Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has denied that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to the Gulf kingdom on Sunday to secretly meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will resume in earnest in January, with thrice-weekly evidentiary hearings set to begin then, a Jerusalem court decided Sunday.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is about to go on trial for corruption, the first time a serving leader will have done so in the country's history.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in position to win a fourth consecutive term on Wednesday, with nearly all of the votes counted. But the race was extremely tight, and his main rival, Benny Gantz, had also claimed victory, though he later tempered expectations.

Exit polls in Israel suggest there will be no clear winner in the country's closely fought general election.

Israelis are set to vote in their country's most closely fought general election in years.

The recommendations now go to Attorney General Avihai Mendelblit, who will review the material before deciding whether to file charges. 

The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment.

alestinians claim eastern Jerusalem as their capital

In a statement that was not to be made public until his death, the former Israeli President told Jerusalem Post he stopped PM Benjamin Netanyahu from a “catastrophic” military strike against Iran, at the time the world leaders were engaged in nuclear deal talks.

Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement to normalize ties, a senior Israeli official told reporters, according to Reuters. This will end bitter rift over the Israeli Navy’s killing of nine Turkish citizens during a Gaza flotilla raid in 2010.

Netanyahu is making his third visit since September, when Russia launched its military intervention in Syria.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied the allegations in a Facebook post.

The Prime Minister also signed a coalition deal with Avigdor Lieberman’s party, forming the most right wing government in Israel’s history.

Last month, on the eve of Passover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jumped onto his plane and rushed to Moscow. He returned later that same day.

Iran has long backed armed groups committed to Israel's destruction and its leaders have called for it to be wiped off the map. Israel fears that Iran's nuclear program is designed to threaten its very existence. But Netanyahu said that it not just Iran's belligerent policies that Israel opposed, but its values.