Netanyahu bows to pressing demands to shelve judicial reform until summer
After a tense 10-hour delay, PM Binyamin Netanyahu finally agreed Monday night, March 27, to hold back the contentious judicial
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Judicial reform’s opening stage carried 63-47 in first Knesset reading
Staging stormy protests, tens of marchers outside and opposition members in the chamber overnight 0, called the 63-47 passing of
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Netanyahu shapes new, competent security team alongside his government
Designated PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s choice on Wednesday, Dec. 28 of retired general Yoav Galant, 64, Lilkud, as defense minister in
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Protests apart, Israel is out of options for halting Iran’s race for a nuclear bomb
The soon-to-be-signed nuclear deal “does not meet the standards set by President Biden himself for preventing Iran becoming a nuclear
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Iran tells Lebanese proxy Nasrallah to prepare to fight Israel over Mediterranean gas fields
Prime Minister Yair Lapid told French President Emmanuel Macron: “Israel is doing its utmost to prevent Iran attaining a nuclear
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Hard to see Eisenkot tipping the Gantz-led grouping into a ruling party. Far-right Ben-Gvir goes it alone
This week saw some intriguing shifts in the political scene, with two months to go for Israel’s next general election
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Netanyahu appeals to young voters with economic plan while Lapid butts heads with ex-ally Gantz
Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu derided “unstable government” as the cause of soaring prices. He launched a two-point economic plan on
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Biden to meet four Israeli leaders at different stages of premiership
Crowds of smiling well-wishers would normally jostle to greet US President Joe Biden when he lands in Israel on Wednesday,
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Israel’s election campaign may produce a new centrist party. Can Netanyahu win a majority this time?
With one exception, the campaign for the Nov. 1 vote kicked off this week with the same two embattled blocs
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Israel fails in its bid to draw US backing for direct action against a nuclear-armed Iran
Israel’s big guns missed their aim this week in their highly publicized bid to extract from the Biden administration some
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