Binyamin Netanyahu

Incidents of violence and vandalism against Christian clergy and sites on the increase

Jewish visitors and tourists banned from Al-Aqsa mosque compound until end of Ramadan

Army reinforcements sent into West Bank amid fears security situation spinning out of control

Further protests in Tel Aviv against PM’s judicial reform plans despite security concerns

Attacks come amid escalating tension following Israeli raids on Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem

At least 350 people were detained as fireworks were thrown when riot police stormed the mosque

Trump made clear his attitude to democracy and the rule of law as early as 2016 when he refused to say in advance that he would accept the outcome of the presidential election

Israel prime minister announced dismissal last week after Gallant called for freeze on judicial overhaul

Move announced as summit on democracy hosted by Biden administration takes place in Washington

US president’s stance a major embarrassment for Israeli leader, who boasts of his strong ties with American leaders

Talks follow tumultuous of growing dissent in military, mass protests and work stoppages

As he attempts to forge a compromise over plans for a judicial overhaul, the Israeli prime minister has become a prisoner of his extremist coalition partners

Netanyahu now fielding competing demands from within his coalition

Israel's president is well placed to act as a mediator between Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition and the opposition

Request intensifies developing showdown between Netanyahu’s government and the judiciary

Move is among legislative measures by the religious-nationalist coalition that have tipped the country into crisis

Hundreds of army reservists refuse to serve in protest at plans by Netanyahu’s right-wing government to significantly weaken judiciary

Israel on course for constitutional crisis as prime minister rejects president’s proposal

Unprecedented intervention follows demonstrations against proposals to weaken the high court of justice

Planned overhaul to judicial system has led to threat to boycott training flights

Mob torches Palestinian houses and cars after gunmen shoot dead two Jewish settlers

Daniel Kurtzer, who served under George W Bush, warns that some in Netanyahu’s coalition are not interested in a peace agreement

Huge crowd carrying Israeli flags protests outside parliament, warning that the divisive legislation is tearing the country apart

Opponents claim the move marks the beginning of the end of Israeli democracy

Netanyahu promises firm response to latest attack, which killed three Israelis in Jerusalem on Friday

Treaty will be signed after the formation of a civilian government in Khartoum

US secretary of state holds talks with Binyamin Netanyahu ahead of meeting with Mahmoud Abbas

Focus of talks with leaders of Israel and Palestine will be ‘de-escalation’, say officials

As part of new security measures Israel to withdraw citizenship and withhold social security benefits from families who express support for attacks

Dan Stone tracks across history and geography to unsettle easy, congratulatory cliches about anti-Semitism. He mines the shameful mass complexity of a humanity that actively permitted the Holocaust to happen

Attack comes a day after 10 Palestinians were killed when Israeli troops raided a West Bank refugee camp

Thirty Palestinians killed this year in West Bank

Many demonstrators in Tel Aviv say changes could force businesses to move abroad

Palestinian moves an attack on Israel, says PM during meeting with US national security adviser

Arieh Deri, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, disqualified from serving in Binyamin Netanyahu’s new government

Israeli national security minister orders police to remove any Palestinian flags flown in public spaces

Israeli right wing, led by PM Binyamin Netanyahu, has long considered judiciary a self-perpetuating bastion of leftist, secular elite

PM Binyamin Netanyahu cancels planned visit to UAE in light of fallout from minister’s visit to flashpoint site

Resolution seeking legal opinion from International Court of Justice backed by 87 countries including Ireland

Rights groups alarmed at planned amendment of anti-discrimination legislation