Benjamin Netanyahu - Tehran Times

2025-04-11 21:23

By Sahar Dadjoo

Netanyahu’s crackdown on reservists risks deepening division in Israeli society

TEHRAN - The Gaza war has not only drawn international attention to Israel's military actions but also sparked a rare internal opposition from one of the nation's most elite institutions: the military reservists.

2025-04-08 21:50

By Sahar Dadjoo

How Trump undercut Netanyahu in one visit

TEHRAN - On April 6, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, D.C., for what was billed as a critical meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The visit, hastily arranged following Trump’s imposition of new tariffs on Israeli goods, was intended to address a range of pressing issues, including U.S.-Israel trade relations, the ongoing war in Gaza, the release of prisoners, tensions with Iran, and Israel’s fraught relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC).

It is the second time that Israeli PM Netanyahu is meeting Trump since he entered the White House on January 20

2025-04-07 23:25

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Is Trump-Netanyahu summit geared toward escalation or de-escalation?

BEIRUT — Analysts have focused on the result of the Monday meeting between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, given the convergence of interests between the two men in the next phase.

Netanyahu and Trump met at the White House on Monday, April 7, 2015

2025-04-07 22:49

By Sahar Dadjoo

Diplomatic armor: How Netanyahu uses Washington as a shield

TEHRAN - Netanyahu’s journey to Washington came on the heels of a four-day visit to Hungary, where he was hosted by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a vocal critic of the ICC. Hungary, despite being an EU member and theoretically obligated to enforce ICC warrants, openly defied the court’s authority, allowing Netanyahu to attend without risk of arrest.

2025-04-06 22:05

‘Netanyahu belongs behind bars, not podiums’, Iran’s embassy condemns Israeli PM’s remarks

TEHRAN – The Iranian Embassy in Hungary has fiercely rejected anti-Iran statements by the Israeli regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Budapest, describing them as “baseless” and “hypocritical” given Tel Aviv’s documented record of war crimes and genocide in Gaza.

ICC strongly censures Hungary for ignoring Netanyahu arrest warrant

2025-04-03 14:41

Hungary decides to withdraw from ICC during Netanyahu visit

Hungary on Thursday announced its intention to withdraw from the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during a state visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Yemen’s Ansarallah warns Israel of naval attacks over Gaza blockade

2025-03-23 03:14

By Batool Subeiti

Connection between the regional fronts in West Asia

LONDON - Under Trump, the U.S. initially sought to pause the war on Gaza in hopes of reaching a negotiated settlement and assessing possible solutions. However, when it became clear that the Palestinian resistance remained strong and could not be sidelined, the U.S. recognized that the Western position in negotiations was weak.

A Palestinian woman bids her grandson Tamer farewell in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, after he was killed along with his mother in an Israeli strike [File: Eyad Baba/AFP]

2025-03-20 10:19

By Habib Ahmadzadeh

No nation in history has endured oppression as profoundly as Jewish people

This is my sincere and unfiltered perspective as a Muslim in the Middle East: No other people have suffered so tragically from mass atrocities, the slaughter of women and children, and the collective loss of both life and dignity throughout world history.

2025-03-17 22:27

‘Israel’ braced for new turmoil as Netanyahu plans to dismiss Shin Bet chief

Dozens of leaders of protest groups throughout the Zionist entity say they plan a major demonstration in occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Wednesday, in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intention to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.

The ICC rejected statements made by Friedrich Merz, leader of the German CDU, who said he had invited Netanyahu to visit Germany

2025-02-25 22:53

By Matin Jamshidi

Not yet taking the helm, Merz seeks to serve as subservient to Netanyahu

TEHRAN - Friedrich Merz, who is expected to be Germany’s next chancellor, told reporters on Monday that he would make sure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can visit Germany despite an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.

2025-02-21 20:08

By Shahrokh Saei

Netanyahu’s revenge against Hamas: A desperate bid to save face

TEHRAN- Israel is making desperate attempts to put on a brave face in the wake of the repercussions of its failed military strategy in the Gaza Strip.

