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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2026
Pleasing no one: Netanyahu puts election first with Gaza decision
Israel will be voting for the first time since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, the deadliest ever against the country.
The International Criminal Court in the Hague in September 2025. The U.S. backed the ICC when it pursued Vladimir Putin but denounced the court as politically motivated when it issued warrants for Israeli leaders.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2026
America is betting against international law
Great powers cannot rely on legal immunity forever, as international accountability mechanisms increasingly constrain even the most influential states.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) greet each other as other officials look on at the funeral service for late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2026
Behind the White House¡¯s closed-door diplomacy
Media reports around the world have suggested the secrecy reflected Netanyahu¡¯s waning influence or growing dissatisfaction with him within the Trump administration.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2026
Trump and Netanyahu explored all Iran options including attack, Israeli official says
The two leaders discussed diplomacy, economic pressure and force at their meeting in the White House.
People wait for former hostage Alon Ohel to return home after leaving the hospital in Lavon, Israel, on Oct. 24, 2025.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2026
The key issues that will shape Israel¡¯s elections
Voters in Israel will weigh in on issues ranging from conscription to the 2023 Hamas attack when they head to the polls on Oct. 27.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) poses for a picture with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2026
Trump and Netanyahu meet as new Iran attack complicates diplomacy
Netanyahu was in Washington for the funeral Senator Lindsey Graham, a longtime Iran hawk.
A fresh grocery vendor at the Machane Yehuda market in Jerusalem in January 2025. Since the Hamas attacks in October 2023, Israel has been in a state of near constant war ¡ª in Gaza, in Lebanon and most recently against Iran.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 28, 2026
Ongoing conflict starves Israeli manufacturers of foreign equipment technicians
Makers are increasingly stuck with imported machinery that has stopped functioning or can¡¯t be installed, without the foreign skilled staff needed to assist.
Gadi Eisenkot speaks during an election event in Kfar Sava, Israel, on July 8.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2026
Former general who lost son in Gaza war emerges as Netanyahu¡¯s main rival
Stocky and somber, untested in domestic politics and a stranger to foreign-policy circles, Gadi Eisenkot is a stark contrast to the articulate and telegenic Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in East Jerusalem near the separation wall with the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on July 5.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 13, 2026
The main candidates facing Netanyahu in Israel¡¯s elections
Candidates range from a general holding public sympathy but lacking political experience to a former TV star with an active social media presence.
Palestinians amidst the rubble of ruined buildings in the Jabalia camp near Gaza City, northern Gaza, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2026
Hamas dissolves Gaza government, but Israel dismisses move as ¡®stunt¡¯
The ?area remains in ?ruins more than 2? years after the latest Gaza conflict was triggered by Hamas¡¯ Oct. 7, ?2023, raids on Israel.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (center, back) looks on as Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter (left), State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler (center) and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh sign a framework agreement at the U.S. Department of State in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
Israel-Lebanon deal may entrench stalemate rather than end war, analysts say
The security deal between Israel and Lebanon includes something few see as workable: Hezbollah¡¯s disarmament, which no Lebanese government has the power to enforce.
People cross a street past a billboard depicting Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei kissing the slain Islamic revolutionary guards commander Qasem Soleimani near the shrine of Imam Hussein Iraq's holy city of Karbala, displayed on the facade of a building in Tehran on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
U.S. and Iran negotiators head to Doha, but meeting uncertain
U.S. President Donald Trump is sending his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, according to his ?press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Israeli military vehicles drive amid destroyed buildings in Lebanon, after Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement following U.S.-mediated talks, as seen from northern Israel, on Saturday.
WORLD
Jun 28, 2026
Hezbollah rejects deal with Israel, which expects ¡®extended stay¡¯ in Lebanon
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz insisted that the country¡¯s troops would be able to stay in Lebanon so long as Hezbollah remained armed.
Lebanon's ambassador to the U.S., Nada Hamadeh, speaks during an event to sign a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, at the State Department in Washington on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2026
Israel and Lebanon reach framework deal aiming to end conflict
Israel will maintain a ¡°security zone¡± along the boundaries of the yellow line, which marks a seized territory that stretches some 10 km into Lebanon from the Israeli border.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an event in Jerusalem on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 26, 2026
U.S.-Iran deal may leave Netanyahu as biggest casualty
Isolated abroad, constrained by his ally and vulnerable ahead of an autumn election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now finds his political future and legacy at risk.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference, following a U.S.-Iran deal, in Jerusalem on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2026
Netanyahu, Israel¡¯s arch-survivor, set to face voter fury over Iran deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed he intends to ?stand ?in an election that must be held by October, but polls put his right-wing coalition on course to lose.
Children stand near a damaged car, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers, in Halhul near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on May 20.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2026
U.N. warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children
A United Nations report says it has verified the killing of 2,668 Palestinian children in Gaza and 57 in the West Bank in 2025.
People walk past a sign with a picture depicting U.S. President Donald Trump in Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2026
What challenges could stand in the way of a final U.S.-Iran deal?
Most analysts are skeptical the two sides can forge a final settlement within the 60-day window laid out by both sides.
Dana White, president of Ultimate Fighting Championship (left), U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump speak to attendees during the UFC Freedom250 fight on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 18, 2026
Inside the chaotic Iran talks that let Trump claim victory but not yet peace
The war cost the U.S. tens of billions of dollars, strained munitions stocks and its alliances, sent pump prices soaring and roiled the global energy market.
President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump¡¯s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 29, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
Netanyahu and Trump on collision course as U.S. and Iran agree to halt war
The goals of both leaders remain unmet, with serious clashes remaining between them over Lebanon.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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