Exclusive: Trump Mid East peace plan’s release – not before second half of 2019
Both President Donald Trump’s adviser Jared Kushner and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu avoided a date when they said the US
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Naftali Bennett
“New Right” party takes off, launches campaign for Likud disaffected
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, 42, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett, 46, announced Saturday, Dec. 29, the establishment of their “New
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Jewish Home ministers call off walkout. No snap election. Netanyahu rides out cabinet crisis with expected Gaza move
Education and Justice Ministers, Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked surprised Monday, Nov. 19, by announcing that their Jewish Home party
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IDF chiefs impart their wishes for next defense minister. Improper interference in the political process?
A new factor has stepped uninvited into Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s struggle to save his government against Naftali Bennett’s claim
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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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Brief cabinet crisis averted by pro-settlement minister’s apology for criticizing Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday, Jan. 29, demanded Naftali Bennett, the pro-settlement Jewish Home party leader and Minister of Industry
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Netanyahu keeps hand on security, foreign relations, energy levers
Early Monday, March 18, Prime Minister Binyamin slotted two Likud stalwarts into the last vacant cabinet posts in time to
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Netanyahu signs deal for new coalition government
After weeks of tough haggling, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s third government was in the bag Friday, March 15, having finally
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Israeli Voter Sparks Political, Security, Religious Shakeup
For decades, Israeli government swung between two blocs led by the roughly right-of-center Likud and the left-of-center Labor. This pendulum
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Lapid wants Foreign Affairs, veto for Defense appointment. Bennett – Religious Affairs
The new arrival to Israeli politics, Yair Lapid and his Future (Yesh Atid) party, have kicked off the bargaining to
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