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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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A final boost to dissolve Israel's parliament has been postponed to later today. It will be the end of Israel's 24th parliament ... Show more
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Israel's still-Prime Minister Bennett withdraws from politics: In a televised address Wednesday night, Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced his ...
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Israel headed for polls, Lapid to be interim PM : Bennett’s tenure draws to a close
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Paid articlePaywallIsrael-Iran cyberwar escalates, dealing greater damage than before: The Israel National Cyber Directorate says it has foiled about 1,500 cyberattacks in the past ...
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Israeli PM Bennett won't run in upcoming election - Region - World: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not run in upcoming elections ...
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Israel’s Bennett will not run in next general election: Spokesperson: Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not stand at the upcoming general ...
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Bennett says he won’t compete in next elections, hints he hopes to come back later
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Why Israel is having its fifth election in three years: With the dissolution of the Bennett-Lapid government on Wednesday, Israelis are facing their fifth ...
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Israeli PM Bennett won't run in upcoming election: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not run in upcoming elections ...
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Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett won't run in upcoming election
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Israeli parliament votes to dissolve, hold new elections : Members of Prime Minister Naftali Bennetts outgoing coalition and the opposition led by ex-premier ...
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Israeli lawmakers race to vote on dozens of bills before decision on election date
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Israel heads towards snap election, Lapid poised to be Prime Minister: Barring an 11th hour shock agreement to save the coalition or form a new government ...
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With the Knesset set to disband on Wednesday, what happens next?: Israel is gearing up for its fifth election in recent years, with Yair Lapid set to assume the ...
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Winners, losers emerge as Israel’s parliament dissolves: Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid are the big winners of the decision ...
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MKs gear up to dissolve Knesset in final votes; Lapid set to assume premiership: Key pieces of legislation fall victim to negotiations between coalition and ...
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Lapid set to become PM as Knesset poised to dissolve Wednesday: Knesset to vote to dissolve itself Wednesday, triggering end of Bennett premiership.
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Israel heads towards snap election, Lapid poised to be PM: Parliament expected to dissolve Wednesday, ending Naftali Bennett's year-long premiership
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Bennett and Lapid bid to oust Netanyahu again as they unveil joint slate: 'We've learned our lessons,' Bennett declared as he and Lapid unveiled a centrist slate ...
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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?
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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.
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.
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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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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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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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Six Day War: When Israel reclaimed Jerusalem, its eternal capital: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Retracing the 54-year-old events leading to Israel's stunning 1967 ...
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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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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 ...
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Leader of Israeli Islamic party demands 'different reality' after election
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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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Yair Lapid's election challenge: Threatening Netanyahu's Likud without getting too strong
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