WATCH LIVE: President Trump prepares to address Israelโs Knesset as all living Israeli hostages freed
Read full article: WATCH LIVE: President Trump prepares to address Israelโs Knesset as all living Israeli hostages freedPresident Donald Trump is about to address Israelโs Knesset, or Parliament, before joining a Middle East peace summit in Egypt.
Netanyahu's governing coalition is fracturing. Here's what it means for Israel and Gaza
Read full article: Netanyahu's governing coalition is fracturing. Here's what it means for Israel and GazaAn Israeli ultra-Orthodox party has announced plans to leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government.
Netanyahu survives attempt to dissolve parliament
Read full article: Netanyahu survives attempt to dissolve parliamentIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuโs government survived an attempt to dissolve parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners voting against the bill.
Netanyahu's government faces possible collapse as the opposition seeks to dissolve parliament
Read full article: Netanyahu's government faces possible collapse as the opposition seeks to dissolve parliamentIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuโs government faces a major test after the opposition submitted a bill Wednesday to dissolve parliament.
Israeli politician critiques the Gaza war's toll on Palestinians and sparks an outcry
Read full article: Israeli politician critiques the Gaza war's toll on Palestinians and sparks an outcryAn Israeli center-left opposition party leader and former general sparked an outcry this week when he made rare criticism of the toll of the war on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
Netanyahu dissolved his war Cabinet. How will that affect cease-fire efforts?
Read full article: Netanyahu dissolved his war Cabinet. How will that affect cease-fire efforts?Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded his war Cabinet, consolidating his influence over the Israel-Hamas war and likely diminishing the odds of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip anytime soon.
The families of a few Israeli hostages don't want a deal to bring them home. They want Hamas crushed
Read full article: The families of a few Israeli hostages don't want a deal to bring them home. They want Hamas crushedA small group of families of Israelis who are hostages of Hamas believes that only continued Israeli military pressure on the militant group, rather than a deal, will free the captives.
Israeli parliament takes first major step in Netanyahu's contentious overhaul, deepening divisions
Read full article: Israeli parliament takes first major step in Netanyahu's contentious overhaul, deepening divisionsIsraelโs parliament has approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuโs contentious plan to overhaul the countryโs judicial system.
US House speaker in Knesset amid fraught US-Israel ties
Read full article: US House speaker in Knesset amid fraught US-Israel tiesThe U.S. House speaker has addressed Israelโs parliament, a rare honor awarded to the highest-ranking Republican in U.S. politics at a time of fraught relations between Israelโs government and Democratic President Joe Biden.
Israeli government advances judicial overhaul despite uproar
Read full article: Israeli government advances judicial overhaul despite uproarIsrael's parliament has for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the legal system, defying a historic uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint from the United States.
Netanyahu launches contentious overhaul as thousands protest
Read full article: Netanyahu launches contentious overhaul as thousands protestTens of thousands of Israelis protested outside the parliament building in Jerusalem in a show of force against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as his government formally launched a contentious plan to overhaul the country's judiciary.
Former Israeli PM: Putin promised not to kill Zelenskyy
Read full article: Former Israeli PM: Putin promised not to kill ZelenskyyA former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russiaโs war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart.
Israeli doctors reject Netanyahu allies' anti-LGBTQ remarks
Read full article: Israeli doctors reject Netanyahu allies' anti-LGBTQ remarksIsraelโs largest medical center and health care workers from hospitals around the country have spoken out against remarks by allies of Benjamin Netanyahu calling for a law to allow discrimination against LGBTQ people in hospitals and businesses.
Israel's Likud signs coalition deal with anti-LGBTQ radical
Read full article: Israel's Likud signs coalition deal with anti-LGBTQ radicalFormer Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a coalition deal with a small ultranationalist faction leader known for homophobic rhetoric and disparaging remarks about non-Orthodox Jews, a sign of the incoming government's hardline makeup.
EXPLAINER: Israeli election could yield familiar outcome
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Israeli election could yield familiar outcomeIsrael is holding its fifth national election in under four years, and once again the race is shaping up as a referendum on former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuโs fitness to rule.
Israeli PM Bennett won't run in upcoming election
Read full article: Israeli PM Bennett won't run in upcoming electionIsraeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he will not run in upcoming elections, after he led a broad but fragile coalition government that came unraveled barely a year after taking office.
Israeli government fast-tracks bill to dissolve parliament
Read full article: Israeli government fast-tracks bill to dissolve parliamentAn Israeli Cabinet minister says the country's outgoing coalition government will fast-track a bill this week to dissolve parliament, setting up the country for its fifth elections in three years.
