Israel

Netanyahu lost in April, forced a rerun and lost even worse. Now the only question is will he step away into retirement, or toward trial and potentially prison.

From losing longtime ally John Bolton to having several tested electioneering tricks backfire, Israel's prime minister is not having a good week.

Netanyahu made his pledge on Tuesday in a bid to win over right-wing voters ahead of next week's election, which is expected to be close.

Netanyahu also promised to annex the West Bank, home to controversial Israeli settlements, just prior to his last election in April. "I'm going to extend sovereignty," he said in an interview with Israeli Channel 12 at the time.

"On the face of it, it seems to be a very serious incident that will be thoroughly investigated by the relevant officials," a rep for the bus company said.

Scientists analyzed the Temple Scroll to work out how it had been preserved so well for 2,000 years.

According to the Israeli Health Ministry, more than 4,300 people were infected with measles between July 2018 and July 2019. Is another surge coming this month?

But President Trump and his cronies are pitting fellow Americans against one another, sowing division that undermines everything we're supposed to stand for as a country.

Losing the election rerun might spell out more than a fall from power for Israel's longest-serving prime minister. It might land him in jail.

The Israeli leader could spark a wider war that could not only sink his chances for reelection but also endanger U.S. troops in the Middle East—at a time when President Donald Trump is hoping to sit down with the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, to negotiate a peace deal.

The IDF said they attacked military targets in a Hamas naval facility in the Gaza strip after the fifth rocket was fired from the territory into Israel in the past six days.

"The relationship between the State of Israel and the United States is a link between peoples, which relies on historical ties, deep and strong friendships and shared values," Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told Nancy Pelosi.

"The Jewish community is less safe than it was three years ago," Ron Klein asserted.

"It is not mearly [sic] an antisemitic dog whistle — it's a bullhorn to his white nationalist base," the progressive Jewish-American group IfNotNow told Newsweek in a statement.

"Denying a visit to duly elected members of Congress is not consistent with being an ally and denying millions of people freedom of movement or expression or self-determination is not consistent with being a democracy."

The spouse of the Israeli PM reportedly demanded to see the pilot during the flight to Ukraine.

The World Jewish Congress' President Ronald Lauder on Sunday compared Tlaib's suggestion to boycott Maher to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.

"Who wouldn't be proud of a granddaughter like that? I love her and am so proud of her," Tlaib's grandmother told The Washington Post.

Grae Hosmanek alleges the protestor yelled "gas the Jews" as he held a Nazi sign with a swastika on it.

The California Democrat accused the Jewish ambassador of having dual loyalty in siding with Israel's decision to ban two Muslim congresswomen from entering the country, a claim that's considered an anti-Semitic trope.

The president tweeted that Tlaib, and her fellow lawmaker, Ilhan Omar, should be barred from the humanitarian visit.

"I know many Jews that are in favor of a two-state solution or are pro-Palestinian and they're not against themsleves, or anti-Semitic," Leslie Marshall said.

Citing pressure from President Donald Trump, Israel has banned U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, in part for their support of a boycott movement meant to support Palestinians.

"The fact that the U.S. president would urge the Israeli prime minister to bar members of Congress really does a disservice to this bilateral relationship and is yet another attempt by President Trump to politicize this relationship."

The El Al staff member fell ill on a flight in March and died five months later.

A Fordham University dean denied recognition of the Students for Justice in Palestine, saying its purpose pointed toward polarization and not dialogue.

Kushner reportedly did not meet with any Palestinian leaders, who believe his peace plan favors Israel.

Jennifer Lopez wasn't the first entertain to face pressure to cancel a show in Israel and she also wasn't alone in deciding to perform. Jon Bon Jovi played days earlier.

The Shurat HaDin organization said the Israeli government should take a stand against those backing the BDS movement.

We must start treating the other the same way we wish to be treated—be they Palestinian, Filipino, Central American migrant or Syrian refugees in Germany.