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Father of slain IDF soldier wants grandkids from son’s frozen sperm

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:45:31 +0000

Amid legislation efforts, Baruch Ben-Ygal, whose son Amit was killed in a 2020 operation, says country has 'a moral obligation' to allow procedure

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Minister Hendel bows out of Knesset race, days after Zionist Spirit breakup

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 16:55:13 +0000

Short-lived party collapsed under weight of poor polling and divisions over aligning with Likud

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Beleaguered right-wing leaders Shaked and Hendel unite as Zionist Spirit party

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 19:57:15 +0000

Heads of merged Yamina and Derech Eretz say they will shoot for a unity government that includes both Netanyahu-led Likud and center-left, but not Arabs

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Blue and White, New Hope announce union, will run as joint slate in November vote

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 19:32:28 +0000

Benny Gantz, Gideon Sa'ar say they hope to establish 'responsible, realistic, secure and liberal' government, denounce Netanyahu but don't expressly rule him out

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Blue and White, New Hope said close to deal for joint run in elections

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:43:27 +0000

Parties reportedly hope former IDF chief Eisenkot will take 3rd spot on slate; Regev says no room in Likud for Yamina leader Shaked, who insists she'll stick with her own party

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Justice minister warns at AG’s farewell: Threat to Israeli democracy is not yet over

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:47:09 +0000

Mandelblit says office faced 'unprecedented challenges' in his term; PM, FM back Baharav-Miara to succeed him; candidate selection process under fire for alleged politicization

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New Hope MK Hauser hospitalized after suffering ‘mild neurological event’

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:56:07 +0000

Lawmaker felt unwell at the Knesset on Wednesday and went to the hospital; says he expects to return to work in the next few days

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Netanyahu unseated by a new generation of leaders he tried, and failed, to crush

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 08:09:34 +0000

Incoming coalition marks changing of the guard, pushing younger media-savvy politicians, many of whom were the premier's apprentices, into power

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Renegades, rabble-rousers, TV anchors, army chiefs: The MKs who won’t be back

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:43:37 +0000

Dozens depart in latest election's political culling -- from longest-serving lawmaker to some of the briefest, as well as 3 women of 3 faiths who each made history in their own way

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Overruling cabinet, Knesset decides to let Shin Bet COVID tracking expire

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:16:09 +0000

Committee head says that with virus spread ebbing, program's contribution is 'negligible,' but open to renewing it if data changes

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Watchdog demands probe of alleged election meddling by Likud MK who spoke to PLO

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:31:03 +0000

Criminal investigation urged into deputy minister behind talks; New Hope MK said planning to seek Knesset debate on reported bid to get Abbas to push Arab Israelis to vote Likud

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Knesset debates Palestinian request to allow COVID vaccines into Gaza

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:29:22 +0000

Some lawmakers urge conditioning delivery of 1,000 Russian Sputnik vaccines for Strip's health workers on Hamas releasing Israeli captives, soldiers' bodies

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Finding new home in New Hope, ex-Netanyahu top aide seeks to show Likud the door

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:34:56 +0000

MK Zvi Hauser, a lifelong conservative and former cabinet secretary, has helped found 3 party slates over the past two years in his bid to oust his former boss

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Jerusalem recognition ‘led to explosion of peace,’ departing US envoy tells MKs

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:20:35 +0000

Knesset bids farewell to David Friedman; thanks him for 'tremendous contributions' after he oversaw policy shifts on Jerusalem, Golan, settlements, Israel-Gulf relations

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Gantz selects replacement to chair powerful Knesset defense panel

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:45:53 +0000

Defense minister chooses MK Eitan Ginzburg to take over as head of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee after saying he'll remove MK Zvi Hauser for defecting to another party

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