Benjamin Netanyahu

30/06 - 13:55 - Knesset speaker, national security adviser also participate in talks with Ambassador Friedman and special envoy Berkowitz

Even as some 800,000 unemployed find it hard to make ends meet, legislators get the public to foot the premier’s tax bill on fringe benefits he got from state

22/06 - 17:41 - Dozens of foreign diplomats attend Jericho event, including UN envoy stressing annexation is against international law.

El primer ministro podría anunciar este verano la aplicación de la ley israelí en las colonias en el 30% de Cisjordania siguiendo el plan de paz de Donald Trump.

14:45 - Selection of local firm for US$1.5 billion desalination project follows US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s opposition to Chinese involvement. Chinese investment, Pompeo said, could ‘put Israeli citizens at risk and … put the capacity for America to work alongside Israel on important projects at risk’.

Map committee member Levin denies Yesha Council complaint thatUS rejected settler changes to sovereignty map.

13/05 - 18:07 - Wrapping up brief visit to Israel, US secretary of state says both Netanyahu and Gantz believe ‘thoughtful and pragmatic’ Trump peace plan is ‘basis on which we can move forward’

08/05 - 16:42 - US secretary of state confirms first trip since coronavirus lockdown, will meet with Netanyahu and Gantz in hours-long visit and throw support behind new government

The Knesset plenum passed into law all the bills required for the formation of a new government on Thursday morning by a hefty majority, clearing a major hurdle that will allow Israel to have a fully functioning government for the first time since December 2018.