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World - Region
7/30/2023 10:54:07 PM
Yuli Edelstein, head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee and a senior member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, told Israel's Army Radio that it is too early to talk about a normalization deal in the works.

Al-Ahram Weekly - World
3/28/2023 9:12:40 PM
Israel has entered its most serious and delicate political phase in decades, after Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu decided on Sunday to dismiss fellow party member and Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant.

World - Region
3/27/2023 3:01:05 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce a freeze on the government's judicial overhaul as his far-right government is facing more protests and a general strike on Monday against its controversial push to overhaul the justice system, Likud Party sources told Haartez newspaper.

World - Region
3/26/2023 8:11:10 PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister on Sunday, a day after he called on the Israeli leader to halt a planned judicial overhaul that has fiercely divided the country and prompted growing discontent within the ranks of the military. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv, blocking a main highway, following the announcement.

World - Region
12/28/2022 3:46:41 PM
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has named former general Yoav Galant as defence minister in his upcoming cabinet, a spokesperson for his Likud party said Wednesday.

World - Region
11/25/2022 12:51:26 PM
Extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has a long record of anti-Arab rhetoric and stunts, will become Israel's next minister of national security, according to the first of what are expected to be several coalition deals struck by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party.

World - Region
6/22/2022 5:04:29 PM
After barely 12 months in office, the leaders of Israel's broad-based but severely weakened coalition government threw in the towel this week, saying they would dissolve parliament and hold new elections, the fifth in 3 1/2 years.

Al-Ahram Weekly - World
1/25/2022 10:32:23 PM
The plea bargain being sought by former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is putting Israel at a crossroads, reports Mohamed Abu Shaar from Gaza

World - Region
11/16/2021 2:35:00 PM
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court for the first time in over half a year on Tuesday as a one-time confidant prepared to take the stand against him in a high-profile corruption case.

World - Region
6/13/2021 8:21:11 PM
Bennett, the head of a small ultranationalist party, will have to maintain an unwieldy coalition of parties from the political right, left and center if he wants to keep the job

World - Region
6/13/2021 8:01:25 PM
Mickey Levy of the centrist Yesh Atid ("There is a Future"), the party led by coalition architect Yair Lapid, will replace Yariv Levin of Likud

World - Region
6/13/2021 6:45:17 PM
Abbas said that the partnership in the new government 'will also bridge the gaps on the national level and the religious level'

World - Region
6/13/2021 4:55:13 PM
Netanyahu is slated to become opposition leader later Sunday when parliament is expected to approve a vote of confidence in a new coalition formed by his opponents

World - Region
6/3/2021 6:17:40 PM
On Twitter, Netanyahu's Likud party called on former right-wing allies to "immediately withdraw" their signatures

World - Region
5/31/2021 9:11:57 AM
The dramatic announcement by Bennett, leader of the small hardline Yamina party, set the stage for a series of steps that could push Netanyahu and his dominant Likud party into the opposition in the coming week

World - Region
3/31/2021 7:03:00 PM
Rivlin is obligated by law to choose the party leader he thinks has the best chance at forming a government

World - Region
3/26/2021 7:46:01 PM
Netanyahu needs the support of both the Islamic conservative Raam party and the far-right Religious Zionism party, which is openly hostile to Arabs and Muslims, to extend his premiership

World - Region
3/26/2021 12:54:17 PM
If no one is able to assemble a 61-seat majority the country will go into an unprecedented fifth election later this year

World - Region
3/25/2021 9:56:24 AM
With around 93% of the votes counted, Netanyahu and his allies had a projected 52 seats compared to 57 held by his opponents

World - Region
3/24/2021 6:02:00 PM
Weeks before Tuesday's vote, Abbas indicated an openness to dealing with Netanyahu, even though the premier has demonised Arab-Israelis at various points through his political career

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