Israel’s Urdent Need: Stable Government

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The US has come across in recent months as unwilling to confront Iran. sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the swearing-in ceremony of the 22nd Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem October 3, 2019. (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS) Prime Minister … Read More

Is Israel facing the biggest conflict since Yom Kippur War?

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Opinion: Israel’s next war will be the inevitable fight against Iran and its regional proxies, with thousands of rockets bombarding us from Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon; that war will shake us like we haven’t been shaken since October … Read More

Israel Election Results: Netanyahu Announces Thursday Meeting With Lieberman as Unity Talks With Gantz in Deadlock

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Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman at a press conference in the moshav of Yad HaShmona, Israel, September 2019.  Credit: Olivier Fitoussi Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman have agreed to meet on Thursday amid talks on … Read More

Israel Election Results: Can Netanyahu Escape the Corruption Cases Against Him?

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The results of Israel’s election and Netanyahu’s legal fate are intertwined. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at his watch before delivering a statement at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem December 19, 2018. \ AMIR COHEN/ REUTERS Once again facing deadlocked … Read More

Poll: 52% want Netanyahu to stand down as Likud leader to enable unity coalition

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Rather than go to 3rd election in a year, 63% want the deadlocked Likud and Blue and White parties to compromise on their positions President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz shake hands … Read More

Netanyahu tasked with forming new Israeli government

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist rival Benny Gantz are in negotiations on forming a unity government together after poll results gave neither man a path to govern on their own (AFP Photo/Oded Balilty, JACK GUEZ) Israeli President … Read More

Netanyahu fails to secure majority, offer of coalition rejected by Gantz

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Israel’s weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw his offer on Thursday of a coalition with his strongest political rival swiftly rebuffed after failing to secure a governing majority in a tight election, Reuters reports.  Netanyahu’s surprise move was an abrupt change … Read More

Israeli Election Too Close to Call–AGAIN! Will Unity Gov’t Emerge?

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Neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party nor former IDF chief Benny Gantz’s Kachol v’Lavan party appears able to form a majority coalition without the support of Avigdor Liberman, leader of the midsize Yisrael Beitenu party. Photo Credit: Flash 90 As the … Read More

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