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Israel Knesset disbands, third elections called

Posted on Thursday, December 12, 2019

Israel's 22nd Knesset disbanded Wednesday at midnight, slating the country for third elections in under a year, and positioning neither Netanyahu nor Gantz for the 61-seat majority necessary to form a ruling coalition.

Blue and White decides no Gantz-Lapid rotation for PM

Posted on Monday, December 9, 2019

Blue and White will run Benny Gantz as the party's sole candidate for prime minister if a third election is held, Gantz's number two, MK Yair Lapid, announced at Monday's faction meeting at the Knesset.

Elections to be held on March 2 if no coalition formed

Posted on Monday, December 9, 2019

Blue and White and Likud have agreed that the next round of elections will be held on Monday, March 2, 2020, barring a last-minute coalition deal in the next two days.

Netanyahu: America and Israel have ‘decided to speed up work’ on mutual defense pact

Posted on Friday, December 6, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met in Lisbon, Portugal Wednesday to discuss a mutual defense treaty between the US and Israel.

Likud begins planning leadership race as PM faces 1st real challenge in 14 years

Posted on Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is to begin discussions on holding a party leadership primary that is expected to see the first real challenge to the premier’s leadership in 14 years.

No agreement reached during Netanyahu, Gantz talks as third election looms

Posted on Tuesday, December 3, 2019

No agreement was reached Tuesday night between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, who finished coalition talks at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tel Aviv after only 45 minutes, and eight days…

Netanyahu reportedly offers Gantz majority of shared premiership

Posted on Monday, December 2, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly offered rival Benny Gantz the lion's share of a rotating premiership.

Attorney general rules Netanyahu does not have to resign as caretaker PM

Posted on Monday, November 25, 2019

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit said Monday that Benjamin Netanyahu can continue to hold office as a caretaker prime minister despite criminal charges against him, but left open the question of whether he can be tasked with forming a new…

Lindsey Graham, Ron Dermer support U.S.-Israel defense treaty

Posted on Monday, November 25, 2019

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) expressed support in a possible Senate move to ratify a narrow U.S.-Israel mutual defense treaty in 2020 on Wednesday. He spoke at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) gala event in…

Evangelical execs eye Israel deals as rapport with Holy Land matures

Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2019

Around 650 Christian businessmen from 50 countries, including the US, Europe, China and India, are set to come to Israel early next month to learn how local technologies are impacting the world and to seek business opportunities.

Sa’ar to Netanyahu: You are not facing a coup; Likud and Israel need new leader

Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2019

Senior Likud lawmaker Gideon Sa’ar on Saturday castigated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for describing the charges against him as an attempted coup, demanded an immediate leadership contest in their ruling Likud party, and claimed he could 'easily form…

AG announces Netanyahu to stand trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust

Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2019

In a decision that drastically shakes up Israeli politics amid already ongoing chaos, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be charged with criminal wrongdoing in three separate cases against him, including bribery…

Gantz concedes failure to form coalition, all but assuring new elections

Posted on Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz on Wednesday night informed President Reuven Rivlin he had failed to form a governing coalition, paving the way to a shocking third round of elections in under a year.

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