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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Yair Lapid
On landing in Israel, Biden evades Iran issue, avoids regional air defense pact
President Joe Biden on landing in Israel on Wednesday, July 13, carefully avoided mentioning Iran in his opening remarks. While
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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’s government falls over internal defections. National election on Oct. 25
In a farewell speech, PM Naftali Bennett handed over the caretaker premiership to his partner. Alternate PM Yair Lapid on
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Did the historic “Negev Summit” offer a fig leaf for US Iran policy? Saudi Arabia stayed away
The well-oiled hype around the foreign ministers’ conference taking place on 27-28 of March at the Negev Sde Boker kibbutz
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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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Israel hampered in its Iran policy by bitter top-level wrangling
The dissonance among Israel’s leaders, alongside their bombastic solemn pledges against Iran gaining a nuclear weapon, is obstructing clear decisions
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An interim score: A minus for Israel’s new government on leadership and change
FM Yair Lapid, on Tuesday, June 29, became the first Israeli minister to visit the UAE. He was set to
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Israel’s top soldier must overcome Biden’s downgrade of the Iranian peril for fast action against a nuclear-armed Iran
IDF Chief Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi sets out for Washington on Saturday night, June 19 with the tall order of
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