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Blue and White Party chairman Benny Gantz and Israel Beitenu Party chairman Avigdor Lieberman give a joint statement to the media after a meeting for negotiations towards building a new government, at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel in Ramat Gan, on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Gantz agrees to Lieberman’s conditions for joining a center-left coalition

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Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz agreed to Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman’s coalition demands on Sunday, tweeting a Facebook post by Lieberman showing his party’s preconditions for joining a Gantz-led government and...
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...
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett attends the launch of the Yamina Party campaign, on Feb. 12, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli defense minister’s Twitter account hacked

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Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett’s Twitter account was hacked on Sunday morning, with numerous pro-Palestinian and Turkish messages being posted on his profile. No suspects have been named in the case, but investigators believe the...
Safra Children Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. Credit: David Shay via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center ranked among world’s top 10 best hospitals

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Newsweek ranked Israel’s Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer as the world’s ninth best hospital for 2020, moving up one spot from last year’s list. The weekly magazine noted the hospital’s breakthrough research in cardiology, gynecology, genetics and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the heads of the right-wing parties on March 4, 2020, two days after the third round of elections in Israel. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Does push to bar an indicted Netanyahu from leading next government violate democratic norms?

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Israel’s fractured political system is possibly entering uncharted territory in the next few weeks. The results of Monday’s third round of general elections indicate a continued political deadlock; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is...
Musician Lionel Richie at the O2 World, Berlin, on Feb. 17, 2015 during his “All The Hits All Night Long” 2015 European Tour. Credit: Flickr.

After 40 years, Lionel Richie gives first concert in Israel

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American singer Lionel Richie performed his first concert in Israel on Monday night at Tel Aviv’s Menora Mivtachim Arena. The “All Night Long” singer, who began his 90-minute show an hour-and-a-half earlier than originally announced to...
Joint Arab List head Ayman Odeh speaks to the media at party headquarters on election night in the Arab city of Shfar'am, March 2, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Joint Arab List presents conditions for endorsing Gantz government

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Joint List Party leader Ayman Odeh said on Thursday if Blue and White leader Benny Gantz  must back down from the idea of a “Jewish majority” coalition and abandon efforts to extend Israeli sovereignty...
Israelis count the remaining ballots at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 4, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

With 99.9 percent of the votes counted, Israel’s right-wing bloc holds steady at 58...

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With 99.9 percent of the votes from Monday’s general election counted, Israel’s Central Election Committee (CEC) on Wednesday evening released its newest figures, which didn’t change the political picture in terms of left-wing and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem, on March 4, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel steps up measures against coronavirus, adds EU countries to quarantine list

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Israel’s Health Ministry on Wednesday greatly expanded its measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, adding arrivals from France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Austria to its quarantine list. Under the new directives, tens of...
Members of the Joint Arab List at the party’s headquarters in the Arab city of Shfar’am during Israel's election on March 2, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Trump peace plan behind Joint Arab List’s record electoral result, say experts

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With 99 percent of the votes from Israel’s general election counted on Wednesday, the Joint Arab List alliance is projected to have won a record 15 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, its best-ever electoral...