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Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Saturday night that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27. Eisenkot, a former military chief, ran as the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leading a bloc of parties seeking to oust Israel’s longest-serving premier.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suffered a political blow — one that could see him lose power, as Israel’s president has given opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form a coalition government. Israeli’s reacted to the President’s decision, voicing cautious optimism.

There is political uncertainty in Israel, where a general election failed to give either incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or challenger Gadi Eisenkot enough seats for a majority government. Redmond Shannon explains who now holds the balance of power, and what happens next.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to fight off a fierce challenge from a political bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot in an election initially ruled too close to call. Redmond Shannon looks at what could decide the balance of power, and why voters could be again going to the polls soon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Palestinian city of Hebron will be put under lockdown after Israel thwarted what it’s calling a “terrorist attack” in the occupied West Bank. This comes days before Israeli voters will decide on Tuesday whether or not to grant Netanyahu yet another term as prime minister.

The United Nations is condemning what it calls “collective punishment” of Palestinians in the West Bank after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a lockdown of the region. The move follows a deadly attack on Friday in which two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli checkpoint. As Jillian Piper reports, the Israeli army is...

There’s a pivotal election in British Columbia today that’s increasingly looking like it could result in a change of government. And it’s been one week since the deadly fire at CFB Wainwright that claimed the lives of four soldiers and injured dozens more – many of whom remain in hospital. Plus, the United Nations is...

U.S. President Donald Trump claims Iran may also be linked to the FlyDubai copilot accused of trying to crash an Israel-bound plane. The United States is investigating the incident, as is Saudi Arabia — the country where Flight FZ1073, which was carrying at least 170 people — made an emergency landing on Wednesday. As Redmond...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a defiant speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Thursday – though a number of UN delegates chose to walk out before it even started. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 2024, accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity in...

Ahead of a potential appearance by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City this weekend, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Anita Anand, was asked whether the controversial figure would be allowed to fly through Canadian airspace to get there. Here’s what she had to say.

Police in Belleville, Ont. Thursday confirmed the shooting outside a synagogue on Sunday was a targeted attack on the Jewish community. Plus, Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed what was reported earlier this year, that he had prepared for the unlikely possibility that the U.S. might order military action against Canada. Over in America, President...

Dozens of delegates at the United Nations walked out of the hall when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his speech to the General Assembly meeting of world leaders on Thursday. During his speech, Netanyahu thanked U.S. President Donald Trump. “I thank him for his bold leadership. He boldly confronted an enormous danger to America,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neyanyahu has ordered a full lockdown of the West Bank as well as the demolition of Palestinian homes after a deadly attack on an Israeli checkpoint. Two Israeli soldiers and two alleged gunman were killed in the ensuing gunfight. As Redmond Shannon reports, the attack comes just days before Israelis go...

U.S. Special Envoy Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, in hopes to make a breakthrough in a peace plan for Gaza. Netanyahu’s government has not honoured the ceasefire that formed part of the first phase of the peace plan and has continued military operations and airstrikes in the strip, with an...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Netanyahu told cabinet members on Sunday that he will not withdraw troops until Hamas is completely disarmed.

It was billed as another breakthrough in the Gaza war: Hamas and other armed groups agreeing to “complete disarmament” with U.S. President Donald Trump. But it’s a deal the Israeli president rejected on Sunday. Benjamin Netanyahu stated the Israeli Defence Force won’t withdraw from Gaza until Hamas gives up all weapons entirely. Hamas had said...

U.S. President Donald Trump is under pressure to follow through on his promises to end the wars in Ukraine and in Iran. Jackson Proskow reports on how Trump’s private meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went.

In a video message shared to social media Tuesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Benjamin Netanyahu both a “war criminal” and “the architect of a horrific genocide,” while calling on the federal U.S. government to arrest the Israeli prime minister for the war in Gaza. Since Oct. 7, 2023, more than 73,250 people...

Speaking at the 2026 JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on Tuesday, former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett claimed, when he was in power, Israel smuggled “tens of thousands of Starlink receptors” into Iran to enable anti-government protesters to coordinate against the regime during periods of unrest – when the government would often shut down...

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to sign a deal to end the war his country and Israel launched on Iran, but there are few public details about what both sides agreed to. Redmond Shannon reports on the pressure Trump is under to share more about the agreement, and why he’s criticizing Israeli Prime Minister...