Benjamin Netanyahu

Biden to Netanyahu:

'Hamas' refusal to release hostages led to end of ceasefire'

US President, in conversation with Netanyahu, stresses "critical need to protect civilians", White House says.

Netanyahu threatens:

'If Hezbollah starts all-out war, it will turn Beirut into Gaza'

Prime Minister Netanyahu visited reservists in northern Israel. 'I am impressed by the strong spirit here; the nation is proud of you.'

Prime Minister Netanyahu:

'Our forces are surrounding Sinwar's house'

The Prime Minister spoke with the president of the Red Cross and told her to tell Qatar to pressure Hamas to allow them to visit hostages.

Netanyahu to women's orgs:

'Where the hell are you?'

PM says IDF has eliminated half of Hamas' battalion commanders in Gaza, asks if intl. women's orgs ignore Jewish rape victims .

Report:

Families of hostages walk out of meeting with Netanyahu

Participants in meeting between families of hostages, freed hostages, and War Cabinet say PM refused to answer questions.

Report:

Barkat intends to challenge Netanyahu for Likud leadership

Economy Minister tells Likud activists he intends to run for the leadership of the party.

After three-month hiatus, Netanyahu's trial restarts

Court restarts Netanyahu trial, focusing on Case 4000.

Lapid blasts Netanyahu:

'Get rid of the coalition funds'

Opposition leader criticizes the government over its to pass the revised budget for 2023.

PM considering dismissal:

Minister Barkat to skip vote on the budget

Minister of Economy, who expressed opposition to the budget proposal, will be absent from the vote on it in the Knesset.

PM Netanyahu to IDF recruits:

'There are rules of war, but Hamas will not be'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with haredi recruits, as well as recruits from the Armored Corps and Givati Brigade.

Netanyahu:

This is not the time for baseless hatred, no one will lack funds

PM Netanyahu answers journalists' questions on budget, asking, 'Is a haredi teacher not a teacher? Is a haredi child half a child?'

Netanyahu:

'I asked myself: How do you hold talks with the devil?'

'We applied pressure on the brokers, and doubled the number of people released,' PM Netanyahu tells press conference.

Netanyahu meets hero who rescued 120 from music festival

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Health Minister Busso meet met wounded IDF soldiers and Israel Police officers at Soroka Hospital.

Gaza area leaders to PM:

'How will we go home? We don't want more sirens'

Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Gaza area leaders who demanded that Hamas be eliminated.

Netanyahu to Sderot police:

'The people of Israel owe you a great debt'

The Prime Minister visited the site of the police station where Hamas terrorists barricaded themselves on October 7th.

Prime Minister Netanyahu:

'There is no way we don't return to fight until the end'

The Prime Minister addressed fears that Israel will not return to fighting Hamas after all of the hostages return.

Former Shin Bet head:

'Seems Netanyahu does not want to get rid of Sinwar'

Former Shin Bet head: 'The script was written in advance; it seems that Netanyahu does not want to get rid of Sinwar.'

Erdogan strikes again:

'Netanyahu put his name down in history as the butcher of Gaza'

Turkish President Erdogan delivered a speech to members of his party and harshly attacked Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

PA responds to Netanyahu:

'The state of Palestine already exists'

PA "foreign ministry" blasts Netanyahu after he said he would thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Liberman: Netanyahu is granting immunity to Hamas leaders

Avigdor Liberman denounced Prime Minister Netanyahu for reportedly rejecting multiple operations to assassinate Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Elon Musk:

'Terrorists must be neutralized then there can be a good future'

Elon Musk spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after visiting one of the sites of the Hamas massacre.

PM Netanyahu shows Elon Musk the horrors of the Oct. 7 massacre

PM Netanyahu tours Kfar Aza with X owner Elon Musk, tour Kfar Aza, showing him the horrors of the October 7 massacre.

Netanyahu responds to Gantz:

'Budget will be brought for approval as scheduled'

Prime Minister’s office: Amended budget will be brought before the government for approval despite Gantz’s threat to vote against it.

Netanyahu to Biden:

'The entire nation embraces Avigail'

Netanyahu tells US President that Israel is interested in releasing hostages, but will not give up on resuming the fighting in Gaza.

Gantz to Netanyahu:

'I will vote against the budget'

Chairman of the National Unity party and member of the war cabinet announced that his party would oppose the state budget

PM Netanyahu in Gaza:

'We will continue to the end nothing will stop us'

The Prime Minister visited the Gaza Strip, where he met with troops and was briefed on the situation.

Netanyahu:

'We are committed to the return of all our hostages'

Netanyahu welcomes release of first batch of 13 hostages by Hamas.

'Giving a tailwind to terror'

Belgian and Spanish ambassadors to be reprimanded

Netanyahu and FM Cohen criticize Belgian and Spanish Prime Ministers who levelled accusations at Israel hours before hostage release.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Israel is are being fooled once again. Op-ed.

Netanyahu to ZAKA volunteers:

'You have given direct testimony of the most terrible horrors'

Netanyahu hears from ZAKA members about their work locating and identifying the bodies of those who were murdered by Hamas on October 7.

