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The Washington Post reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with his security cabinet on Thursday to discuss plans for the full occupation of the Gaza Strip. It comes amid opposition voiced by Israel’s military leadership, said a person familiar with Netanyahu’s office’s decisions, corroborated by two former Israeli officials — potentially setting up a clash between the country’s military …

The Times of Israel reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told ministers in the past day that he will seek cabinet backing for a plan to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, despite objections from within the IDF, Hebrew media reports. Several ministers reportedly said Netanyahu used the term “occupation of the Strip” in private conversations describing his vision for the …

Axios reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government unanimously voted Monday to fire Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who is currently prosecuting him for corruption. This is the first time an Israeli government has ever voted to fire an attorney general. The move sparked immediate accusations Netanyahu was seeking to protect himself and his aides. In addition to prosecuting Netanyahu in …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Monday said he will work with European allies to “set up food centers” in Gaza, disagreeing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assessment that there is “no starvation” in the war-torn strip. “Based on television, … those children look very hungry,” Trump said. “But we’re giving a lot of money and a lot of …

The Times Of Israel reports: Speaking at a Christian conference in Jerusalem hosted by adviser to US President Donald Trump and prominent evangelical pastor Paula White, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses claims that Israel is starving civilians in Gaza and praises the Christian-Israeli bond. “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza,” the …

The Washington Post reports: After four months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s few remaining hospitals now have wards for the growing number of malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Doctors are famished to the point that they have dizzy spells as they make their rounds, medics say, and the journalists documenting their caseloads …

Axios reports: As smoke and debris swirled over the Syrian presidential palace, the chatter in the West Wing grew louder: Benjamin Netanyahu is out of control. “Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time,” one White House official told Axios, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname. “This could undermine what Trump is trying to do.” A second …

The BBC reports: Israel has demolished thousands of buildings across Gaza since it withdrew from a ceasefire with Hamas in March, with entire towns and suburbs – once home to tens of thousands of people – levelled in the past few weeks. Satellite images show massive amounts of destruction in several areas which Israel’s military command claims to have under …

The Associated Press reports: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s visit to the courthouse was a rare act of involvement in his host country’s internal affairs. It comes after Trump condemned the trial as a “witch hunt.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. Huckabee said Wednesday’s appearance was …

The New York Times reports: For Netanyahu, a truce also came with personal risk. As prime minister, he led a fragile coalition that depended on the support of far-right ministers who wanted to occupy Gaza, not withdraw from it. They sought a long war that would ultimately enable Israel to re-establish Jewish settlements in Gaza. If a cease-fire came too …

The New York Post reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed aside Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s threat to arrest him as “silly” and teased plans to swing through New York City in defiance of the socialist’s warning. “I’m not concerned about that,” Netanyahu told reporters in the Blue Room of the White House on Monday. “There’s enough craziness in …

ABC News reports: During remarks to reporters ahead of a White House dinner on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Netanyahu, who expressed appreciation and admiration for the president’s “pursuit of peace and security,” presented Trump with the letter he submitted to the Nobel Peace Prize committee, nominating Trump …

The New York Times reports: For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, the meeting with President Trump scheduled for Monday will serve as a kind of victory lap after the joint Israeli-U.S. assault last month on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The White House visit — the prime minister’s third since Mr. Trump returned to office — is likely to add luster …

The Jewish Chronicle reports: A senior Iranian cleric has issued a fatwa against US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declaring the pair as “enemies of God”. Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi issued an order condemning the two leaders for their threats against Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Shirazi declared: “Any person or regime that threatens the …

Reuters reports: The Jerusalem District Court cancelled this week’s hearings in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial, accepting a request the Israeli leader made citing classified diplomatic and security grounds. It was unclear whether a social media post by U.S. President Donald Trump influenced the court’s decision. Trump suggested the trial could interfere with Netanyahu’s ability to join negotiations …

Axios reports: President Trump is pressuring Israel to halt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, dangling an implicit threat to suspend military assistance if the “witch hunt” continues. U.S. presidents have long treated aid to Israel as a sacrosanct, bipartisan commitment. Trump’s unprecedented intervention appeared to tie the security of 10 million Israelis to the criminal prosecution of one man. …

The Daily Beast reports: An Israeli court has refused to postpone the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after President Donald Trump demanded that the case be dropped. In a snub to Trump’s bid to “save” his top Middle East ally, the Jerusalem District Court rejected a push by Netanyahu to delay his testimony to concentrate on “security …

Axios reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to meet with President Trump at the White House in the coming weeks to celebrate the joint U.S-Israeli bombing of Iran’s nuclear program, three Israeli officials said. Despite past tensions in their relationship, the two leaders are closer than ever and see the 12-day war against Iran as a monumental achievement — …

“BREAKING NEWS…I was shocked to hear that the State of Israel, which has just had one of its Greatest Moments in History, and is strongly led by Bibi Netanyahu, is continuing its ridiculous Witch Hunt against their Great War Time Prime Minister! Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, …

“In tonight’s action against Iran’s nuclear facilities, America has been truly unsurpassed. It has done what no other country on Earth could do. History will record: President Trump acted to deny the world’s most dangerous regime, the world’s most dangerous weapons. His leadership today has created a pivot of history that can help lead the Middle East and beyond to …