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Netanyahu amid incitement concerns: Don’t be afraid to stick it to them

Netanyahu amid incitement concerns: Don’t be afraid to stick it to them

Incitement talks expand following Shin Bet head’s concern over potential loss of life. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Director Nadav… Read More ›

Israel’s political system needs fixing, and fast

Israel’s political system needs fixing, and fast

Opinion: With endless election cycles, narrow and disjointed coalitions clinging to power by a thread and no government lasting for more than 2 years, any… Read More ›

Netanyahu bemoans incitement, raps ‘dangerous left-wing’ coalition, claims fraud

Netanyahu bemoans incitement, raps ‘dangerous left-wing’ coalition, claims fraud

As he faces losing power to his rivals, PM decries ‘effort to frame the right as something violent,’ declares Israel seeing ‘greatest election fraud’ in… Read More ›

For Evangelicals, is Benjamin Netanyahu the fallen messiah? – analysis

For Evangelicals, is Benjamin Netanyahu the fallen messiah? – analysis

The majority of the estimated 60 million American Evangelicals who have supported the prime minister, comparing him to Moses and King David, are watching quietly… Read More ›

A government to save Israeli society

A government to save Israeli society

Opinion: This member of the religious Zionist ‘settler’ camp believes that forming this coalition was a life-saving move for the country – for after four… Read More ›

Yair Netanyahu temporarily blocked from social media for protest call

Yair Netanyahu temporarily blocked from social media for protest call

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter lock accounts of PM’s son after he shares address of Yamina MK; Likud accuses sites of ‘censoring the right’ Yair Netanyahu,… Read More ›

Knesset Speaker Levin calls on Lapid to release coalition agreements

Knesset Speaker Levin calls on Lapid to release coalition agreements

Knesset speaker Yariv Levin called on Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid to reveal the coalition agreements as Yamina held a faction meeting on Friday morning.… Read More ›

Outrage in Gaza as Mansour Abbas signs onto new government

Outrage in Gaza as Mansour Abbas signs onto new government

Palestinians in coastal enclave, with which Israel fought bitter 11-day war in May, accuse Islamist leader of being ‘opportunist’ who is motivated by self-interest and… Read More ›

Netanyahu assails nascent coalition, urges defections, calls meeting of his bloc

Netanyahu assails nascent coalition, urges defections, calls meeting of his bloc

PM says ‘all MKs elected with votes of the right must oppose dangerous left-wing government’; Likud, Yamina issue clashing versions of their concessions to Islamist… Read More ›

The Fall of Netanyahu and the First Piece in the Alter’s Ohr HaTzafun

The Fall of Netanyahu and the First Piece in the Alter’s Ohr HaTzafun

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com If only he had seen the Ohr HaTzafun – the very first piece. It isn’t so unlikely. Bibi Netanyahu’s… Read More ›

A government for the people? – comment

A government for the people? – comment

It seems like an eternity instead of only a month since Yair Lapid received the mandate from President Reuven Rivlin to form a coalition after… Read More ›

Israelis, Emiratis meet in Dubai to discuss investments

Israelis, Emiratis meet in Dubai to discuss investments

Trade between the two countries continue to flourish with 25 trade agreements already signed and profits exceeding $354 million, despite the UAE’s rebuke of Israel… Read More ›

Lapid informs president he can form government removing Netanyahu from power

Lapid informs president he can form government removing Netanyahu from power

But coalition won’t be finalized until Knesset vote in up to 12 days; right-wing MK could oppose it, possibly dooming bid; Ra’am is 1st Arab… Read More ›

Coalition talks stall as Lapid has hours left to form government

Coalition talks stall as Lapid has hours left to form government

Sources say although most issues among members of the so-called ‘coalition for change’ have been resolved, Shaked’s demand to be given a seat on the… Read More ›

A political prince vs. a bereaved mother: MKs to elect Israel’s 11th president

A political prince vs. a bereaved mother: MKs to elect Israel’s 11th president

Israel Prize-winning educator Miriam Peretz, who lost 2 sons in battle, vies to become country’s first woman president, while Isaac Herzog aims to follow in… Read More ›

Will Knesset Speaker Levin postpone vote on new government?

Will Knesset Speaker Levin postpone vote on new government?

“Levin has the legal right to delay it by a week. It’s not playing a game with the law. It is understandable that we want… Read More ›

Hamas: Gaza calm depends on Israeli actions in Jerusalem

Hamas: Gaza calm depends on Israeli actions in Jerusalem

Terror group says it is prepared to hold talks with Israel on prisoner exchange; organization’s leader in Gaza says he is ready for ‘immediate negotiations’… Read More ›

Terrorist infiltrates Gaza border, stabs man in Israeli border town

Terrorist infiltrates Gaza border, stabs man in Israeli border town

Though the terrorist was neutralized, residents of Yated and the nearby Sde Avraham have been instructed to lock their doors and stay inside while additional… Read More ›

Naftali Bennett: The right-wing millionaire who may end Netanyahu era

Naftali Bennett: The right-wing millionaire who may end Netanyahu era

Though a staunch supporter of Israel’s religious right and the settler community, the Yamina head is comparatively liberal on issues such as gay rights and… Read More ›

With his party’s support, Bennett says he’s heading into government with Lapid

With his party’s support, Bennett says he’s heading into government with Lapid

All Yamina MKs but one say they will back leader in joining bloc of parties seeking to oust Netanyahu; unapologetic Bennett insists coalition won’t be… Read More ›