Zelenskyy evokes Holocaust as he appeals to Israel for aid
Read full article: Zelenskyy evokes Holocaust as he appeals to Israel for aidUkraineโs president has called on Israel to take a stronger stand against Russia, delivering an emotional appeal that compared Russiaโs invasion of his country to the actions of Nazi Germany.
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Israelis march in east Jerusalem in test for new government
Read full article: Israelis march in east Jerusalem in test for new governmentHundreds of Israeli ultranationalists, some chanting โDeath to Arabs,โ paraded in east Jerusalem in a show of force that threatened to spark renewed violence just weeks after a war with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
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The Latest: Bennett says Israel 'at outset of new days'
Read full article: The Latest: Bennett says Israel 'at outset of new days'Naftali Bennett, Israelโs first Orthodox Jewish prime minister, has opened the first meeting of his government with a traditional blessing for new beginnings, saying that nowโs the time to get to work to mending rifts in the nation.
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Israel swears in new coalition, ending Netanyahu's long rule
Read full article: Israel swears in new coalition, ending Netanyahu's long ruleIsraelโs parliament has narrowly approved a new coalition government, ending the historic 12-year rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sending the polarizing leader into the opposition.
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EXPLAINER: What will change under Israel's new government?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: What will change under Israel's new government?If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, putting an end to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuโs record 12-year rule and a political crisis that led to four elections in less than two years.
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Netanyahu's opponents hash out unity deal as deadline looms
Read full article: Netanyahu's opponents hash out unity deal as deadline loomsA constellation of Israeli political parties seeking to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are negotiating coalition agreements two days before a deadline.
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Final vote results show major setback for Israel's Netanyahu
Read full article: Final vote results show major setback for Israel's NetanyahuThe fourth election in just two years brought a stinging rebuke for Netanyahu, the most dominant figure in Israeli politics in a generation. Under Israelโs fragmented political system, Netanyahu could still try to reach across the aisle and cobble together a governing coalition. โIt is clear that Netanyahu does not have a majority to form a government under his leadership,โ said Gideon Saar, one of the former Netanyahu allies who now oppose him. According to the final results released by Israelโs election commission, Netanyahu and his allies captured 52 seats, compared to 57 held by his opponents. His opponents, however, say Netanyahu is untrustworthy and has bungled many aspects of the coronavirus crisis.
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Israeli voters poised to send first Reform rabbi to Knesset
Read full article: Israeli voters poised to send first Reform rabbi to KnessetGilad Kariv is poised to make history this month as the first Reform rabbi to win a seat in Israel's parliament. He first encountered Reform Judaism during a high school trip to the United States. Heโs at the lectern, wearing a kippah as an Israeli," said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Reform movement in the U.S. who has lobbied the Knesset with Kariv, his Israeli counterpart, for nine years. They see Reform Judaism as a threat unlike secularism, said one expert. โReform Judaism conveys an alternative interpretation of Judaism," said Shmuel Rosner, senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute in Jerusalem.
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Israeli lawmakers approve phone tracking of virus cases
Read full article: Israeli lawmakers approve phone tracking of virus casesJERUSALEM Israel's parliament approved a law Wednesday granting the country's internal security agency limited authority to use phone surveillance to track coronavirus cases as the country struggles to contain a second outbreak. The Israeli government had authorized the Shin Bet to use the technology in March during the peak of the country's coronavirus outbreak, despite public outcry over privacy concerns. But the law does grant the prime minister authority to give the Shin Bet additional powers if circumstances require. Israel has seen a spike in confirmed coronavirus cases in recent weeks since the government began easing restrictions on movement in May. Earlier this month, the head of the Shin Bet reportedly told Israeli Cabinet ministers that he opposed the continued use of his agencys technology to track coronavirus cases.
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Israel finally swears in government after 3 elections
Read full article: Israel finally swears in government after 3 electionsNetanyahu is finally swearing in his new government after three deadlocked and divisive elections, a year and a half of political paralysis and another three-day delay because of political infighting in his Likud party over coveted Cabinet posts. (Alex Kolomiensky/Yedioth Ahronoth/Pool via AP)JERUSALEM After three deadlocked and divisive elections, a year and a half of political paralysis and another three-day delay because of political infighting in his Likud party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally swore in his new government on Sunday. In his speech to parliament, Netanyahu acknowledged that compromises had to be made but that another election would have been far more devastating. Netanyahus top deputy in Likud, outgoing Foreign Minister Israel Katz, will become finance minister. Gantz took his oath of office as the alternate prime minister and future prime minister immediately after Netanyahu was sworn in as prime minister.

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