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

Israel goes back to elections as Netanyahu fails to form coalition

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with the press following the vote for Knesset dispersal.. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) Exactly one month after the 21st Knesset was sworn in, a majority of the Knesset voted late Wednesday night to disperse … Read More

Israeli security cabinet set to discuss possible deal with Hamas on Gaza

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IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman discuss the confrontation with Iran and Syria on February 10 2018. Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense Families of slain IDF soldiers slam gov’t over negotiating deal … Read More

Israel calls emergency security cabinet meeting following deadly Syria strikes

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IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman discuss the confrontation with Iran and Syria on February 10 2018. Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense Reports say cabinet ministers set to be briefed on … Read More

Israel rejects ‘preposterous’ UN vote, thanks nations that supported ‘the truth’

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Netanyahu: Jerusalem is our capital — always was, always will be; top Arab MK: World believes the Palestinian people deserve a place in this world Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday dismissed a UN vote to reject US President Donald … Read More

Iran: Israel will be ‘eradicated’ in next war with Hezbollah

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One of Iran’s top military commanders has said the Islamic Republic will intervene in any future conflict between Israel and its paramilitary ally in Lebanon, Hezbollah. Mohammed Ali Jafri, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said it … Read More