Josef Federman, Author at Valley News

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz and his wife Revital wave to supporters at party headquarters after the first results of the elections in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Vote puts Netanyahu’s future in doubt

by Josef Federman Associated PressSeptember 18, 2019

JERUSALEM — After a decade of mesmerizing world leaders, subduing his rivals and eking out dramatic election victories, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future is suddenly in doubt.With near-final results from Israel’s election on…

A man sweeps broken glass near the 11th-floor building that houses the media office in a stronghold of the Lebanese Hezbollah group, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. Two Israeli drones crashed into the Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital overnight without the militants firing on them, a spokesman for the group said Sunday, saying the first fell on the roof of a building housing Hezbollah's media office while the second landed in a plot behind it. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Drone battle takes flight, raises stakes

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, Josef Federman Associated Press, and Zeina Karam Associated PressAugust 25, 2019

FILE - In this May 23, 2016 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman sit in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem. Netanyahu is facing the possibility of having to fight a second election this year, as he struggles to form a coalition government. With a looming deadline, Israel's newly elected parliament began drafting a bill on Monday to dissolve itself. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Netanyahu fails to form government

by Josef Federman Associated Press, and Ilan Ben Zion Associated PressMay 29, 2019

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen from Hamas security building in Gaza City, Monday, March 25, 2019. Israeli forces on Monday struck targets across the Gaza Strip in response to a surprise rocket attack from the Palestinian territory, as the military beefed up troops and rocket-defense systems in anticipation of a new round of heavy fighting with the Islamic militant Hamas group. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel hits targets across Gaza

by Josef Federman Associated Press, and Fares Akram Associated PressMarch 25, 2019

A Palestinian inspects the damage of destroyed building belongs to Hamas ministry of prisoners hit by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, early Friday, March 15, 2019. Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel-Gaza fighting ebbs, Gaza rockets reportedly a misfire

by Josef Federman Associated Press, and Fares Akram Associated PressMarch 15, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he delivers a statement at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Israel's attorney general on Thursday recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery and breach of trust in a series of corruption cases, a momentous move that shook up Israel's election campaign and could spell the end of the prime minister's illustrious political career. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Netanyahu still a favorite

by Josef Federman Associated PressMarch 1, 2019

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2015 file photo, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. The attorney general Avichai Mandelblit's decision on whether to indict Netanyahu on a series of corruption allegations is expected to be delivered Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Mandelblit is expected to announce his decision after more than two years of intense investigations and deliberations. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israel’s prime minister jolted by corruption recommendations

by Aron Heller Associated Press, and Josef Federman Associated PressFebruary 28, 2019

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 file photo, Polish President Andrzej Duda , left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, talk after a group photo during a two-day international conference on the Middle East, at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. An off-hand comment by Netanyahu in Warsaw about Poland and the Holocaust looks to overshadow a summit of central European leaders this week in Israel. Poland’s abrupt decision Sunday to downgrade its participation in the Visegrad conference suddenly cast a pall gathering. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Nazi comments derail summit

by Josef Federman Associated PressFebruary 18, 2019

Smoke rises from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike on a building of Said al-Mis'hal cultural center in Gaza City, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. Palestinian officials say Israeli warplanes have attacked the cultural center in Gaza City. The Palestinian Health Ministry says seven bystanders were wounded in Thursday evening's airstrike in the Shati refugee camp. (AP Photo/Arafat Kareem)

Israelis Respond to Gaza Violence Persists

by Josef Federman Associated PressAugust 9, 2018

A Palestinian woman walks through black smoke from burning tires during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians are protesting near Gaza's border with Israel, as Israel prepared for the festive inauguration of a new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

55 Dead in Gaza Protests As Israel Fetes U.S. Embassy Move

by Fares Akram The Associated Press, and Josef Federman The Associated PressMay 15, 2018