Benny Gantz throws his hat in the April 9 election as next prime minister
Benny Gantz, a likable, well-meaning, clean-cut figure, launched his bid to win the April 9 election in his first appearance
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Moshe Yaalon
Rivals Galore Scramble for Netanyahu’s Job – But He’s not Going Yet
Israel is in the grip of election fever. A long line of politicians, both leading lights of opposition parties and
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The Azaria trial and the rift over orders to shoot
All three judges of an Israeli military court Wednesday, Jan. 4, unanimously found Sgt. Elor Azaria guilty of manslaughter for
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Bibi’s foes seeking a Promised Land
The unprecedented political and personal attacks on Friday night by opponents and former allies of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense
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Israel switches defense chiefs in surprise political move
Wednesday, May 18 was one of the most intense days in Israeli politics in recent years, with countless strange headlines
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Ya’alon’s rebuke of Hebron soldier sparks a bid to topple Netanyahu
The political furor surrounding the sharp public reprimand the Defense Minister and Chief of Staff meted out to the soldier,
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Why the Collective Gasp of “Surprise” over Putin’s Bombshell?
How credible is the claim that the US was taken by surprise by President Vladimir Putin’s March 13 order to
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Ya’alon counts on the Qatari envoy for solving Hamas tunnel problem
Qatari envoy Mohammed Al-Emadi with Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza Few Israelis, including the people who wake up at
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Some Israeli Generals Are Strangely Prone to “Russification”
Israel’s security elite is divided between a class that fears the adverse effect of Russia’s military intervention in Syria and
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Israel’s leaders opt to avoid action on three menacing fronts
Former IDF rigs to probe for Gaza tunnels which Hamas published as an Israeli failure Israel’s leaders are clinging to
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