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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Putin steps away from deal with Netanyahu for a blind eye on Syria air strikes
Moscow was seen taking a radical new course on Israel’s air strikes over Syria after the raid near Aleppo early
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Bennett’s gamble to avoid tough measures won’t work for Covid-19
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett may soon find that half-measures won’t pin down the endlessly nimble and changeable Covid-19 virus. On
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PM Bennett accuses Netanyahu implausibly of “neglecting” the Iranian nuclear issue
During his first month in office as prime minister of a coalition government, Naftali Bennett has in speech after speech
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New Israeli government takes office after approval by majority of one
The Bennett-Lapid government was approved on Sunday, June 13, by a vote of 60 to 59 with 2 absentees. Binyamin
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The steep drop in Natanz nuclear production may be Mossad chief Cohen’s parting shot
The nuclear watchdog reported a substantial drop in production at Natanz, Iran’s main nuclear enrichment site on Monday, June 1,
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Bennett: This will be a unity government. Netanyahu: “The fraud of the century”
As Yamina’s Naftali Bennett came ever closer on Sunday, May 30, to becoming Israel’s next prime minister, battle lines were
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Blinken faces hurdles in US plans to mend Palestinian ties and aid Gaza. Israel at odds with US on Jerusalem, Iran
In the two days he spent in Israel – and a few hours in Ramallah – on Wednesday, May 26,
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Exclusive: Bennett will lead first Lapid government. The duo will move fast to strip Netanyahu of immunity
President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday, May 5, assigned the opposition leader, Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid, the task of forming a
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President to pick next candidate for premier after Netanyahu returns mandate
Binyamin Netanyahu informed the president at midnight Tuesday, May 4, that he had failed to set up a government in
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