Israel’s new government, a work of art, bears the seeds of its destruction
The Bennett-Lapid eight-party coalition that takes office as Israel’s next government on Sunday afternoon, June 13, was glued together through
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Avigdor Lieberman
Pompeo repudiates US opposition to legality of Israeli West Bank settlements
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday, Nov. 18, that the US repudiates the 1978 State Department’s opinion that
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Netanyahu would accept role in opposition. A crack in Israel’s deadlock? Or drawn-out political instability?
Likud’s offer to go into opposition defused the power-sharing – or else – ultimatum Yisrael Beitenu’s Avigdor Lieberman put before
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Netanyahu bucks his foes’ bid to rout him for failing to form a governing coalition
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, even after failing to form a government, may opt for a new election rather than let
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Lieberman returns to defense in next Netanyahu government. IDF will stop firing at Gaza rioters
Avigdor Lieberman stands ready to regain the defense portfolio in the cabinet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hopes to put together
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Israeli parties scramble for last-minute mergers, vote-catchers
Last-minute mergers may winnow down the abundance of parties running for the next Knesset on April 9 up to the
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Lieberman steps down as defense minister, says govt kowtows to terrorists
Avigdor Lieberman resigned as Israel’s defense minister on Wednesday, Nov. 14 over two issues: Israel’s assent to the transfer of
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Ahead of Lieberman’s Moscow talks, Hizballah troops positioned at Israeli border disguised in Syrian uniforms
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s landing in Moscow on Thursday, May 31, was preceded by stealthy Iranian and Hizballah moves into
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Mattis: Iran-Israel clash is close, but US military focus shifts out of Syria to Iraq
The US will relocate its military operations to Iraq and the Mediterranean, after drawing down its troops in Syria, Defense
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Iron Dome proves vulnerable to false alarm: A new factor in coming IDF-Hamas contest
That Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system was deceived into firing interceptors against non-targets has given Hamas an unexpected leg
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