Report:

Elon Musk to visit Israel next week

Channel 12 News reports that owner of X and Starlink will meet Herzog and Netanyahu and will visit the area near the Gaza border.

Netanyau to David Cameron:

'We hope to get our hostages, but there are challenges'

PM meets British Foreign Secretary, says peace can only happen if Hamas is eliminated.

Biden speaks to Netanyahu, welcomes hostage deal

White House says Biden assured Netanyahu he will continue working to secure the release of all remaining hostages.

Netanyahu:

'War will continue until Gaza is no longer a threat to Israel'

Prime Minister Netanyah addressed the press on Wednesday regarding the deal to release some of the hostages from Hamas captivity.

Report:

Cabinet to meet at 8 tonight to vote on hostage deal

PM to convene War Cabinet, Political-Security Cabinet, and Cabinet tonight to approve deal to free dozens of Hamas hostages.

Netanyahu:

'We are committed to bringing back the hostages'

Prime Minister Netanyahu and the War Cabinet meet with families of the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza,

Netanyahu demands polygraph tests for Cabinet members

The Prime Minister is pushing new legislation aimed at stopping the leaks from Cabinet meetings.

Prime Minister Netanyahu:

'Any future administration in Gaza will not deny massacre'

Prime Minister responded to PA Chairman's claim that Israel was behind the Oct. 7th massacre.

PM Netanyahu: 'Thus far, there is no prisoner deal'

PM Netanyahu holds press conference with Defense Min. Gallant, Minister Gantz. 'Thanks to our soldiers, we are winning.'

Netanyahu to NPR:

'Israel must maintain overall military responsibility in Gaza'

Netanyahu says Hamas must be replaced with a government that wants to rebuild Gaza.

New poll reveals:

This is who Likud voters say should replace Netanyahu

Nearly one-quarter of Likud voters do not see a candidate fit to replace PM Netanyahu.

Netanyahu to CBS:

'Trying to wipe out Hamas with minimal civilian casualties'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells CBS News’ Norah O'Donnell that a deal to secure the release of hostages is closer than before.

Netanyahu:

'Stong indications hotsages were held at al-Shifa Hospital'

PM tells CBS News the hostages were one of the reasons the IDF entered Gaza's main hospital.

Lapid proposes:

Government led by the Likud, but without Netanyahu

Opposition leader calls for different government to be established and for Netanyahu to be ousted in the middle of the war.

Netanyahu to Biden's advisor:

'Israel determined to go anywhere to fully defeat Hamas'

Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Presidential envoy Brett McGurk and discussed the range of issues regarding the war.

PM to Iron Dome soldiers:

'You are saving civilians while they sacrifice civilians'

PM Netanyahu was briefed on air defense operations since the start of the war.

Prime Minister Netanyahu:

'They said not to enter Shifa – we did, there are no hideouts'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Zikim base where a heroic battle ensued on October 7th.

Biden and Netanyahu discuss efforts to rescue hostages

White House says Biden spoke with Netanyahu regarding the latest developments in Israel and Gaza.

Netanyahu to Trudeau:

'Hamas, not Israel, is deliberately targeting civilians'

Netanyahu responds to Canadian Prime Minister: It is Hamas, not Israel, that should be held accountable for committing a double war crime.

Netanyahu to Fox News:

If we don't win now, Europe and the US are next

Prime Minister Netanyahu explains why the war in Gaza is important to the entire Middle East, and the entire world

Netanyahu to ministers: 'You need to learn to keep quiet'

The Prime Minister and Attorney General warned cabinet ministers that strong statements about the war could be considered war crimes.

Report:

MKs from the Likud plan to oust Netanyahu

MKs from the Likud have reportedly formulated a plan to oust Netanyahu and form a new government, but the chances of that happening are low.

Gantz: This is not the time to replace Netanyahu

Minister Benny Gantz, member of Knesset's war cabinet, says it would be 'hallucinatory' to replace the Prime Minister during a war.

Argument in cabinet meeting:

Ben-Gvir: 'The October 7th looters are also terrorists'

Prime Minister Netanyahu asserted that Israel will not kill civilians who infiltrated Israel on October 7th.

Netanyahu to CNN:

'Taking responsibility? Did you ask Bush this after 9/11?'

“I will answer difficult questions, but after the war. Did people ask Franklin Roosevelt that question after Pearl Harbor?”

Biden Admin. demands Netanyahu clarify Gaza comments

US officials demand to know what PM means when he says Israel will have security control over Gaza after the war.

French official:

'Macron has not changed his position on Israel vs. Hamas'

French official rejects Netanyahu's criticism of Macron's comments that Israel should "stop killing babies and women".

Ben Gvir charges:

'I demanded the elimination of Hamas, Netanyahu excluded me'

National Security Minister says Netanyahu excluded him from Cabinet discussions because he demanded eliminations of Hamas leaders.

Netanyahu: We will retain security control in Gaza

Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Gallant, and Minister Benny Gantz gave a joint press conference Saturday evening in Tel Aviv.

'We're not stopping':

Netanyahu visits wounded IDF soldiers

Prime Minister Netanyahu visits wounded IDF soldiers and their families, hears first-hand accounts of the battles.