Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly criticised Dublin’s Lord Mayor, Micheál Mac Donncha, for attending a conference organised by the Palestinian Authority in the city of Ramallah on the West Bank.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled an agreement with the United Nations to resettle thousands of African migrants.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been admitted to a Jerusalem hospital with a high temperature and a cough.

Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the country may face early elections due to a coalition crisis.

A third confidant of Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to turn state witness and give evidence against the Israeli prime minister, who faces a wave of corruption allegations, according to media reports in the country.

Israeli police said they suspect a close confidant of Benjamin Netanyahu of offering a sitting judge a top post in exchange for dropping a corruption case against the Israeli prime minister's wife.

Israeli police have recommended that Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on bribery and breach of trust charges in two corruption cases.

US officials have hailed America’s commitment to free and fair trade despite possible retaliation by China over new US import tariffs.

Latest: US vice president Mike Pence has "strongly" urged the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table.

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has urged other countries to follow the US in recognising Jerusalem as its capital.

A group of Jewish leaders has cancelled a gala event with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protest against his government's decision to scrap plans for a mixed-gender prayer area at Jerusalem's Western Wall.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled a meeting with the visiting German foreign minister over the latter's plans to hold a meeting with Israeli rights groups.

Israel's leader said President Donald Trump told him it was a "new day" in Israeli-American relations.

President Donald Trump has asked Israel's prime minister to "hold off" on building Jewish settlements in land the Palestinians claim for their future state, yet held back from explicitly endorsing support for a future independent Palestine.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to build a new West Bank settlement "as soon as possible" following the demolition of an illegally-built settler outpost.

Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit 10 Downing Street next Monday for talks with British leader Theresa May.

Israeli police are questioning prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over corruption allegations, local media has reported after police cars arrived at his residence.

A leading Israeli opposition politician has launched a campaign calling for prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be investigated for corruption.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his nation's agreement with Turkey to normalise ties will have immense implications for the Israeli economy.

Israel has imposed a series of sweeping restrictions on Palestinian movement and deployed hundreds of additional troops to the West Bank in response to a Tel Aviv attack that killed four Israelis.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Iran yesterday for staging a Holocaust-themed cartoon contest that mocked the Nazi genocide of six million Jews during World War II and said the Islamic Republic was busy planning for another one.

Israel has disputed a White House claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "surprised" the US government by cancelling a planned visit to Washington.

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Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has sparked uproar after suggesting a Second World War-era Palestinian leader convinced the Nazis to adopt the “final solution” to exterminate European Jews.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked uproar after suggesting a Second World War-era Palestinian leader convinced the Nazis to adopt their Final Solution to exterminate European Jewish people.

US president Barack Obama’s administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to congress yesterday.

Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped up his criticism of the US-led nuclear deal with Iran. 

Israel’s prime minister says the United Nations report on the 2014 Gaza war is “biased”.

Benjamin Netanyahu has put himself at the helm of a hardline Israeli government that appears to be on a collision course with the US and other key allies by forming a new coalition.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has completed the formation of a new coalition government, less than an hour before a midnight deadline.

The framework nuclear agreement with Iran has caused little consternation in Europe, but has got the US Republicans up in arms, writes Carl Bildt

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United States to seek a better deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programme and said he would press American lawmakers not to give Tehran “a free path to the bomb”.

Israeli officials have denied a report that the country spied on the United States’ handling of sensitive negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme.

Arab political leaders in Israel have rejected prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology for comments he made in last week’s national elections that offended members of the Arab community.

Premier Benjamin Netanyahu apologised to Israel’s Arab citizens today for remarks he made during last week’s parliamentary election that offended members of the community.

Days after winning Israel’s election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be backtracking from hardline statements that ruled out the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Clearer path to coalition for PM as two main parties lead the way

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared victory after a tight national election appeared to give him the upper hand in forming the country’s next coalition government.

Voting in Israel’s national election has ended, with exit polls showing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a virtual tie with a centre-left challenger.

Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a Palestinian state will not be established on his watch if he is re-elected.

Israeli politicians are making their final appeals to voters, a day before the country decides whether to give embattled PM Benjamin Netanyahu another term in office.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to deliver a stern message to the US Congress about the danger Iran poses to his nation's survival.