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Coalition to begin process on Wednesday for dissolving Knesset, new elections: Procedural hoops mean the legislation will likely take several days to complete; ...
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Lapid’s trip to Turkey for security talks still on despite political tumult: Foreign minister to visit Ankara Thursday for discussions on Iranian terror threat ...
timesofisrael.com/lapid-turkey-trip-for-security-talks-still-on-despite-political-tumult/

Biden’s Mideast visit will have ‘significant’ impact: Israel’s Lapid: US President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia and Israel will have a powerful ...
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Ministers in last-ditch effort to block Netanyahu from forming next government: 'The goal in the upcoming elections is clear: to prevent Netanyahu from returning ...
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Why Israel's collapsed 'coalition of change' was no longer worth saving
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Biden's Mideast visit will have 'significant' impact, Lapid tells Blinken: Lapid is expected to be serving as Israeli prime minister by the time Biden's trip ...
i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1655837848-biden-s-mideast-visit-will-have-significant-impact-lapid-tells-blinken

Gantz throws cold water on possibility of reuniting with Netanyahu: Defense minister calls for 'broad unity government' after elections ...
timesofisrael.com/gantz-throws-cold-water-on-chances-of-reuniting-with-netanyahu/

Israel facing fifth election in three and a half years: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett celebrated his one-year anniversary in office just a week ago ...
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Ultra-Orthodox instrumental in dissolution of Israel's government: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's decision to dissolve the Israeli Knesset and go for ...
al-monitor.com/originals/2022/06/ultra-orthodox-instrumental-dissolution-israels-government

Israel heading for early elections: To prevent chaos in the occupied territories, the government capitulated. Ex-PM Netanyahu switches to attack mode.
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Israel: Bill that would prevent Netanyahu from returning to power pushed off: 'The goal in the upcoming elections is clear: to prevent Netanyahu from returning ...
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Israel's Lapid to visit Turkey despite political turmoil: Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz will accompany Lapid on the visit
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Israel won't get out of crisis mode - coalition gives up: In Israel, the government is on the verge of collapse. Ex-Prime Minister Netanyahu is now hoping for a ...
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Amid political upheaval, US says Biden to visit Israel next month as planned: Lapid now expected to greet American leader as interim PM; US envoy reiterates ...
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'Our goal is to prevent Netanyahu from becoming PM': Finance Minister blames Israel's political deadlock on Netanyahu, vows to keep former prime minister from ...
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Israel's government wants to pave the way for new elections: The eight-party coalition lasted a year, now Israel is heading for new elections - once again ...
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Israel's government wants to pave the way for new elections: The eight-party coalition lasted a year, now Israel is heading for new elections - once again ...
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Opposition leaders meet for first time since elections, all agree to back Eisenkot for PM
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Israel's parliament dissolves, sets 5th election in 4 years: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has voted to dissolve itself and send the country to the polls ...
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Key FactsIs the understated Lapid betting that a nasty, divisive Netanyahu would be defeated?
Apr 27, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset before the decision to dissolve parliament on June 30, 2022.
- In short, by joining Bennett, Lapid was able to gather just enough support to depose Netanyahu in March 2021, overcoming the Knesset's strong right-wing majority with a tiny anti-Netanyahu majority.
- Interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid, center, talks with Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas before a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset on June 30, 2022.
- Lapid did not speak in Thursday's Knesset dispersal session, just as he did not speak at the coalition's inauguration last June.

Government Crisis: Israel MPs Vote to Dissolve Parliament: Israel's eight-party government has collapsed. A new parliament is to be elected later this year ...
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Key FactsAs Israel's parliament dissolves, winners and losers emerge
Apr 27, 2023 · Reading time: ~0 sec.
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- More than likely, Netanyahu derives a strange joy from having Foreign Minister Yair Lapid worry while he awaits his opportunity to inhabit the prime minister's office for the next three months.
- This is because the present administration, including Alternate Prime Minister Lapid, was previously certified by the Knesset with the Bennett government's swearing-in last year.
- It lacks a coalition to pass legislation via the Knesset, which will have already disbanded itself.
- But Lapid does have one advantage: he will manage his election campaign from the prime minister's office.
- Bennett, the outgoing prime minister, is the biggest loser.

Bennett: I won't rule out sitting under Netanyahu in future: The Knesset may disperse as early as Monday, as the opposition has reportedly exhausted all ...
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Key FactsBennett: I won't rule out sitting under Netanyahu in the future.
Apr 28, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- The 24th Knesset might disband as soon as Monday evening, exactly a week after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid made the stunning decision.
- Bennett was supposed to become interior minister, Shaked justice minister, and Sa'ar foreign minister, according to coalition accords.
- The outgoing prime minister did not rule out entering a cabinet formed by Netanyahu.
- The official reason Bennett and Lapid chose to dissolve the Knesset was to extend legislation that would otherwise have expired on June 30.

Israeli Minister Shaked Willing to Join Alternative Government Led by Netanyahu: Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said that she was willing to join a ...
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On the way out: Why is Israel’s government about to fall?: Israel’s governing coalition has announced that it can no longer govern – does that mean a return for ...
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Israel’s coalition chaos won’t impact Biden visit: Israeli-American billionaire Haim Saban tried to prepare Biden for his first visit to Israel as president ...
al-monitor.com/originals/2022/06/israels-coalition-chaos-wont-impact-biden-visit

Attorney general comes out against Sa’ar’s plan to divide his job: Avichai Mandelblit suggests 'current affairs' are driving Justice Minister Gideon ...
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Portrait between the fronts: As an Arab politician, Mansur Abbas is the kingmaker of a coalition without Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tension in East Jerusalem as Israel awaits a new government: The Globe and Mail’s European Bureau Chief Eric Reguly discusses the upcoming vote that could oust ...
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The fear of displacement: Jerusalem has been fermenting for weeks. The possible expropriation of Palestinians has now contributed to the worst clashes in years ...
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Israel’s president taps opposition leader Lapid to form new gov’t: PM Netanyahu’s political future in doubt as president asks leader of centrist Yesh Atid party ...
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Marathon talks seek to bridge distrust, rival ambitions in ‘change bloc’: Yesh Atid, Yamina, New Hope meet for day-long session; Ayelet Shaked said to seek ...
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Confirming break from Netanyahu, Bennett says he's in talks on forming unity govt
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Netanyahu tries to change election rules as mandate slips away: He has two more weeks to form a government.
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Desperate Netanyahu could fail to compose government: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of April 2021 is a wounded animal, whose attention is focused on one goal ...
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Netanyahu's favours were 'currency', prosecutor says as corruption trial starts: Israeli prosecutors accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of treating ...
reuters.com/article/us-israel-netanyahu-trial-idUSKBN2BS0HI

Netanyahu hopes Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout will hand him election win as the country goes back to the polls
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Poll: 4 parties hover just above electoral threshold: New poll shows Likud winning 30 seats but falling short of 61 seats needing to form coalition.
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Israel said set to give nearly 100,000 vaccine doses to 15 countries: Report says list of states not yet finalized, will include Italy and Chad; top ministers ...
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