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Palestinian chief negotiator and Secretary General of the PLO Saeb Erekat speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Jericho on Feb. 15, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Erekat: ‘Settlement, occupation and apartheid have won the Israeli elections’

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Following the release of the first exit polls from Israel’s Monday elections, PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat said the results would “force the people of the region to live by the sword.” “It is obvious...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, address their supporters on Israeli election night at Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Netanyahu promises ‘strong, stable government,’ vows to ‘heal the rifts’

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In his address to supporters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the initial results from Monday’s election, the results of which are poised to make the Likud Party the largest in the next Knesset...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at the Likud Party's election rally in Ramat Gan on Feb 29, 2020. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Israeli exit polls give clear edge to Netanyahu’s Likud Party, nearly a 61-seat majority

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Exit polls from Israel’s general election on Monday indicate a strong victory for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, setting the stage for the longtime Israeli leader to break the political stalemate and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at a Likud Party election rally in Ramat-Gan, Feb 29, 2020. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Netanyahu: Let’s carry this momentum through

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My fellow Israelis, we are very close to winning the elections. We need two more mandates to win the election, resolve the political logjam and establish a strong right-wing government. I ask you to go...
Election campaign billboards showing Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White head Benny Gantz, in Tel Aviv on Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Deadlock, mutiny, defections: All the post-election scenarios

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With Israelis heading to the polls for an unprecedented third time in under 12 months, all eyes are on “the day after.” Polls have projected a continuation of the political deadlock, but is Israel...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a tree-planting event for the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat in the Jordan Valley, Feb. 10, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Netanyahu vows sovereignty over Jordan Valley ‘within weeks’ if re-elected

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As Israelis prepare to go back to the polls for the third time in fewer than 12 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Sunday that if re-elected, he would declare sovereignty over...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Likud Party event in Lod, Israel, on Feb. 11, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Netanyahu builds momentum in final days of third campaign

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After 11 years of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, many Israelis have claimed that they are tired of Benjamin Netanyahu. Or are they? Just days before a third round of national polls in less than...
View of an election campaign billboards showing Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White head Benny Gantz, in Tel Aviv on Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Final polling shows Likud, Blue and White tied with slight edge to right-wing bloc

With elections mere days away the last Israel Hayom-i24 News poll before Israelis go to the ballot box projects a dead heat between ruling party Likud, and challenger Blue and White, but says that overall, the...
Itamar Ben-Gvir of Otzma Yehudit Party attends the Srugim conference in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Otzma Yehudit head says he’ll quit election once Netanyahu quits Oslo Accords

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Otzma Yehudit Party leader Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Wednesday that he had offered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a deal, according to which he would withdraw from Monday’s national election if certain conditions were...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel in Ramat Gan on Feb. 26, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Gantz accuses Netanyahu of ‘poisoning’ Israel, fostering ‘culture of crime’

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With Israel’s elections just days away, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Wednesday slammed the door on a future unity deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and launched a...