Page 36 - Latest Updates on Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu vows to continue as Israel PM despite electoral shortfall
The election results looked to extend the country's year-old political deadlock and weaken the longtime leader as he prepares to go on trial for corruption charges later this month
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Netanyahu claims victory in Israel election after exit polls give lead
The surveys conducted by three Israeli networks gave Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party between 36 and 37 seats in Israel's 120-member parliament
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Israelis vote in unprecedented third general elections in less than a year
Israel's Central Elections Committee said 47 per cent of registered voters had cast their ballots by 4 pm (local time), a 2.7 per cent increase from the September elections
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Facebook removes Netanyahu's video claiming to be close to election victory
Discussing polling data is forbidden as per Israeli election laws during the seventy hours preceding polls
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Modi, Netanyahu exchange repartee on completing 28 yrs of India-Israel ties
"India-Israel relations are very strong. Our countries cooperate widely among themselves and in many international forums," tweeted PM Modi
Trump unveils Mideast peace plan, Palestinians reject it as 'çonspiracy'
Trump praised Israel for taking "a giant step toward peace" with the plan, which lays out a vision for future Palestinian statehood if a series of strict conditions are met.
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Russia to UN, here's how the world is reacting to Trump's Middle East plans
The plan had already been resoundingly rejected by Palestinian leaders before Trump launched it on Tuesday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Top events of the day: West Asia peace plan, Ind vs NZ 3rd T20, and more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Moscow on Wednesday to present US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan to Russian leader Vladimir Putin
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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu formally indicted on corruption charges
Netanyahyu was in Washington for meetings with US President Donald Trump ahead of the release of Trump's long-delayed Israel-Palestinian peace plan
Donald Trump's peace plan may polarise West Asia it seeks to calm
Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival centrist former general Benny Gantz to the White House next week
Benjamin Netanyahu warns of 'resounding blow' if Iran attacks Israel
"Anyone who attacks us will receive a resounding blow," the premier told a Jerusalem conference after Iran launched a salvo retaliatory missile strikes on bases used by US troops in Iraq
Donald Trump rattles Middle East, US politics with risky Iran strike
'Risky' Iran strike, which the Pentagon says was to prevent imminent attack on Americans, triggers global alarm
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Qassem Soleimani killing: Netanyahu says US has 'right' to self-defence
"Just as Israel has the right of self-defence, the United States has exactly the same right," he said as he boarded a flight home after cutting short a visit to Greece
Netanyahu to seek immunity from corruption charges, delay trial till polls
Netanyahu said he was not evading justice and still plans to go to court to fight the "fabricated accusations".
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu wins leadership race against party rival
Around 57,000 Likud members cast their ballots across the country throughout Thursday
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Benjamin Netanyahu cancels planned visit to India on Sep 9 over snap polls
This is the second time this year that the Israeli leader has cancelled a planned visit to India, doing so earlier before the April elections
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We take pride in our friendship with vibrant democracy of Israel: PM Modi
Israel President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished India on Constitution Day in tweets
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Benjamin Netanyahu faces court, party challenges after indictment
Netanyahu didn't mention the looming indictment during Sunday's weekly meeting
Netanyahu charged in graft cases; becomes first sitting PM to be indicted
The indictment does not require Netanyahu to resign but is expected to raise pressure on him to step down
Putin hangs Benjamin Netanyahu out to dry over jailed Israeli woman
Putin has snubbed repeated requests from Netanyahu to free Naama Issachar, a 26-year-old army veteran sentenced to 7 1/2 years in jail for carrying a small amount of hashish in a Moscow
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