Three major European airlines have canceled their flights to and from Israel due to rising regional tension, Israeli media said on Sunday. Italian airline ITA Airways said all flights to and from Israel will be halted until January 12 next year, Israel Hayom newspaper said. ITA Airways is the only Italian airline operating regularly in…
Tzachi Braverman, chief of staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is suspected of blackmailing a military officer to alter minutes of War Cabinet meetings by threatening him with a sensitive video recording, local media including Haaretz and Times of Israel reported on Sunday. The suspicion is that staff in the Prime Minister’s Office used…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday, November 5, that he had dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing a breakdown in trust and significant differences over security matters. In a letter released by Netanyahu’s office, the prime minister informed Gallant that his tenure would end within 48 hours. In a public statement, Netanyahu explained,…