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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned that any country or organisation found to be responsible for the violent clash on board an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight would "pay a very heavy price". While Netanyahu has alleged the co-pilot who stabbed his captain mid-flight had undergone "Islamist radicalisation", the motive behind the incident remains unclear.
One day after what could have been a tragic air accident, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again congratulated the passengers of Flydubai flight. The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, praised the pilot Smit Macchhar, who was seriously injured after an altercation in the cabin. Although investigations into the causes of the incident are still ongoing, Netanyahu claimed that the pilot could be "neutralized."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the co-pilot accused of attacking a Flydubai flight carrying mostly Israelis had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination”, as UAE authorities investigated a possible terror link. The captain and passengers overpowered the suspect before the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
A pilot who stabbed another pilot on an aircraft to Israel is under investigation in Saudi Arabia, said Benjamin Netanyahu.
One of the pilots on a FlyDubai flight headed for Israel stabbed the second pilot, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Benjamin Netanyahu has met Yaniv Hayun, the Flydubai passenger that helped restrain a pilot who stabbed a colleague.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the pilot of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had tried to crash the plane and kill its passengers, after the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Passengers gave a similar account of the incident on board, describing a fight for control after the plane suddenly plummeted, losing around 17,000 feet of altitude in the span of a minute, according to the Flightradar24 website.
The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengers then held him down while other pilots landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.
Benjamin Netanyahu travelled secretly to the United Arab Emirates over the weekend, Israeli media has reported, to ask its leader to deny claims he had warned the Israeli prime minister about a looming Hamas threat ahead of the Palestinian militant group's Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel. Netanyahu himself has confirmed making the secret trip, but denies he urged his UAE counterpart to do anything of the kind. France 24’s Douglas Herbert takes a closer look.
The violence again shook the occupied West Bank. More than 100 Israeli settlers broke into the Palestinian village of Jalud, where they burned houses and vehicles, blocked roads and threw stones, as reported by the authorities and the Israeli Army itself. The attack occurred while a Palestinian family was trying to return home after being displaced by previous settler attacks. The magnitude of the events led to an unusual condemnation by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who described those responsible as "troublemakers."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to meet with his leader during a visit that was not announced by either country, reported several Israeli media outlets.
Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Abu Dhabi on Sunday, which had not been announced in advance, was finally officially confirmed Monday by the Israeli Prime Minister's office and the United Arab Emirates. This displacement comes as a controversy persists around a possible warning to Israel prior to the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023.
According to sources cited by the US news agency AP, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Emirati, Mohamed bin Zayed, and asked him to deny an investigation of the 'Haaretz' newspaper, whose sources claim that the leader had alerted him to a major Hamas operation shortly before the October 7, 2023 attacks that triggered the escalation of hostilities against Gaza. Netanyahu has publicly denied that warning.
The Israeli Prime Minister denies having received a similar warning from Egypt about the Hamas attacks in 2023 and claims there is an international campaign to overthrow it.
The Netanyahu Government accuses Sánchez of using Israel as a "boxing bag" for its foreign policy
The agreement with Morocco to appoint ambassadors illustrates Netanyahu's foreign policy: a bronzed attitude, open courtship of European ultras and diplomatic use of arms superiority
The United Nations General Assembly this week became a scene of threats, accusations and calls for diplomacy, while wars in Gaza and Ukraine, among other conflicts, continue to mark the international agenda. Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu defended their positions from the UN podium, amid criticism of their military actions and the departure of representatives from many countries during the Israeli Prime Minister's speech.
The BBC's Nada Tawfik explains why Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu was not arrested after speaking at the UN, despite an ICC arrest warrant.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Al Jazeera a “toxic media outlet.”
Dozens of countries’ delegations walked out of or were absent for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s UNGA speech.
