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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 1, 2018. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)
November 12, 2018, 4:48 pm
Confusion during Gaza op shows risk Netanyahu takes by not designating deputy
With the PM abroad in the middle of a major national security crisis, the Prime Minister’s Office couldn’t confirm who was in charge
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waiting for government ministers to join him before a special cabinet meeting for Jerusalem Day in Jerusalem, June 2, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
March 28, 2018, 1:18 am
Brief hospitalization shows risk Netanyahu takes by not designating a deputy
With no clear replacement ‘just a heartbeat away,’ bitter political battle might ensue among would-be Likud successors were disaster to strike
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev (L) attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on December 11, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 27, 2017, 4:43 pm
Netanyahu has two small polyps removed; Regev fills in briefly as PM
Prime minister is in ‘excellent health,’ hospital says, and has ‘resumed full duties’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Culture Minister Miri Regev shake hands during the opening of the winter session of the Knesset on October 23, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 26, 2017, 10:53 pm
Miri Regev, prime minister of Israel… for at least half an hour
Controversial culture minister will take the reins while Netanyahu undergoes what his office calls a ‘periodic gastrointestinal follow-up test’ Friday
By ToI Staff
Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 21, 2016. (Ohad Zweigenberg)
June 14, 2017, 6:21 pm
Miri Regev appointed acting PM while Netanyahu abroad
Controversial culture minister says move ‘an important statement for women’; she is the first woman to hold position under Netanyahu
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waiting for government ministers to join him before a special cabinet meeting for Jerusalem Day in Jerusalem, June 2, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
September 22, 2016, 6:55 am
With no designated deputy, Netanyahu keeps spotlight to himself
In the US for 5 days and without a permanent stand-in, the PM has appointed Yuval Steinitz as the latest Likud understudy to wield no power
By Raoul Wootliff
Israel's President Shimon Peres meets with Likud-Beytenu leader and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Peres's office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2013. Netanyahu met with Peres to inform the president he has formed a coalition with Yesh Atid, Jewish Home and the Hatnua party. (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / GPO/FLASH90)
March 16, 2013, 7:53 pm
Netanyahu to Peres: My new coalition will bring ‘good news’ for Israel
PM informs president he has a 68-strong government; Peres urges him to ‘seize the opportunity’ for peacemaking; Silvan Shalom ‘won’t take cabinet seat’ if not given major role
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, shakes hands with Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett at the opening session of the Knesset in February 2013, as President Shimon Peres looks on. Behind them are Labor's Shelly Yachimovich and Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid. (Photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 15, 2013, 3:21 pm
Jewish Home, Yesh Atid ink coalition deal with Likud-Beytenu
After last-minute snag, Netanyahu-led government finally ready to go; ‘With God’s help, we signed it,’ says Naftali Bennett
By ToI Staff
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid (left) and Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett at a conference in Ramat Gan, December 17, 2012 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
March 15, 2013, 6:51 am
After 11th-hour hiccup, coalition parties come together
Lapid and Bennett agree to give up on largely symbolic deputy prime minister titles
By ToI Staff
Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
March 15, 2013, 12:16 am
Jewish Home, Likud resume talks after hours of radio silence
Dispute over deputy premier titles ‘endangers work relations in the emerging government,’ say party sources
By ToI Staff
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