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Protesters gather near the fence of the Gaza Strip border with Israel during a protest east of Gaza City, November 16, 2018. (AP/Adel Hana)
November 19, 2018, 8:17 pm
Amid early election talk, Palestinians express few hopes for change
Officials in PA, PLO and Hamas say chances Israel will change its attitude slim no matter who is in charge
By Adam Rasgon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c) meets with settler leaders in his office on February 25, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 18, 2018, 5:21 pm
‘Things are going so well’: Settler leaders line up in opposition to elections
West Bank mayors urge ministers to resolve differences and avoid early vote that would freeze or possibly reverse expansion of Israeli presence beyond Green Line
By Jacob Magid
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked of Jewish Home speaks to Channel 10 news, November 16, 2018 (Channel 10 screenshot)
November 16, 2018, 10:48 pm
Justice minister: ‘Netanyahu is next PM, but with what coalition?’
Jewish Home’s Ayelet Shaked says elections likely to take place in March 2019, accuses Liberman of shirking responsibility by quitting Defense Ministry
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot attend the graduation ceremony at the National Security College, on July 13, 2016. (Flash90)
November 16, 2018, 7:45 pm
Report: PM aims to sustain coalition till Dec. to approve new police, IDF chiefs
Associate says immediate Knesset dissolution would negate Netanyahu’s ability to confirm nominees; Meretz says it will bring bill to disband parliament next week
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, seen with Education Minister Naftali Bennett at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 30, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)
November 16, 2018, 3:22 pm
Israel heads toward elections as Jewish Home says it will leave coalition
Netanyahu says he will still try to ‘preserve right-wing government,’ but Jewish Home says elections now inevitable after PM rejects Bennett’s demand he be made defense minister
By Raoul Wootliff
Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett runs a weekly faction meeting in the Knesset on October 23, 2017 (courtesy)
November 14, 2018, 9:57 pm
Ratcheting up threat to bolt, Jewish Home votes to back coalition ultimatum
Party officials say they will pull out of government, forcing new elections, if the PM doesn’t appoint Naftali Bennett defense minister
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu political party Avigdor Liberman sign a coalition agreement in the Knesset on May 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
November 14, 2018, 4:31 pm
Liberman’s exit puts election ball in Netanyahu’s court, but not on his terms
The prime minister now has to choose between a Yisrael Beytenu-pushed national election or capitulation to Bennett’s Jewish Home
By Raoul Wootliff
Hamas members in a parade in Jabalya in Gaza "in support of the resistance," following a ceasefire with Israel after two days of violence, November 13, 2018. (Twitter screen capture)
November 14, 2018, 3:04 pm
Hamas claims Liberman’s resignation as a ‘victory for Gaza’
Palestinian Islamic Jihad says defense minister’s decision to step down shows this week’s battle was ‘political slaughter,’ as well as military defeat for Israel
By Judah Ari Gross and Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Education Minister Naftali Bennett on November 13, 2017 in the Knesset. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 14, 2018, 2:20 pm
Jewish Home in ultimatum to Netanyahu: Give us Defense Ministry or we leave
Party officials say they will pull out of government, forcing new elections, if the PM doesn’t appoint Bennett as Liberman’s successor
By Raoul Wootliff
Avigdor Liberman announces his resignation as defense minister during a Jerusalem press conference, November 14, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
November 14, 2018, 1:48 pm
Defense Minister Liberman resigns, says Israel ‘capitulated to terror’ in Gaza
Yisrael Beytenu leader slams ‘drastically inadequate’ response to massive rocket fire on south, calls for elections as soon as possible; Netanyahu to take over defense portfolio
By Raoul Wootliff
Voters line up outside of the Vigo County Annex in Terre Haute, Indiana,. on November 5, 2018, to take advantage of the final day of early voting. (Austen Leake/Tribune-Star via AP)
November 6, 2018, 10:36 pm
US voters face long lines, machine snafus, ‘mosh pit’ crowds in midterm election
Technical malfunctions, extensive wait times plague polls across the country, driving some citizens to go home without casting their ballots
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Colleen Long and MICHAEL BALSAMO
A driver drops a ballot into a drop box at the King County Elections office, November 5, 2018, in Renton, Wash. (Elaine Thompson/AP)
November 6, 2018, 7:37 am
Facebook blocks 30 accounts ahead of US midterm elections
Social media giant says accounts, in French and Russian, were engaged in ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior;’ 85 Instagram users also taken down
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaking with then-Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar in the Knesset, October 16, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
November 5, 2018, 3:44 pm
Netanyahu loyalists push bill to prevent Likud rivals from forming government
Legislation that would limit presidential powers will face ministerial vote next week, was proposed to counter alleged ‘coup’ attempt by Sa’ar and Rivlin
By Raoul Wootliff
Kulany party leader and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, on October 15, 2018. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)
November 4, 2018, 9:56 pm
Finance minister said to back bill to ensure only party leaders can form gov’t
Kulanu leader agrees lacuna in law governing presidential powers must be sealed; support comes after Netanyahu accuses Likud rival of attempting coup after next election
By TOI staff
This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
October 26, 2018, 8:34 pm
Facebook blocks Iran-linked bid to sway US, British politics
Platform identifies 82 pages, groups and accounts that originated in Iran trying to influence with posts about charged topics such as immigration and race relations
By AFP
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