Middle East
Israel's election body rejects Netanyahu's fraud claims
Israel's Central Elections Committee said an audit of 9,069 polling stations found no harm to the vote, rejecting Netanyahu's fraud claims against Arab parties.
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Netanyahu: 12 The Indus Compass stories. Latest: Israel's election body rejects Netanyahu's fraud claims. Key developments, background and analysis.
12 stories on Netanyahu since 25 September 2026; the latest was published on 4 November 2026.
Key developments
- Israel's election body rejects Netanyahu's fraud claimsIsrael's Central Elections Committee said it audited 9,069 polling stations and found nothing indicating harm to the integrity of the October 27 vote.
- Israel scrambles to pay for arms after Trump says US aid will endTrump told Fox News on Tuesday that the US would stop its roughly $4 billion in annual aid to Israel, saying 'we won't be paying any more to Israel' while still selling it weapons.
- Trump says no immediate plans to strike Iran; oil edges up to $104Trump told the Financial Times on Tuesday that the US has no immediate plans to strike Iran: 'We're locked and loaded if we need to go, but there may be no reason for it.'
- Israel begins multi-day West Bank operation, demolishing homes in HebronIsrael's military launched an operation in the occupied West Bank that it said would last several days, with searches and building demolitions, after gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers near Hebron.
- Israel orders West Bank closure after Hebron shooting kills two PalestiniansA shooting at a checkpoint near Hebron in the occupied West Bank wounded at least five Israelis, and Israeli forces killed two armed Palestinian men, according to AFP and the Israeli military.
Middle East
Israel scrambles to pay for arms after Trump says US aid will end
Israeli officials are assessing a $3.8bn yearly gap after Trump said US aid will end; Israel's Finance Ministry learned of it from his announcement, media say.
Middle East
Trump says no immediate plans to strike Iran; oil edges up to $104
Trump told the FT the US has no immediate plans to strike Iran but is 'locked and loaded'; Brent rose to $104.42 as Iran says a deal is far off.
Middle East
Israel begins multi-day West Bank operation, demolishing homes in Hebron
Israel began a multi-day West Bank operation with demolitions in Hebron after two soldiers were killed, as Netanyahu spoke of the biggest push since 1967.
Middle East
Israel orders West Bank closure after Hebron shooting kills two Palestinians
Two Palestinians were shot dead and five Israelis wounded near Hebron, after which Netanyahu ordered a cordon on the city and a full West Bank closure.
Europe
ICC wins EU's top rights prize while facing US sanctions
The European Parliament awarded its 2026 Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court, which faces US sanctions over its Netanyahu arrest warrant.
Middle East
Israel frees West Bank settler suspects to house arrest after attacks
All but one of 10 Israeli settlers arrested over attacks on a Washington Post photographer and a French mayor in the West Bank have been freed to house arrest.
Middle East
Trump rules out nuclear weapons against Iran, says war will end soon
Trump said the US would not use nuclear weapons on Iran and the 'mother of all bombs' is conventional, but warned it 'may have to go' after Pickaxe Mountain.
World
Nobel laureate Navi Pillay tells Trump his ICC sanctions are unlawful
Nobel laureate Navi Pillay, who led the UN inquiry that found genocide in Gaza, said Trump's sanctions on the ICC were illegal and showed double standards.
Middle East
US embassy aide buried cables on West Bank abuses, NYT says
An aide to US envoy Mike Huckabee suppressed cables on settler violence, annexation and killings of Palestinian Americans, the New York Times reported.
Middle East
Qatar's PM calls Netanyahu a 'war criminal' over Gaza
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said crimes in Gaza make Netanyahu a war criminal, as US Democrats pressed Israel to stop settler violence in the West Bank.
Middle East
Delegates walk out as Netanyahu addresses UN General Assembly, while protests fill New York streets
Dozens of delegations walked out as Israel's prime minister began his UN speech, while more than 100 protesters were detained across Manhattan.