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Analysis: Rivlin may need more than charm to break post-election standoff

Analysis: Rivlin may need more than charm to break post-election standoff

The ever-affable president is facing a quandary that has forced him to jump into the middle of a fierce battle for control   Under normal… Read More ›

Netanyahu 55, Gantz 54 as President Reuven Rivlin Concludes Consultations

Netanyahu 55, Gantz 54 as President Reuven Rivlin Concludes Consultations

President Reuven Rivlin is set to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz at 6:30 p.m. to announce which… Read More ›

Third Israeli election in a year is not an option

Third Israeli election in a year is not an option

Opinion: The best Netanyahu can do is stall and remain prime minister of a caretaker government for the next six months, while possible indictments are… Read More ›

Israelis hold most negative view of UN in new poll of numerous countries

Israelis hold most negative view of UN in new poll of numerous countries

With 65% of population questioned in new Pew survey expressing an unfavorable view of the world body, Jewish state surpasses the next nation in line… Read More ›

Immunity is off the table for Netanyahu

Immunity is off the table for Netanyahu

Analysis: Relief was evident among the judicial community as election results became clear; they were concerned that the assault on the courts, the contentious laws… Read More ›

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 ›