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President Reuven Rivlin (L) and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz meet at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, November 16, 2019 (Mark Neiman/GPO)
November 16, 2019, 6:10 pm
PM tells Likud Gantz is going for ‘insane’ minority government backed by Arabs
Netanyahu warns of ’emergency,’ says such coalition would be ‘historically dangerous’; Gantz meets Rivlin, says he wants unity, adds that the ’emergency is hundreds of rockets’
By TOI staff and Alexander Fulbright
President Reuven Rivlin (R) and Blue and White party chief Benny Gantz at the state memorial ceremony for former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, November 10, 2019. (Heidi Levine/Pool/AFP)
November 15, 2019, 6:21 pm
Gantz to meet Rivlin Saturday, calls for breakup of right-wing negotiating bloc
Likud, New Right throw cold water on entreaty from Blue and White chief, who is struggling to form government before November 20 deadline
By Alexander Fulbright
Naftali Bennett (L) and Tzachi Hanegbi before a political debate at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, January 8, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 9, 2019, 6:10 pm
Likud MK admits Bennett appointment aims to prevent collapse of negotiating bloc
Tzachi Hanegbi acknowledges move designed to shore up Netanyahu-led alliance of right-wing parties as Gantz tries to assemble coalition
By Alexander Fulbright
President Reuven Rivlin at a memorial ceremony for the late president Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on September 19, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 22, 2019, 1:57 pm
All eyes on thee: 5 things to know for September 22
The apolitical president becomes a central political player as parties head to Rivlin’s residence for talks on who can break the logjam and form a government
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the 72nd UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 19, 2017. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 18, 2019, 7:10 pm
Netanyahu to skip UN gathering, forgo Trump meet, to battle for new coalition
US president had planned to discuss mutual defense pact next week with PM on sidelines of General Assembly; Foreign Minister Katz will attend NY gathering on Israel’s behalf
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes at a polling station in Jerusalem on September 17, 2019. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)
September 18, 2019, 12:38 am
Likud looks to allies for support, vows to stick by Netanyahu after exit results
Party lawmakers unfazed by murky path to a coalition government, urge caution until final results come in; justice minister proposes reaching out to Labor-Gesher
By Raoul Wootliff and Alexander Fulbright
Yamina party leader Ayelet Shaked speaks during a press conference at its headquarters in Airport City on September 15, 2019.(Flash90)
September 15, 2019, 7:43 pm
Shaked: Netanyahu ‘irrationally loathes’ me, wants to keep my party small
Yamina head says she won’t let a grudge by the prime minister and those closest to him dent her political goals
By Alexander Fulbright
Deputy Finance Minister Yitzhak Cohen attends a Shas party campaign event in Jerusalem on July 22, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 15, 2019, 5:39 pm
Shas MK: Liberman mocks us by shopping on Shabbat at store that sells pork
Yitzhak Cohen decries ‘secular coercion’ and denies there is outsized religious influence in Israel; Yisrael Beytenu lawmaker calls him ‘bizarre’
By Alexander Fulbright
Yisrael Beytenu party head Avigdor Liberman speaks during an event in Givatayim, on September 13, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 13, 2019, 5:51 pm
Liberman says it’s no accident Netanyahu was kept waiting by Putin
Yisrael Beytenu head calls PM’s trip to Russia days before Israel goes to the polls ‘purely electoral,’ says Russians ‘don’t understand why he came’
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a map of the Jordan Valley, vowing to extend Israeli sovereignty there if reelected, during a speech in Ramat Gan on September 10, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
September 10, 2019, 8:07 pm
In election pitch, Netanyahu vows to annex Jordan Valley right away if reelected
PM says ‘diplomatic conditions have ripened’ for move ‘immediately’; pledges to later apply sovereignty to all West Bank settlements, but with ‘maximum coordination’ with US
By Alexander Fulbright
Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich gives a speech at the Yamina electoral alliance's campaign launch, in Ramat Gan, on August 12, 2019. (Flash90)
August 12, 2019, 10:34 pm
Facing firing, Smotrich apologizes to Netanyahu for calling him ‘weak’
Transportation minister says his criticism was inappropriate as Likud warns it’s his last chance; re-branding United Right as Yamina, Shaked says she’s seeking to be PM
By Alexander Fulbright
Amir Peretz (R) walks by Naftali Bennett during a Knesset plenum session on January 21, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 12, 2019, 5:00 pm
Bennett says Labor chief’s economic plan will turn Israel into Venezuela
Amir Peretz calls United Right member a ‘hilltop youth’ for decrying his proposals as ‘extreme socialism’
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, July 7, 2019. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
August 9, 2019, 5:36 pm
Netanyahu grumbles over insufficient support for him on right
In comments aimed at United Right, PM claims other right-wing figures ‘stuttering’ on whether to recommend him for another term; Shaked: Likud wants Gantz, so don’t preach to us
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud MK David Bitan (R) at a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on June 12, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 8, 2019, 6:34 pm
Likud MK says Netanyahu wants Gantz in next government, but not Lapid
David Bitan confirms report that ruling party will seek to bring Blue and White chief into a right-wing government after elections
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a televised statement at his official residence in Jerusalem on March 17, 2015. The poster behind him reads: "It us or them. Only Likud, Only Netanyahu." (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 4, 2019, 4:39 pm
Top 40 Likud candidates sign pledge not to oust Netanyahu after elections
Opposition party mocks PM’s ‘paranoia’; initiator of loyalty pledge calls it ‘an answer to the libelous spin’ of Liberman, Blue and White
By Alexander Fulbright
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