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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...
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...
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,...
Israel's Knesset. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel likely headed for third election after Netanyahu and Gantz can’t form government

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Israel might be headed to a third election after all since Blue and White leader Benny Gantz could not cobble together a coalition government. His efforts followed those of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at IDF Southern Command headquarters . Photo by GPO/Amos Ben Gershom.

Netanyahu threatens return of targeted assassinations amid Gaza rocket fire

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White leader and prime-minister designate Benny Gantz, visited southern Israel separately on Wednesday to areas impacted by the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu, who visited...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz at a memorial ceremony in the Knesset marking 24 years since the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, on Nov. 10, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

National unity government is ‘still possible,’ says Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed confidence on Monday that it was still possible to achieve a “robust” unity government, saying there was no need for the country to go back to elections. “The worst...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, at the annual J Street Conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28, 2019. Credit: Michael Brochstein/Split Stone Media.

Sanders says portion of Israel’s military aid should go ‘right now’ to Gaza

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, stated on Monday at the annual J Street Conference in Washington, D.C., that a portion of the U.S. military assistance to Israel should...
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in the Jerusalem International Convention Center (ICC) on Sept. 3, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

As mandate passes to Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz, all eyes now turn to Mandelblit

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When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the process of trying to form a government 28 days ago, he had 55 Knesset seats supporting him—32 from his Likud Party, nine from Shas, eight from...
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announces his resignation following the ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza during a press conference in the Knesset, Nov. 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Lieberman plan calls for Netanyahu to be first premier, but without right-wing bloc

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Yisrael Beiteinu Party head Avigdor Lieberman presented his plan on Wednesday evening for a government consisting of his own party added to the Blue and White Party, and the Likud Party. According to his proposal, ...