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Likud MK May Golan during an ILTV interview, Dec. 6, 2022. Credit: YouTube.

Likud Knesset member: ‘I’d prefer 5,000 like Avi Maoz to one Ofer Cassif’

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Likud Knesset member May Golan said on Tuesday that she would prefer 5,000 MKs like Noam Party head Avi Maoz to one Hadash-Ta’al MK Ofer Cassif. Golan made the remark, referring to a recent controversy...
Israeli Prime Minister and Yesh Atid party head Yair Lapid. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Lapid calls for protests against prospective Netanyahu government

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Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party on Tuesday called on supporters to attend protests planned for this weekend against the emerging government of Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu. “We’re done being upset by...
Israeli Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a Jerusalem hotel to conduct coalition talks, Nov. 6, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu’s Likud, UTJ reach interim coalition deal

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Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party reached an interim coalition agreement with the United Torah Judaism Party on Tuesday. According to Israeli media, UTJ head Yitzchak Goldknopf will oversee the Construction and Housing Ministry...
Noam Party Chairman Avi Maoz speaks at the Knesset, Dec. 5, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Noam Party leader condemns Lapid-led campaign as ‘incitement to rebellion’

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Avi Maoz, chairman of the Noam Party, responded Monday to criticism of his appointment at the Ministry of Education, labeling it “an attempt to prevent the prime minister-designate from forming the sole legitimate elected...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the Abu Dhabi Space Debate during a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Dec. 5, 2022. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Herzog visits the UAE after historic trip to Bahrain

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday touched down in the United Arab Emirates, kicking off the second day of his state visit to the Gulf. Herzog was greeted at the airport by Emirati Foreign Minister...
UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu. Credit: Courtesy.

Israel observes its first UAE National Day

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In the latest milestone for the Abraham Accords, Thursday marked the first observance of UAE National Day in Israel. On Dec. 2 each year, the UAE—which normalized relations with Israel in 2020, along with Bahrain,...
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu with Shas leader Aryeh Deri, Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich and other party leaders at a swearing-in ceremony of the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, Nov. 15, 2022. Photo: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Likud, Religious Zionist parties sign coalition agreement, paving the way to a new government

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The Likud and Religious Zionist parties reached a coalition agreement on Thursday evening that clears the way for Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government backed by 64 members of Israel’s Knesset. Under the...
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks at an Israel Democracy Institute Conference in Jerusalem, Nov. 28, 2022. Credit: YouTube.

Lapid: Netanyahu only embraces judicial reform to save himself

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Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sharply attacked the incoming government’s planned judicial reforms on Monday, claiming that Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s motivations are entirely personal. During a speech at the 2022 Annual Conference on...
Noam Party head Avi Maoz arrives for a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Nov. 10, 2022. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu’s Likud reaches coalition deal with Noam Party

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Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu struck a coalition deal with Noam Party head Avi Maoz on Sunday night that will make the latter a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, according to media...
Then-Israeli Justice Minister Amir Ohana delivers a speech at a Likud Party election rally in Or Yehuda, Feb. 13, 2020. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Report: Likud lawmaker Amir Ohana frontrunner to become foreign minister

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Likud Party lawmaker Amir Ohana is the frontrunner to be named Israel’s next foreign minister, while fellow party member Miri Regev has been tapped to head up the Education Ministry, sources said on Tuesday. Previously,...