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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin presents Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the mandate to form a new government, after the results of the country's votes were announced following the Sept. 17 elections, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Sept. 25, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Rivlin taps Netanyahu to form next government of Israel

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has nominated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next government. In his address, Rivlin said that Netanyahu, who has the backing of 55 Knesset members, six short of a majority,...
International Space Station. Credit: NASA.gov.

Jewish and Arab astronauts take off for International Space Station

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Jewish and Arab astronauts launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, headed for the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, a Swedish-American-Israeli Jew, took off for space along with Russia’s Oleg Skripochka and the...
The plenum hall of the Israeli parliament on the opening of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem, Oct. 3, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

At inauguration of 22nd Knesset, celebration was dampened by political deadlock

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A red carpet was laid in the plaza leading up to the entrance to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament building in Jerusalem, and a large sign welcoming members and guests to the inauguration of the...
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan speaks during an exchange ceremony of the North District Police Command, on July 9, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli security minister Erdan: ‘Arab society is a very, very violent society’

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Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Monday morning blamed the violence of Arab society for a recent wave of murders in Israel’s Arab sector, drawing criticism from Arab Knesset members. “Arab society—and I say...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at IDF Southern Command headquarters . Photo by GPO/Amos Ben Gershom.

Netanyahu threatens return of targeted assassinations amid Gaza rocket fire

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White leader and prime-minister designate Benny Gantz, visited southern Israel separately on Wednesday to areas impacted by the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu, who visited...
Knesset member Ahmad Tibi is seen calling out during a parliamentary session in the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 22, 2011. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash90.

Netanyahu, Joint List MK lock horns over IDF operations in Gaza

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Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi was escorted out of the Knesset plenum on Wednesday after clashing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a parliamentary session discussing the targeted killing of senior Palestinian Islamic...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks at an emergency U.N. General Assembly meeting in United Nations headquarters in New York City on Dec. 21, 2017. Photo by Amir Levy/Flash90.

Israel to introduce resolution in UN calling for recognition of Mideast Jewish refugees

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced on Tuesday that Israel will submit a resolution to the General Assembly to formally recognize Jewish refugees, or Mizrachi Jews, from Arab countries and Iran. Danon...
From left: Conference of Presidents CEO William Daroff, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, executive vice chairman Malcolm Hoenlein and chairman Arthur Stark speaking at the 2020 Conference of Presidents Summit in Jerusalem. Source: Conference of Presidents via Twitter.

At Conference of Presidents’ summit in Jerusalem, leaders strive for consensus in era of...

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Disagreements, political and religious, have been literally built into the essence of the Jewish people. And some Jewish entities were built to handle such debate and, in fact, join contentious sides together on behalf...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman hold a press conference on COVID-19 at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem, on March 4, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Netanyahu lays out five-point plan to combat ‘worst pandemic in 100 years’

Eight more Israelis contracted SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) over the weekend, bringing the total number to 25, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared it the worst pandemic in 100 years. Israel’s Health Ministry reported that patients...
Tourists wear face masks for fear of the coronavirus while touring the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 5, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel reports 39 cases of coronavirus, including first of unknown origin

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Thirteen new cases of coronavirus were reported by Israel’s Health Ministry on Sunday, bringing the total number of Israelis infected with COVID-19 to 39. Of the new cases, seven recently returned from Europe, and six...