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Blue and White Party Head Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Kfar Maccabia Hotel in Ramat Gan on March 07 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Gantz foments Knesset crisis as Netanyahu leads coronavirus response

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 In the midst of a bitter political crisis and without the support of a functioning Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been leading an aggressive response to coronavirus to limit the spread of...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin addresses a largely empty Knesset on the occasion of the swearing-in of the 23rd Knesset. Present is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein and Supreme Court president Esther Hayut. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Israeli lawmakers sworn in to an empty 23rd Knesset

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With Israel, like most of the world, reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, a surreal scene took place on Monday as the 23rd Knesset was sworn in to a largely empty chamber. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin...
Entry sign to the state of Florida. Credit: Flickr.

Biden campaign launches Jewish outreach effort in Florida

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The Democratic presidential campaign of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden started a Jewish outreach initiative in Florida, where there are as many as 650,000 Jews—a good number of them seniors—on Sunday ahead of the state’s primary...
Israel's Joint Arab List Party head Ayman Odeh speaks to the media outside his home in Haifa, a day after the Israeli general elections, March 3, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Joint List unanimously backs Gantz for Israeli premiership

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All 15 lawmakers of the Joint List alliance of Arab and Arab-majority parties on Sunday recommended Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as Israel’s next prime minister, marking...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Jerusalem on the coronavirus (COVID-19), March 11, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Netanyahu invites Gantz to form ‘emergency’ unity government

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to talks about forming an emergency unity government amid the coronavirus pandemic. The invitation comes as Israel has begun the process...
IfNotNow members with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the campaign trail. Source: IfNotNow via Facebook.

IfNotNow endorses Bernie Sanders for president

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The anti-Israel group IfNotNow has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president, announced the presidential candidate’s campaign on Wednesday. “IfNotNow is building an inspiring movement of young Jews working to promote peace in the Middle East,” said...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a video conference with European leaders to discuss international cooperation in dealing with the coronavirus, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on March 9, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

A tale of two Israeli leaders

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As coronavirus dominates headlines all over the world, Israel is emerging as a leader in the global fight to contain the pandemic, quickly enacting strict quarantine measures and border closures to limit the spread...
Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman (left) and leader of the Blue and White Party Benny Gantz hold a joint statement after their meeting in Ramat Gan on March 9, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Amid political deadlock, will Gantz and Lieberman form minority government with Israeli-Arab support?

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With no clear path towards a government coalition for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the third round of elections on March 2, Israel’s political scene has entered a state of chaos that could...
Joint Arab List Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman attends a committee meeting at the Knesset on June 3, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

It’s time to abolish the Law of Return, says Joint List MK

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Joint Arab List Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman stated on Sunday that one of the conditions her party will present for supporting any coalition will be the repeal of Israel’s Law of Return. The Joint List,...
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...