Politicians from Benjamin Netanyahu's party are set to pile pressure on the embattled prime minister on Thursday, when the ruling right-wing Likud Party is set to hold a leadership primary to establish who will lead it in Israel's next general election. This comes as Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, tries to bat away an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into alleged war crimes by Israeli forces in Palestine ...
![US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement to the press before a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office on January 2, 2014 in Jerusalem. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Israel/000_Nic6281007.jpg?itok=1AImwQSY "US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement to the press before a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office on January 2, 2014 in Jerusalem. [AFP]")
![Maaloula's cathedral and churches empty of Christians as Syria's latest fight ensues. [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/maaloula-fighting-refugees-damascus.jpg?itok=EaTcLsON "Maaloula's cathedral and churches empty of Christians as Syria's latest fight ensues. [Reuters]")
![Rebel Free Syrian Army fighters drag a man suspected of being a shabiha or pro-regime militiamen on 31 July in Aleppo. [Emin Ozmen AFP/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/a9ef30cc-ff9d-40de-9f7c-480894f83bd0-460.jpg?itok=moXT9GOm "Rebel Free Syrian Army fighters drag a man suspected of being a shabiha or pro-regime militiamen on 31 July in Aleppo. [Emin Ozmen AFP/Getty Images]")
