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Israeli Arabs cast their votes at a polling station in the Arab town of Beit Safafa on March 17, 2015, in the Israeli general elections for the 20th parliament. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

In a deadlocked election, the real winners are Israeli Arabs

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If nothing else, one clear result of Israel’s frustrating general election gives the lie to the claim that Israeli Arabs were being intimidated from casting their vote. This arose from a failed attempt by Israeli...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Likud Party headquarters on elections night in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 18, 2019. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

The Netanyahu era’s last chapter begins

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When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted his supporters at Likud Party campaign headquarters on Tuesday evening, his demeanor as much as his words made the outcome of the vote clear to everyone. While...
Election campaign billboards showing U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and (to the right) Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, in Jerusalem on Sept. 14, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The results are in: Who will emerge from Israel’s election deadlock?

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Israel’s hyper-democratic parliamentary system is being put to the test once again as the second round of elections in six months has yielded no clear winner. The two largest parties—Netanyahu’s reigning right-wing Likud Party, and...
Then Israeli chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkott and US Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford at a welcoming ceremony in Dunford's honor at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on May 09, 2017. Photo by FLASH90

Does Israel need a mutual defense pact with the United States?

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Maybe it was just one more attempt to help Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win re-election. But whatever his motivation, President Donald Trump’s tweet that revealed that he had discussed the possibility of a...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York on Sept. 18, 2017. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

In face of growing Iran threat, debate resurfaces over US-Israel mutual defense pact

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Although proposals for a U.S.-Israel mutual defense pact are not new, the concept has recently gained momentum and attracted growing media attention in Israel. On Sept. 14, U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement at the Knesset on Sept. 15, 2019, a few days before the Israeli elections. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Survey: Arab Israelis consider Netanyahu best suited to be prime minister

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Almost a quarter (23.6%) of respondents to a poll of Israel’s Arab public published this month said that Benjamin Netanyahu was best suited to be Israel’s next prime minister. The poll, commissioned by Arik Rudnizky...
Incoming deputy Supreme Court president Hanan Melcer attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on Oct. 30, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu calls for emergency election committee meeting on ‘voter fraud’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called for an emergency meeting with the head of the Central Election Committee, Supreme Court Judge Hanan Melcer, to discuss possible voter fraud in this week’s election. Netanyahu’s...
U.S. President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben-Gurion International Airport on May 23, 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Trump: ‘I look forward’ to discussing defense pact with Netanyahu

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U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Saturday that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone earlier to discuss the possibility of “moving forward with a mutual defense treaty”...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Saudi Press Agency.

Turkey: OIC to meet to discuss Israel’s annexation announcement

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary meeting on Sunday to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement last week that Israel will annex parts of the West Bank, the Turkish...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Credit: Flash90.

Netanyahu is THE issue in Israel’s election

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Benyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has support. He’s leading all others by a substantial margin in polls that ask for the favored Prime Minister. Likud as such, is more problematic. Polls showed it often tied with Blue...