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Minister slams academy as film on Rabin’s killer set to be Israeli Oscars entry

Minister slams academy as film on Rabin’s killer set to be Israeli Oscars entry

‘Incitement’ wins best picture at Ophir Awards; Miri Regev rips movie for implying PM Netanyahu had role in stirring up hatred in days leading up… Read More ›

Syria Said To Be Moving Troops, Munitions To Israeli Border

Syria Said To Be Moving Troops, Munitions To Israeli Border

  Jerusalem – The Syrian military has sent reinforcements to the Israeli border, according to a report by the U.K.-based NGO Syrian Observatory for Human… Read More ›

Ayman Odeh: Netanyahu cannot be Defeated without Arab Citizens

Ayman Odeh: Netanyahu cannot be Defeated without Arab Citizens

Rivlin to begin consulting with parties today Joint List seriously considers Blue and White leader   The Joint List will make a historic decision as to… Read More ›

Empowering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the West Bank

Empowering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the West Bank

The main obstacle faced by Palestinian entrepreneurs was the lack of networking opportunities and that through this 3E conference, international companies and Palestinians gained access… Read More ›

Rivlin to begin consultations on tasking next prime minister

Rivlin to begin consultations on tasking next prime minister

President has vowed to do what he can to prevent third election in a row, but neither Gantz nor Netanyahu have a clear path to… Read More ›

Gantz Readies Recommendations to Receive Mandate from Rivlin

Gantz Readies Recommendations to Receive Mandate from Rivlin

Blue and White rejects unity government, vows not to surrender to Netanyahu   Blue and White leader Benny Gantz is taking steps to ensure that… Read More ›

Netanyahu need not fear Likud knives, for now

Netanyahu need not fear Likud knives, for now

Analysis: The prime minister has a short breathing space as he tries to form a government, but if he fails for the second time in… Read More ›

Parties jostle for position, hold talks in bid to break coalition impasse

Parties jostle for position, hold talks in bid to break coalition impasse

Ahead of Rivlin consultations, factions signal eagerness to reach across traditional fault lines; ultra-Orthodox may be willing to work with secularist Lapid   The newly… Read More ›

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 ›