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CEC Continues to Count Ballots, Netanyahu – Gantz Still at Stalemate

CEC Continues to Count Ballots, Netanyahu – Gantz Still at Stalemate

As of this morning: Blue & White is ahead with 33 seats, Likud has 31.   According to Channel 13, 97.6% of the votes from… Read More ›

Netanyahu is outmaneuvering Gantz

Netanyahu is outmaneuvering Gantz

Opinion: If Netanyahu had truly been in favor of a unity government, he would have turned to Gantz before signing an agreement Wednesday with the… Read More ›

Gantz says he should lead unity government, rejects coalition led by right

Gantz says he should lead unity government, rejects coalition led by right

Blue and White chief urges ‘broad, liberal’ coalition, declares he won’t be dictated terms after PM conditions government on inclusion of religious parties   Blue… Read More ›

Benjamin Netanyahu Vows to Build a New Government

Benjamin Netanyahu Vows to Build a New Government

Netanyahu spoke half an hour after Blue and White leader Benny Gantz vowed to do the same.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that he… Read More ›

Netanyahu and right wing fall short of majority for coalition

Netanyahu and right wing fall short of majority for coalition

Attention will now focus on President, Reuven Rivlin, who will choose the candidate he believes has the best chance of forming a stable coalition, but… Read More ›

Gantz, in morning-after comments, wishes Israel a ‘good unity government’

Gantz, in morning-after comments, wishes Israel a ‘good unity government’

Blue and White chairman says he hopes politics will ‘calm down a little bit’ after vote, as preliminary results show his party deadlocked with Netanyahu’s… Read More ›

Unconfirmed Election Results After 90% Counted: Virtual Tie

Unconfirmed Election Results After 90% Counted: Virtual Tie

  Jerusalem- Despite the fact that official results of the Israeli election have yet to be published since the votes have not yet been inserted… Read More ›

Dutch Court to Hold War Crimes Hearing Against Benny Gantz on Election Day

Dutch Court to Hold War Crimes Hearing Against Benny Gantz on Election Day

According to the principle of universal jurisdiction, some countries, especially in Europe, allow prosecution of foreign officials for war crimes if the local state refuses… Read More ›

Israel faces potential deadlock in neck-and-neck second election

Israel faces potential deadlock in neck-and-neck second election

A unity government between the two biggest parties may be the most reasonable way out of the gridlock, but Blue and White has vowed not… Read More ›

Analysis: IDF troops in Afghanistan? What a US-Israel mutual defense treaty could mean

Analysis: IDF troops in Afghanistan? What a US-Israel mutual defense treaty could mean

Netanyahu claims the pact he vows to advance after the election will guarantee Israel’s security ‘for generations.’ But successive Israeli governments have always rejected the… Read More ›

Iran will still exist the day after Israel’s elections

Iran will still exist the day after Israel’s elections

Opinion: The country’s leadership, whoever it ends up being, must ensure that it is not sidelined by the United States whether it enters into negotiations… Read More ›

Netanyahu: After Jordan Valley and settlements, I’ll annex other ‘vital areas’

Netanyahu: After Jordan Valley and settlements, I’ll annex other ‘vital areas’

Prime minister says all moves to be done in coordination with President Trump and argues, in election pitch, that he is only one capable of… Read More ›

More Talk on A.U.S.-Israeli Defense Treaty. But Where’s IDF Cheif Kochavi?

More Talk on A.U.S.-Israeli Defense Treaty. But Where’s IDF Cheif Kochavi?

The US is Israel’s strongest ally, giving the Jewish State over $3 billion a year in military aid and considers Israel a “major non-NATO ally.”… Read More ›

Netanyahu holds final cabinet meeting before vote in Jordan Valley

Netanyahu holds final cabinet meeting before vote in Jordan Valley

PM takes ministers out of Jerusalem to highlight pledge to annex parts of West Bank if he prevails in Tuesday elections, says Trump plan for… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel’s longest-serving premier fights for his future

Netanyahu: Israel’s longest-serving premier fights for his future

After more than a decade in power, ‘Mr. Security’ seeks to shore up enough right-wing support to continue his rule in Tuesday’s elections   AFP… Read More ›

Trump: ‘I Look Forward’ To Discussing Defense Pact With Netanyahu After Election

Trump: ‘I Look Forward’ To Discussing Defense Pact With Netanyahu After Election

  Washington- U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Saturday that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone earlier to… Read More ›

Polls Predict a Second Stalemate

Polls Predict a Second Stalemate

Likud to remain largest party   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party will emerge the largest in Tuesday’s election, a Smith Research poll taken for Maariv found on… Read More ›

Netanyahu’s dilemma over Trump’s slap in the face

Netanyahu’s dilemma over Trump’s slap in the face

Analysis: The apparent American shift in position on Iran and its nuclear aspirations, in the shape of a meeting between the two presidents and sanctions… Read More ›

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Have ‘No Choice’ But To Go To War With Gaza

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Have ‘No Choice’ But To Go To War With Gaza

  Jerusalem – Israel likely will have to go to war with Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu said. “There probably won’t be a choice but to launch… Read More ›

Is Netanyahu’s Annexation Talk Payback for Trump’s New Iran Policy?

Is Netanyahu’s Annexation Talk Payback for Trump’s New Iran Policy?

Bolton’s departure, coming on the heels of Trump’s comments about meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, is one more ominous sign for Netanyahu.   Would it… Read More ›