2025-02-18 23:19

By Xavier Villar

Threats, threats, and more threats…

Rubio shows US has yet to come to its senses as he mimics Netanyahu’s war rhetoric

MADRID – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Monday that Israel would "definitively resolve" the issue with Iran, with the backing of the United States. His remarks came after a meeting in the occupied al-Quds with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a context of growing tensions with Tehran.

2025-02-17 21:24

By Shahrokh Saei

Rubio's regional rebuff: US leaves Palestinian Authority out in the cold

TEHRAN - The first regional trip of Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggests that the United States has left the Palestinian Authority (PA) high and dry.

2025-02-14 22:36

By Shahrokh Saei

Israeli general drops the bombshell, leaves Bibi red-faced

TEHRAN- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left no stone unturned in his quest to eliminate Hamas but he has fallen flat on his face.

2025-02-10 22:28

By Habib Ahmadzadeh

Trump and Netanyahu, Gazans won’t be the Pinocchio in your delusional game!

TEHRAN – Recently, desperate to cling to his position as Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. The statements that emerged from the meeting were shocking, to say the least.

2025-02-09 21:50

Saudi Arabia slams Netanyahu’s suggestion it should host Palestinian state

Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suggestion that the kingdom’s land be used to establish a Palestinian state, Al Jazeera reported.

Watching Netanyahu granting a golden pager to Trump is rubbing salt into the wound

2025-02-07 22:16

By Sondoss Al Asaad

How will Bibi’s golden pager gift to Trump provoke us?

SOUTH LEBANON – Trump’s provocative phrase “It was a great operation,” after Bibi Netanyahu gave him a golden pager was not surprising. This is the Western barbarism at its finest! It is a reminder to those deceived by Western “civilized” values, panting to appease the Great Satan.

2025-02-07 22:14

By Wesam Bahrani

Trump disgracefully sanctions ICC amid Bibi trip

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump has shamefully slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also known as Bibi.

Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)

2025-02-03 22:35

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Where is the situation in Syria heading?

BEIRUT – The upcoming meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump is of great interest to the Hebrew media, which considers it a strategic meeting due to the issues under discussion.

Steve Witkoff and MBS meet to push for mega-deal

2025-02-03 16:55

Israeli-Saudi normalization is within reach: Atlantic Council

High on the agenda of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House is a potential deal to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Trump wants to move fast on it, having dispatched his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Riyadh both during the transition and last week.

2025-02-02 22:13

By Sahrokh Saei

Trump-Netanyahu meeting: A Hail Mary pass to shield a wanted criminal

TEHRAN- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the United States and his anticipated meeting with President Donald Trump clearly indicates that he is clutching at straws in an attempt to obscure Israel’s military setbacks in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

2025-01-24 22:25

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Israel refuses to withdraw from south Lebanon

SOUTH LEBANON - On the eve of the expiration of the 60-day truce, and in conjunction with the formation of the new Lebanese cabinet, attention is focused on south Lebanon as Beirut continues to demand decision-makers in Washington and Paris to pressure Tel Aviv to withdraw from the occupied territories.

2025-01-22 22:23

West Bank assault: Israel attempts to mask domestic divisions

TEHRAN - Israel has launched a large-scale military operation in the West Bank amid growing pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his failed military strategy in the Gaza Strip.

2025-01-21 22:49

PM Netanyahu finds himself in the hot seat as Israeli top general resigns

TEHRAN- The resignation of Israel’s top general has underscored the acute embarrassment the regime is experiencing following its military setbacks.

2025-01-16 22:13

Netanyahu says cabinet will not meet Thursday for Gaza truce vote

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his cabinet will not meet as scheduled to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal, blaming Hamas for causing a “last-minute crisis”.

2025-01-09 21:28

Polish president asks govt. not to arrest Netanyahu for war crimes at Auschwitz ceremony

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has urged the government not to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should he attend the Auschwitz anniversary event later this month, according to his office.