without mercy”, following the launch of a military operation by the Palestinian Resistance. “Jericho […]

Ahead of Netanyahu-Biden Meeting, Likud MKs Warn against Making Concessions to Saudi Arabia
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Twelve Likud MKs wrote an open letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning him against making any concessions to Saudi Arabia in US-brokered normalization talks, Israeli media reported. The […]

Mocking Holocaust Victims Highlights Ethnic Tensions in Israel
Some members of Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition have cast the prime minister’s push to overhaul the judiciary as redressing elitist overreach by the Askenazi. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the ejection on Sunday of an […]

New Poll puts Former Israeli Defense Minister Gantz ahead of Netanyahu
A recent Israeli poll said that, if elections were held these days, the National Unity Party of former Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, would gain more parliamentary seats than Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party, Anadolu News […]

Israel’s Netanyahu Nominates Self-Proclaimed ‘Racist’ Politician as New York Consul General
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a far-right politician, who once boasted that she is “proud to be a racist”, as his country’s top diplomat in New York, The […]

Netanyahu Reinstates Defense Minister, Vows to Restore Security ‘on All Fronts’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to restore security “on all fronts” after an Israeli attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque last week led to spiraling violence that included rocket fire from Lebanon and Syria, The […]

Israel’s Right-Wing Groups Organize Counter-Protests in Support of Judicial Overhaul
Thousands of right-wing Israelis took to the streets on Thursday in support of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan, blocking a highway in Tel Aviv, the Middle East Monitor reported. The protests were […]

Netanyahu Fires His Defense Minister, Worsening Israel’s Political Crisis
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, on Sunday, just one day after Gallant broke ranks by calling on the government to halt a very […]

Herzog Grants Netanyahu Additional 10 Days to Complete Coalition Government Formation
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday granted Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu an additional ten days to complete the formation of the right-wing coalition government, Israeli media reported. The Times of Israel reported that Netanyahu, whose […]

Netanyahu Appoints Far-Right Ben-Gvir as New Israeli Security Minister
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu signed a first coalition deal with Israeli far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, appointing him as the Minister of National Security, Israeli media reported on Friday. “We took a big step tonight […]

Lapid Says Mandating Netanyahu to Form New Government is ‘Black Day’ for Democracy
Mandating Likud Party leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming the next government is a “black day for Israeli democracy”, outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Sunday. In a statement posted on […]

Israeli Elections: With 86% of Votes Counted, Netanyahu Looks Set for Victory
With 86 percent of the votes counted after Tuesday’s general election in Israel, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu is set to win. Netanyahu’s bloc is set to obtain 65 out of 120 seats. Likud party rose to […]

Israelis Go to Polls as Netanyahu Bids for Comeback
Israelis began voting for the fifth time in less than four years on Tuesday, with former premier Benjamin Netanyahu bidding for a comeback, Reuters news agency reported. After years of deadlock, voter exasperation may hurt […]

Desperate and Isolated, Bennett is Reportedly Seeking Netanyahu to Form New Government
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is considering the possibility of forming an alternate government with opposition leader and former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media reported on Friday. Bennett met late Thursday with his political advisers, […]

Morality Cannot Be Divided: How Netanyahu’s Corruption has Exposed Israel’s ‘Democracy’
By Ramzy Baroud Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalizing the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three major corruption […]

Former Netanyahu’s Aide Testifies in Corruption Trial
A one-time confidante to Benjamin Netanyahu began testifying against him Monday in the former Israeli prime minister’s corruption trial in Jerusalem, The New Arab reported. Nir Hefetz, a former spokesman for Netanyahu, is a key […]

Likud: Netanyahu was Mocking Bennett, Not Biden, in Facebook Video (VIDEO)
Following a video broadcast on Facebook by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud party found itself forced to issue a clarification to avoid annoying US President Joe Biden. Netanyahu appeared in a video […]

Gantz Calls for New Probe into Netanyahu Corruption Case
Israeli Defense Minister and leader of Blue and White coalition, Benny Gantz, called for a new investigation into Tel Aviv’s purchase of submarines from Germany in a case which sees former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

On Trumpism and Netanyahuism: How Benjamin Netanyahu Won America and Lost Israel
By Ramzy Baroud The now-former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is as much American as he is Israeli. While other Israeli leaders have made their strong relationship with Washington a cornerstone of their […]

Netanyahu Ousted as Israeli Prime Minister after 12 Years
Israel’s longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been ousted from office by a loose coalition of rivals from across the political spectrum, united by their wish to end his 12-year run in power. Israel’s parliament voted […]