'U.S. protectorate': Why Steve Bannon's scathing comment has got under Netanyahu's skin

by mgall74 | Oct 24, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Steve Bannon is ramping up his claim that Israel under Netanyahu is not an ally of the U.S., but effectively a vassal state, and it resonates with the MAGA base. It’s a big problem for an Israeli prime minister who long ago burned all his bridges to the...

Rubio in Israel: Hamas can't be involved in governing Gaza, UNRWA cannot play a role

by mgall74 | Oct 24, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Hamas will not take part in the technocratic government that is expected to manage everyday life in Gaza in accordance with the Trump plan, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday during a visit to the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern...

Poll: Israel's opposition parties gain large Knesset majority, Smotrich and Gantz left out

by mgall74 | Oct 24, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The Channel 12 poll found that current opposition parties would reach 69 seats even without Benny Gantz’s party, which wouldn’t pass the electoral threshold ■ The Netanyahu coalition would hold on to 51 seats [ad_2] Source...

To the U.S., Israel is a toddler playing at legislation

by mgall74 | Oct 23, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] News Life and CultureColumnists and OpinionHaaretz Hebrew and TheMarkerPartnershipsHaaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.©...

Netanyahu's office calls West Bank annexation vote 'deliberate provocation during JD Vance visit'

by mgall74 | Oct 23, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Before leaving Israel, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Trump’s policy remains that the occupied West Bank won’t be annexed by Israel. Vance added that he took ‘some insult’ at the situation and, if it were true that it was merely a...