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JERUSALEM, Israeli | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal team has requested a 15-day postponement for the start of his testimony in his ongoing criminal trial, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The team argued that despite its best efforts, it will not be ready by the scheduled date …

  The Hague | XINHUA |  The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif. In a statement, the ICC’s pre-trial chamber accused Netanyahu and Gallant of committing …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Saturday that “Iran’s agents who tried to assassinate me and my wife today made a bitter mistake.” He referred to the drone launch from Lebanon, aimed at his private residence in the northern town of Caesarea …

JERUSALEM, Israel  | Xinhua| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that Israel is “committed” to the deal proposal outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden for a ceasefire in Gaza in return for the release of hostages. “We are committed to the Israeli proposal that President Biden endorsed,” Netanyahu …

ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Sinwar in Israel-Hamas war are a major test for international justice COMMMENT | AMY MAGUIRE | The request by Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders is a significant step in the effort to bring …

THE HAGUE | Xinhua | The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Monday he is applying for arrest warrants for two Israeli government officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and three Hamas leaders. Karim Khan said in a statement that he has “reasonable grounds to believe” that …

Netanyahu rejects the idea of a Palestinian state and promises that Israel would control the entire region it occupies COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK | It is only April, but we already have a good candidate for photo of the year. On April 12, German police shut down a Palestine Congress that …

Washington, US | VOA |  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, called on Israel Thursday to hold new elections, saying he believes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” in the country’s bombardment of Gaza. Schumer, long an ally of the Jewish …

JERUSALEM,  | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that his government will not release Palestinian prisoners or withdraw forces from Gaza, despite international efforts to achieve a ceasefire deal. Netanyahu said in Eli, an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, that “I hear various claims …

The Hitlerization of Benjamin Netanyahu and the Nazification of his Likud-led coalition government THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda |  After years of frustration, I am finally proud of South Africa. It has restored my faith in the goodness of “man.” It has acquired a soft spot in my heart by doing …