Israeli strike on Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with outgoing Mossad chief Tamir Pardo during a farewell ceremony for Pardo in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

June 3, 2018, 1:09 pm

‘Mossad isn’t a crime syndicate,’ Netanyahu says in dig at ex-spy chief

Former agency head Tamir Pardo had accused PM of trying to wiretap his phone, pushing for a strike on Iran

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen, Mossad director Tamir Pardo, and NSC head Yossi Cohen at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, to discuss the disappearance of three Jewish teenagers near Hebron, in the West Bank, June 14, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

June 1, 2018, 5:50 pm

PM: I listen to Arik Einstein, Beatles, not phone calls of IDF and Mossad heads

Netanyahu slams the media for 'lies' after a report alleged he asked the Shin Bet security agency in 2011 to tap the phones of top spy and army chief

By Judah Ari Gross and Alexander Fulbright

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises the Iranian people in an English language video released on May 31, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

June 1, 2018, 2:40 am

In video, Netanyahu accuses Tehran regime of ‘plundering’ Iranians’ smarts

Prime minister praises expats from enemy country for making it big in Silicon Valley, asks why they have to leave to do so

By TOI staff

Former Mossad director Tamir Pardo participates in the Meir Dagan Conference for Strategy and Defense, at the Netanya College, on March 21, 2018. (Meir Vaaknin/Flash90)

May 31, 2018, 12:18 pm

Ex-Mossad chief: In 2011 Netanyahu ordered military to ready Iran strike

Tamir Pardo says he checked legality of PM taking action that could lead to war, considered resigning rather than carry out orders

By Stuart Winer

Vice News owner Shane Smith (l) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look at pieces of an Iranian drone shot down over Israel in February. (Screen capture: YouTube)

May 16, 2018, 6:30 pm

Netanyahu shows off downed Iran drone in interview with Vice News

HBO cable network to air full interview with prime minister, including discussion of armed UAV shot down over northern Israel

By TOI staff

Shaul Mofaz speaks at Kinneret College in northern Israel on December 22, 2014. (Flash90)

March 25, 2018, 1:16 pm

Ex-defense minister says John Bolton pushed for Israeli strike on Iran

Shaul Mofaz and three other former IDF heads warn of Tehran's ambitions, but advise against tearing up nuclear deal

By TOI staff

Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations annual mission in Jerusalem on February 21, 2018. (Avi Hayoun/Conference of Presidents)

February 21, 2018, 10:11 pm

Netanyahu: Nuclear deal is setting Iran on a ‘highway to a nuclear arsenal’

Silent on burgeoning corruption probes in address to US Jewish leaders, PM says deal emboldened Islamic Republic but helped reshape the region in opposition

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 18, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

February 18, 2018, 7:06 pm

Netanyahu: My Iran speech was meant to sway US to renew sanctions

PM reiterates criticism of 2015 nuclear deal; diplomatic official says the Islamic Republic 'not immune' from Israeli attack

By Judah Ari Gross

Two Israeli F-15I 'Ra'am' fighter jets during maneuvers (CC BY-TSgt Kevin J. Gruenwald/USA/Wikimedia)

October 16, 2016, 10:15 pm

Israel in 2012 mulled leaking ‘plans’ of Iran strike from Saudi base

Latest WikiLeaks email dump indicate Israeli efforts to counter Tehran nuclear program included spreading rumors of impending IDF attack

By Tamar Pileggi

Ehud Barak speaks at the opening of the 'Globes Business Conference', in Tel Aviv on December 08, 2014. (Flash90)

December 29, 2015, 6:20 pm

Ehud Barak won’t be investigated for revealing Iran strike tapes

In recordings released in August, ex-PM and defense minister describes 2010-12 debates on plans to attack Islamic republic

By TOI staff

Illustrative: A US Navy F-35 fighter jet during a test flight. (US Navy/Wikimedia Commons)

November 7, 2015, 6:52 pm

Boost in US aid to Israel hard to justify, NY Times says

Ahead of Obama-Netanyahu meeting, paper warns budgetary cuts make increased assistance to Jewish state problematic

By TOI staff

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter embraces Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, facing forward, at the National Defense University in Washington, DC on October 27, 2015. (AFP/YURI GRIPAS)

November 4, 2015, 11:40 pm

US officials: Israel requesting $5 billion in annual defense aid

Congressional sources say Jerusalem's 'shopping list' to top $50 billion over decade; negotiations in preliminary stages

By TOI staff

A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey prepares to land aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau, February 2008 (photo credit: US Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Anthony Falvo/Wikimedia Commons)

November 2, 2015, 5:40 am

US said to have approved sale to Israel of Ospreys, capable of reaching Iran

Ahead of next week's Obama-Netanyahu meet, Israel finalizes 'shopping list' of desired US military materiel as part of new security agreement; no suggestion that Israel seeking 'MOP' bunker-busters

By TOI staff

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, briefs the media as Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan listens after unveiling the surface-to-surface Fateh-313, or Conqueror, missile in a ceremony marking Defense Industry Day, Iran, August 22, 2015. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

November 1, 2015, 3:24 am

US, Israeli hostility to receive ‘crushing response,’ Iran warns

Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan responds to US-Israel defense talks with vow to inflict an 'unforgettable lesson'

By TOI staff

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan, May 2011. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

September 8, 2015, 4:39 am

Former Mossad chief calls for end to Iran deal criticism

Meir Dagan says it's time to leave behind the very public clash with Washington over its agreement with Tehran

By AP